Orazio Gentileschi, "The Finding of Moses" (via Wikimedia Commons)
- London’s National Gallery raised $25.5 million to purchase Orazio Gentileschi’s nearly 10-foot-wide painting “The Finding of Moses” (c. early 1630s) from Graham Kirkham. Notable monetary contributions came from the American Friends of the National Gallery, the National Gallery Trust, and the National Heritage Memorial Fund. The acquisition is well timed: this April, the National Gallery will open an exhibition of work by Orazio’s daughter Artemisia Gentileschi, who recently set a personal auction record with her painting “Lucretia” (c. 1630). This and other notable sales and acquisitions are chronicled in our latest Transactions story.
This Week in the Art World
Art Matters Foundation announced the recipients of its 2019 grants to 29 individual artists. | Art Matters
Sandra Benites was named adjunct curator for Brazilian art at the Museu de Arte de São Paulo. | ARTnews
Aria Dean was named editor and curator of the New Museum's nonprofit Rhizome. | ARTnews
Andrew Durbin was appointed editor in chief of frieze. | via email announcement
Ashley Harris was named executive director of the Independent Art Fair. | via email announcement
Joe D. Horse Capture and Tyree A. Boyd Pates were appointed curators at the Autry Museum of the American West. | via email announcement
Ewa Juszkiewicz is now represented by Almine Rech in Europe, UK, and China. | via email announcement
Taylor Mac was named artist in residence for WNET’s All Arts platform. | NYT
Mary Mattingly was named the Brooklyn Public Library's Katowitz Radin Artist in Residence for 2020. | via email announcement
Tyler Mitchell and Nina Chanel Abney were named the Gordon Parks Foundation's 2020 fellows. | via email announcement
Serubiri Moses, Kate Fowle, Inés Katzenstein, and Ruba Katrib were tapped to curate MoMA PS1's Greater New York. | New York Times
C. Jacqueline Wood was appointed curator at large of FotoFocus. | via email announcement
In Memoriam
Ruth Anderson (1928–2019), electronic composer | NYT
Christine Chambers (1980–2019), photographer and playwright | NYT
Andrew Clements (1949–2019), best-selling children's author | Washington Post
Larry Heinemann (1944–2019), National Book award winner | Chicago Sun-Times
Ken Heyman (1930–2019), photographer | Washington Post
Anna Karina (1940–2019), actress | CNN
Rina Lazo (1923–2019), muralist | NYT
William McFeely (1930–2019), Pulitzer-prize winning historian | NYT
Panamarenko (1940–2019), sculptor and inventor | Artforum
Erica Tishman (1959–2019), architect | AIA