Lewd van Gogh and Gauguin Letter Sells at Auction, China’s Museums Close Again, and More: Morning Links from June 17, 2020
Here's what we're reading this morning.
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Paul Gauguin
Prized $45.6 M. Gauguin Painting at Spanish Museum May Be Sold Amid Dispute: Report
The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum will reportedly no longer exhibit Gauguin's Mata Mua.
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Rare Gauguin Sells for $10.5 M. at Auction in Paris
The piece had carried an estimate of about $5.6 million to $7.76 million.
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Appeals Court Affirms Simon and Michaela de Pury’s $10 M. Commission on $210 M. Gauguin Sale
The work, 'Nafea Faa Ipoipo? (When Will You Marry?),' was previously owned by a Swiss collector.
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At TEFAF Spring, $20 M. Gauguin, Baselitz Bonanza, Live Dubuffet Sculpture
The event saw early sales of works by Georg Baselitz, Mario Schafino, and Marina Abramović.
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Rose Period Picasso Sells for $115.1 M. in White Glove Rockefeller Sale That Totals $646.1 M.
The sale totaled $646 million, the new record for a single-session, single-owner sale.
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Paul Gauguin
Far from an alchemist who spun magic from dross, Gauguin was a materialist who embraced the terrestrial. The women in his pictures, with their heavy limbs and big feet, are decidedly earthbound.
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Different Visions: In Chicago, a Scholarly Show Examines Gauguin’s Complicated Legacy
The Art Institute is showing "Gauguin: Artist as Alchemist" through September 10.
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Morning Links: North Korean Art Edition
Fluxus artist Robin Page has died. [Artforum] A painting stolen from English Kills Art Gallery in Bushwick turned up in Roosevelt Island over the weekend. [Hyperallergic] Gauguin's Nafea Faa Ipoipo (W…
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Rolling Stone
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