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THE HOLDERS
WARHOL’S SETTLEMENT. O Andy Warhol Foundation and photographer Lynn Goldsmith have agreed to a settlement over a landmark copyright dispute. Last year, the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of the famous photographer in a controversial decision that said a Warhol screen print of the rock star princereprinted in a Count Nast magazine, was not “fair use” under copyright law. Both sides announced their settlement in New York federal court on Friday and said Warhol’s estate would pay Goldsmith more than $21,000, including $11,000 in court costs, according to a joint filing.
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SCULPTURE PARK EXAMINATION OF SLAVERY. A new sculpture park dedicated to the history of the 10 million enslaved people in America will open on March 27, in Montgomery, Alabama. Developed by Bryan Stevensonfounder of the Equal Justice Initiativethe new, 17 acres Monument to Freedom sculpture park follow a path along the Alabama River. It is interwoven with works of art like Simon Leighit is 16 feet Brick House , 170-year-old cabins that housed slaves, historical exhibitions, and culminates with a monument almost four stories high, in which the names of 122,000 formerly enslaved people are inscribed. Stevenson said the need to build the park developed after he experienced disappointing tours of old plantations that focused on the lives of slave owners, while marginalizing that of slaves. With this new sculpture park, he hopes visitors will have a “really honest experience with the history of slavery,” he reports. The Los Angeles Times.
THE RESEARCH
A new private art museum Actionist opens this week in Vienna, celebrating the radical performance works of the 1960s and 1970s by artists such as Günter Brus, Otto Muehl, Hermann Nitsche Rudolf Schwarzkogler. O Vienna Action Museum (WAM) will exhibit 100 works for its inauguration, including photographs of performances, some paintings and sketches. [France 24]
collector Jitendra V. Singhwho managed to assemble the entire “Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji” series by the 19th-century Japanese Edo engraver. Hokusaiis selling the entire set at Christie’s, $3 million to $5 million. [The New York Times]
Those of the United Kingdom National Trust announced that several seeds sprouted from the beloved Sycamore Gap tree, fallen in what police believe was an act of vandalism. The world-famous tree was cut down in September, and now only a stump remains where it once stood, framed by two rolling mounds nearby. Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland National Park. [Heritage Daily]
O Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London it was listed Margaret Thatcher as “contemporary villain” and “unpopular public figure”, among others, as Adolf Hitlere Osama bin Laden. The comparison was made in a show tag for a show about British humour, but Thatcher’s fans didn’t find much to laugh about. [The Times]
The iconic judy garland ruby slippers she wore when she played Dorothy The Wizard of Oz it will be exhibited on a world tour, before being auctioned in December. The slippers were recovered after being stolen nearly 20 years ago, because the thieves believed they were made of real rubies. [Euronews]
THE KICKER
I OWN. Felipe Ilhenachodirector of Museum of West African Art (MOWAA)currently under construction in Nigeria Benin Cityspoke recently The world of art: what if…?! about the creative potential of the country. In his talk, Ilhenacho also revealed an innovative concept for the museum’s funding model, designed to cover most of its costs through a “campus” of commercial and non-profit spaces around the museum, all of which are located in 20 hectares of land owned by MOWAA. . Ilhenacho developed the idea after seeking advice from international art institutions to offset his reliance on philanthropic aid. Ilhenacho also addressed the misconception that “everyone” Bronzes from Benin outside Nigeria were initially planned to be displayed in the new museum, an idea that caused tension with Benin’s king, Ewuare II, who was recognized as its owner. Ilhenacho said MOWAA never planned to display all the bronzes and will feature either ancient or contemporary artworks. Nigeria “has incredible objects languishing in warehouses … that deserve a place in the sun,” Ilhenacho said.
