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Richard Avedon at the Gagosian Gallery
Gagosian Gallery New York is presenting “Avedon 100” to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Richard Avedon’s (1923-2004) birth, a leading figure in 20th-century American fashion photography.
The exhibition features photographs of Avedon’s six-decade career selected by more than 150 celebrities from various fields- artists, designers, musicians, writers, curators, and fashion industry professionals. Avedon was most influential for his work as a fashion photographer and pioneering photographic aesthetics, but his works include crucial portraits in advertising, politics, and protests. He related with various people, and the selectors of his photographs share their memories about Avedon.
Highlights of the exhibition include a portrait of Marilyn Monroe dancing(1957), an Audrey Hepburn portrait(1967), and a Hillary Clinton portrait(2003). The Metropolitan Museum of Art is also running the Avedon exhibition, on view through coming October.
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Turner Prize Winner Helen Cammock’s First Us Exhibition in Los Angeles
Helen Cammock (b. 1970), co-winner of the 2019 Turner Prize, is a British artist who uses film, photography, print, poetry, song, and performance to challenge conventional narratives about blackness, womanhood, oppression and resistance, wealth and power, poverty and vulnerability. She works across time and regions, layering multiple voices and investigating the cyclical nature of history.
Currently, A+P (Art + Practice), a non-profit exhibition space in Los Angeles, is presenting Cammock’s first exhibition in the United States, “I Will Keep My Soul”, on view through August 5. The artist visited New Orleans in January 2022 and has made the exhibitions based on her observations in the city, its social history, geography, and community.
Cammock focuses on the records of New Orleans artist Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012), who created a sculpture of Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) as a public project in New Orleans in 1976. Through Catlett’s story, Cammock asks how to be an artist and activist—and free.
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Sotheby’s Purchased the Breuer Building from Whitney Museum
On June 1, the auction house Sotheby’s announced that it has purchased the Breuer Building on Madison Avenue from the Whitney Museum of American Art and plans to move its headquarters to Madison Avenue, leaving its current location on York Avenue, beginning in 2025.
Sotheby’s counted the proximity to the thriving galleries of Northeast New York and the improved walkability as benefits of the transfer, which will increase opportunities for the public to view expensive works before they go to private collectors. Sotheby’s Chief Executive Officer Charles F. Stewart said Madison Avenue is a better location for the company’s core clientele and emphasized that inheriting the historic building is meaningful.
The Breuer Building was designed by Bauhaus architect Marcel Breuer (1902-1981) for the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1966 and has been leased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Frick Bank since the Whitney moved to the Meatpacking District in 2015. Reportedly, the sale’s value was around $100 million.
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