Kemang Wa Lehulere wins Performa’s Malcolm McLaren Award
Following the close of its 2017 edition, Performa, the New York biennial dedicated to performance art, has announced that the Cape Town-based artist Kemang Wa Lehulere is the winner of its fourth Malcolm McLaren Award, given to a “standout artist” in each biennial iteration.
Kemang Wa Lehulere was awarded for his work on the sonic performance I Cut My Skin to Liberate the Splinter, staged at the Connelly Theater in the East Village. More via ARTnews.
Kemang Wa Lehulere, I cut my skin to liberate the splinter
Christie’s reveals details of David Rockefeller collection sale
After having secured the collection over the Summer, Christie’s has revealed that works that once belonged to David Rockefeller and his wife will be auctioned off during a standalone sale in Spring 2018 in a salesroom housed in the… Rockefeller Center. The collection could fetch up to $700 million, smashing the previous record for an estate sold at auction, the $484 million sale of work owned by Yves Saint Laurent.
Highlights in the upcoming sale include: Picasso’s Fillette à la corbeille fleurie (1905) estimated at $70 million, Matisse’s Odalisque couchée aux magnolias (1923) set to bring in $50 million, and Monet’s Nymphéas en fleur (1914–17) estimated to sell for $35 million. Read more on ARTnews.
Matisse Odalisque couchée aux magnolias (1923) — © Christie's
Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara released on bail
The Cuban artist, who was arrested earlier this month for “illicit possession of construction materials”, was released on November 10 after he paid $1,000 bail. The date of his upcoming trial has yet to be set.
The artist was arrested hours before he was expected to hold a press conference on the alternative Havana Biennial, which he was organizing following the cancellation of the state-sponsored Bienal de la Habana. Following Otero Alcántara’s arrest, artist Tania Bruguera launched a petition demanding his release, which was signed by 500 people. More information via Artforum.
Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara. Photo: Orlando García García
