Summer Art Highlights: Exhibitions, Auctions, and Artist Protests in 2015

The Lisson Gallery's summer exhibition The Boys the Girls and the Political showcases Cally Spooner, with her publication Collapsing In Parts available from Mousse Publishing for 10 Euros. Francesco Bonami curates Word by Word at Luxembourg & Dayan, featuring Lawrence Weiner, whose work Under A Bridge (1986) is offered in Christie's first online auction closing 28 July with a starting bid of USD$4,000. Douglas Gordon's new play Neck of the Woods opened at the Home Theatre in Manchester, receiving critical reviews. In Germany, artists led by Georg Baselitz are withdrawing loans from museums in protest of proposed export laws, while his edition Bauernzug (2010) is sold by White Cube for £3,120. The online exclusive was published 24 July 2015.