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THE HEADLINES
GO EUROPE, GO! Le Quotidien de l’Art focuses on the 11 European galleries that have never participated in Art Basel Miami since its creation in 2002. The American iteration of the fair, which will next take place from December 6 to 8 (VIP days are on December 4 and 5), has asserted its place in the art market by attracting a strong network of loyal collectors from South and North America. This is a powerful argument for galleries from other horizons. While two-thirds of exhibitors are based in America (USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Peru, Uruguay, Argentina), the presence of other continents continues to grow: among the 32 new galleries this year, there are 7 from Asia (established in China, Singapore, South Korea and, for the first time, Indonesia) and 11 from Europe, including Allen (Paris), Bernard Bouche (Paris), Eric Mouchet (Paris, Brussels), Nosco (Brussels), Gunia Nowik (Warsaw), Alberta Pane (Venice, Paris), Sweetwater (Berlin), Catinca Tabacaru (Bucharest), Albarrán Bourdais (Madrid, Mahon), Espacio Valverde (Madrid), Fabian Lang (Zurich). Among them, Galerie Eric Mouchet will present, in the Survey sector, a selection of poignant works by South African artist Kendell Geers (b. 1968) addressing the brutality and inhumanity of apartheid.
ZOOM OUT. Photojournalist Thomas Hoepker, a member of Magnum Photos since 1989, has died at the age of 88 in Santiago, Chile. The German reporter is best known for his photograph of September 11, 2001, showing a group of young people eating their lunch seemingly without a care in the world, yet with a plume of smoke rising from the World Trade Center towers in the background. The image was published five years after it had been taken. Born in Munich in 1936, Hoepker started working for the German press, after studying art history and archaeology. After serving as a cameraman and a documentary film producer on German television, he became director of photography for the American edition of Geo magazine from 1978 to 1981. He has the privilege of taking Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein’s portraits. Hoepker was President of Magnum Photos from 2003 to 2006, when the agency opened up to a new generation of photographers.
THE DIGEST
There’s always a good reason to go for a swim. Because it’s hot outside, because you want to get in shape… because you’d like to see some art. A monumental sculpture by Bernar Venet has just been inaugurated in front of the brand-new Olympic Aquatic Center in Saint-Denis, the only building constructed for the Olympics in Paris. This bouquet of Corten steel rods, typical of the French artist and commissioned by the Métropole du Grand Paris, is there to stay. [Beaux Arts]
Dive into Joy Labinjo’s London studio with Apollo. The British-Nigerian artist born in 1994 “does not so much paint as carve with her brush”. Exploring the possibilities of Black figuration, she depicts on canvas figures that often resemble sculptures “hewn from rock”. Many of her large-scale paintings are based on old photos from family albums. [Apollo]
French artist Benjamin Vautier, aka Ben, took his own life on Wednesday at age 88, a few hours after the death of his wife Annie. A public tribute will be paid to this emblematic couple of the French Riviera on Thursday in Nice. [Le Figaro]
Los Angeles’s LACMA acquired a small portrait of Frida Kahlo by Diego Rivera twenty years ago, a bequest of former Southern California art dealers Bernard and Edith Lewin, who specialized in Mexican paintings. Its execution date, which had been pegged at “around 1939”, has been securely pushed back to 1935. [LA Times]
Planning a trip to Aspen? Here are the 8 art events not to miss there this summer. Whether its museum shows, classical concerts, or a foot-of-the-mountain throw down, there is plenty to do, at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center, at the R & Company Aspen, at the Resnick Center for Herbert Bayer Studies, at the Aspen Art Museum and its satellite outposts, at the Baldwin Gallery… [Cultured]
THE KICKER
(MID)NIGHT IN PARIS. You are in Paris for the week? Le Journal des Arts has listed all the exhibitions to be seen after work, from “Matthew Barney: Secondary” (until 10 pm) at the Fondation Cartier today, to “Andres Serrano: Portraits of America” at the Musée Maillol (until 10 pm) on Wednesday, to the Louvre’s galleries, accessible until 9:45 pm on Fridays. If you are preparing for the Olympics, there is “En Jeu! Artists and Sport (1870-1930)” at the Musée Marmottan Monet and “Fashion in Motion #2” at the Palais Galliera, that do not respectively close until 9 pm on Thursday and Friday; and “Match. Design & Sport” at the Musée du Luxembourg, that is open until 10 pm tonight. Pick your exhibit! [Le Journal des Arts]