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John Richardson discusses his latest Picasso show, about the artist
and photography, at Gagosian: “For Mr. Richardson, 90, this is his
fifth Picasso exhibition in a series that began at the Gagosian
Gallery in 2009. Most have focused on the painter’s mistresses and
wives. ‘I’d run out of women,’ Mr. Richardson said.” [The New York
Times]
Here’s a news analysis piece about how France is embracing the
American nonprofit model for its cultural centers. [The New York Times]
“An artist is chronicling a disappearing New York City, one painting at a time.” [The New York Times]
Designer Tara Subkoff and sculptor Urs Fischer have reportedly wed.
[New York Post]
The Otsuka Museum of Art has Japan’s highest museum admission fee at $30. Even still, it was voted Japan’s best museum on TripAdvisor in 2011. Here’s the catch: each of the 1,000-plus works in its collection is fake. [Rocket News 24]
“Louise Hearman’s painting of photographer Bill Henson has won the Doug Moran National Portrait prize for 2014.” The prize is Australia’s largest for a portrait: $150,000. [The Guardian]
Oslo is getting a new Munch museum. [The Art Newspaper]
Holland Cotter at the Picasso Museum in Paris: “All together, you can learn a tremendous amount about him…, not least that he could be a truly terrible artist.” [The New York Times]
Greg Allen on the non-Warhol art at the 1964 New York World’s Fair. [Greg.org]