Art Industry News: Mega-Rich Collector Adam Lindemann Sues His Mega-Rich Landlord Aby Rosen to Get His Security Deposit Back + Other Stories

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May 22, 2020

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Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most
consequential developments coming out of the art world and art
market. Here’s what you need to know on this Friday, May
22.

NEED-TO-READ

UK Appoints Culture Minister for Renewal – The UK government has created a new position
for a culture commissioner to help restart the sector after the
lockdown. It has appointed Neil Mendoza as Commissioner for
Cultural Recovery and Renewal, who will serve as an independent
voice advising the government on how to support the arts. Mendoza
previously reported to the government with recommendations on
England’s museum sector in 2017. (The Art
Newspaper)

Cecilia Alemani on the Delayed Venice Biennale –
The artistic director
of the next Venice Biennale says that she is “relieved” that
the exhibition was
pushed to 2022.
Organizing an international art show during a pandemic is tough
work, especially when you can’t do in-person studio visits and
travel is restricted. Although it is unclear what the world will
look like when the exhibition finally opens in two years, Alemani
says she wants the show to “absorb the anxiety of the moment,” but
is “not interested in being remembered for doing ‘the coronavirus
biennial.’” (ARTnews)

Anthony Hopkins on His Artistic Lockdown Life
– The actor Anthony
Hopkins is also an artist, and in a new interview, he opens up
about his work from his home in Malibu while under lockdown.
Hopkins had an artistic streak from a young age and considered
becoming a commercial artist, but gave up because he was “not a
good student.” It was only in recent years, with the encouragement
of his partner Stella, that he took up the brush again. A fan of
L.S. Lowry, Francis Bacon, and Lucien Freud, Hopkins dabbles in
different styles, and says he is freed up by the notion that he can
“just paint badly.” (ARTnews)

How the Art World Is Reopening – As museums and galleries around the world
grapple with the challenges of reopening, the new reality could
accelerate industry shifts that were already underway. “Crowd
control has been a serious problem in the world’s top museums for
years: perhaps in future a visit to the Louvre or the British
Museum or the Uffizi won’t be a touristic given, but more like
going to the theater—seeing the Mona Lisa could be like getting a
ticket for Hamilton,” writes FT arts editor Jan Dalley.
(Financial
Times)

ART MARKET

Adam Lindemann Sues Aby Rosen – The New York gallerist Adam Lindemann is suing
the real estate magnate Aby Rosen to escape the lease on his
Manhattan gallery, Venus Over Manhattan. The lawsuit cites a
“frustration of purpose” given that business is impossible to
conduct while New York is on lockdown. Lindemann is withholding
rent and asking for his $365,000 security deposit back. At the same
time, the dealer is also looking to offload his $65 million Montauk
estate, which once belonged to Andy Warhol. (The Art
Newspaper)

Phillips Nabs a Joan Mitchell for July Sale –
A Joan Mitchell painting estimated
at $9.5 million to $12.5 million will be a centerpiece of
Phillips’s delayed 20th century evening sale on July 2.
Noël (1961–62), a tangle of green and cream paint,
has been in the same private collection since 1995 and has never
before come to auction. (ARTnews)

Ron Mueck Joins Ropac – As devoted readers of Wet Paint
already know, the hyper-realist
sculptor Ron Mueck left the mega-gallery
Hauser & Wirth. Now, we know where he’s ended up. The artist is
joining the roster of Thaddaeus Ropac and will have a solo
exhibition in the gallery’s London space in October.
(ARTnews)

COMINGS & GOINGS

Terrie Sultan Steps Down
at the Parrish – The director of the Parrish Museum in the
Hamptons will step down at the end of June after 12 years at the
helm. She oversaw the museum’s move from Southampton Village to its
current Herzog & de Meuron-designed headquarters in Water Mill in
2012. Chris Siefert, the Parrish’s deputy director, will take on
the role of interim director. (East Hampton
Star)

Pollock-Krasner
Foundation Announces Grants – The
Pollock-Krasner Foundation has awarded $2.8 million to 121 artists
and nonprofit organizations, including Alejandra Alarcon, Julie
Beaufils, Tomasz Klimczyk, Cătălina Nistor, and Prudence
Whittlesey. (Artforum)

Artist Emma Amos Has
Died – The figurative painter whose art
confronted racism and privilege has died of Alzheimer’s disease at
age 83. Amos began to gain broader recognition in the later stages
of her career through exhibitions such as “We Wanted a Revolution:
Black Radical Women, 1965–85.” She also played an important role as
the only woman in the short-lived but widely influential group of
black artists known as Spiral in the 1960s. According to her
gallery Ryan Lee, she was one of the masked members of the
Guerrilla Girls. (ARTnews)

FOR ART’S SAKE

How Bruce Nauman Met
Susan Rothenberg – The New Yorker‘s art
critic Peter
Schjeldahl takes pride in having introduced Bruce Nauman
to the New York painter’s work during her show at the now-closed
Willard Gallery in 1981. “It was fun to watch his stony skepticism
of painting crack a little,” the critic recalls. The two artists
met soon after—and married in 1989. (New
Yorker)

Pompeii Is Reopening on May 26 – The
reopening of the Italian archeological site begins on May 26 with a
two-phased approach. First, visitors will be able to make
time-slotted visits to walk the outside streets of the ancient city
as well as enter a few of the more spacious homes. Then, on June 9,
more of the city will open up, including the Piazza amphitheater
and the Domus, which will have single-direction visitor flow.
Temperature checks and masks are required to enter the
park. (Press release)