London Politicians Back Alan Turing Statue In Trafalgar Square + Other Stories

Art Industry News is a daily collection of the most consequential news coming out of the art world and the art market. Here’s what you need to know this Thursday, July 20.

NEED TO READ

No Protests at Guston National Gallery Show – Philip Guston’s delayed retrospective following the killing of George Floyd made its third and final U.S. stop at the National Gallery of Art in Washington before heading to London’s Tate Modern, and received no no protest as expected. As for the critics? While the show features some of the artist’s most compelling work, the lack of explanation for certain caricatures in the artist’s “Poor Richard” series was problematic, wrote curator and critic Aruna D’Souza . (News from New York)

The Roald Dahl Museum recognizes the author’s anti-Semitism The museum in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, UK, named after the author of children’s classics such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda. recognized Dahl’s anti-Semitic statements come almost three years after the author’s family and the Roald Dahl Story Company apologized for his anti-Semitic views towards the Jewish people. The museum says it has kept a record of what the author wrote and said in the museum’s collection and displays his statement at the entrance. (guardian)

Alan Turing sculpture proposed for fourth plinth – Outgoing UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has suggested a wartime statue of the puzzle be placed on the fourth plinth of Trafalgar Square in London. The Fourth Plinth has no permanent exhibition and has been a key site for public contemporary art installations under the Mayor of London’s Fourth Plinth Commission. (Evening Standard)

Repatriation of Cypriot Antiquities – Three pottery vessels from the Bronze Age (1600-1400 BC) that were confiscated by the Italian authorities have been returned to Cyprus at the request of the Cypriot authorities. On Monday, July 17, a ceremony was held to hand over the artifacts.Archeology newsroom)

MOVERS & SHAKERS

FAMSF Appoints Director of Programs and Strategy Veteran art world executive Lisa Grove is joining the San Francisco Museums of Fine Arts, which include the de Young and the San Francisco Legion of Honor, where she will serve as director of programs and strategy. Grove has previously worked at the Obama Foundation in Chicago, the Telfair Museum of Art in Savannah, and the Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis; she begins her role on August 28. (Press release)

Ace Hotel relaunches the Artist In Residence program – After a pandemic-induced hiatus, Ace AIR, the long-running residency program that featured artists such as William Powhida, Rashaad Newsome and Kandis Williams, returns to 8 international locations where the artists will live and work for a month before to exhibit his work. . Each of the properties (in Palm Springs, New York, Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Kyoto, New Orleans, Toronto and Sydney) partner with local organizations to co-curate the program. (Press release)

Dulwich Picture Gallery gets permission to expand – Southwark Council has approved plans for a £4.6m transformation of the south London-based museum, which will start construction this winter and run until 2025. Carmody Groarke Architects will carry out the design , which includes a new outdoor gallery, a building, and extension to the Cottage Gallery. (Press release)

FOR THE ART

Mural by Paula Rego at the National Gallery – Paula Rego’s stunning 32-foot-long mural titled Crivelli’s Garden (1990-91) has been presented in the museum of London. The late Portuguese artist’s work features three panels depicting the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, Judith and Delilah, and is based on Carlo Crivelli’s 15th-century work La Madonna della Rondine. Curator Colin Wiggins has asked members of the public to get involved so that the work remains on permanent display. (The Art Journal)

Paula Rego, The garden of Crivelli II (1990-1). The National Gallery, London. Presented by English Estates, 1991.
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