The project will celebrate “English/UK diversity” and foreground “it at the world’s most prestigious event for the visual arts”, says David A. Bailey MBE, director of ICF. Read more on a-n news.
Last April, art advisor Vanessa Buia — of Vanessa Buia LLC Art Advisory — bought two works by graffiti artist KAWS (Brian Donnelly) for a total $350,000 from Mary Boone Gallery, alleging she was acting on behalf of a prestigious collector. After the two works appeared at Galerie Laurent Strouk in Paris, Boone sued Buia, claiming that the art advisor’s claims about the named buyer were false, and adding that the gallery would have never sold works to an “unimportant collection” and that the exhibition interfered with KAWS’ relationship with another Parisian gallery — KAWS is represented by Emmanuel Perrotin in Paris. Buia filed a countersuit, citing client confidentiality, her attorney adding that Boone’s “Donald Trump-styled 'bully lawsuit” fails to “detail any real facts and verges upon the pathetic”. Boone is seeking $60,000 for fraudulent inducement and fraud, plus interest, costs, and fees. More details on Court House News.
Juergen Teller is to curate an exhibition on the late photographer Robert Mapplethorpe at Alison Jacques in London to celebrate what would have been the artist’s 70th birthday. The exhibition is to feature polaroids, gelatin prints and a selection of never-seen-before photos. More via The Art Newspaper.
Bad news for Magnus, the mobile app promoted as the “Shazam of the art world”. Following evidence of extensive data theft — data including prices of artworks and artwork images appear to have been used without authorization — Apple has pulled the free app from its store, artnet News reports.
ArtTable, the organization promoting professional women in visual arts, has appointed six new board members: Jennifer Francis, Juanita Hardy, Rustin Levenson, Sheila McDaniel, Lucy O’Brien, and Whitney Rutter. In a statement, Jane Borthwick, president of ArtTable, added that these women, “at the forefront of technology and communication”, have “contributed to the art world in a unique way”. Art News has more.
