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Looking ahead to its summer sales, Sotheby’s said the plan is to hold auctions in New York at the end of June, “pending the lifting of certain restrictions and confirmation from the relevant authorities.” [The Art Newspaper]
Jillian Steinhauer looked into the Artist Relief fund established by a coalition of seven cultural organizations to help artists in need. As one of its organizers said, “For us it’s a bridge: Can we buy as many people as much time as we possibly can?” [The New York Times]
Los Angeles Times art critic Christopher Knight won a Pulitzer Prize. [ARTnews]
The crowd-funding site Kickstarter is now allowing cultural organizations to raise funds for operating costs, as opposed to campaigns limited to specific projects and offerings. [Artforum]
Crisis Culture
Ana Finel Honigman wrote about blurring of divisions between sex work and art in the midst of the coronavirus crisis. [ARTnews]
The Guardian paid tribute to the art of craftivism—”the practice of using traditional handicrafts for political purposes.” [The Guardian]
The artist-friendly music-download site Bandcamp ran a fundraising campaign on Friday for which all sales went directly to artists (with no cut taken) and pulled in $7.1 million for musicians in need. [Bandcamp]
In coverage of “lockdown culture,” Lanre Bakare surveys works of video art that are “great if you’re bored with Netflix.” [The Guardian]
Warhol
Luc Sante reviewed Blake Gopnik’s new Andy Warhol biography, finding that “Gopnik’s patient chronology brings a sense of proportion to the outline of the life.” [The New York Times]
In case you missed it, ARTnews interviewed Gopnik about the book. [ARTnews]
And also published an excerpt focused on Warhol’s “Business Art.” [ARTnews]
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