Art Industry News: From high fashion to high art, the chicest medium right now is… Mud + Other Stories

Art Industry News is a daily summary of the most important developments emerging from the art world and the art market. Here’s what you need to know this Wednesday, November 23.

NEED TO READ

Notre Dame will give ‘a shock’ when it reopens – Latex paste is being used to clean the interior stonework of the cathedral. When lifted off, it will reveal a luminous surface that Jean-Louis Georgelin, an army general tasked with organizing Notre Dame’s restoration, said would be “a shock.” But some conservationists fear it will appear artificial. (TAN)

New Details About Frieze LA – From February 16-19 at the Santa Monica airport, the West Coast edition of Frieze will welcome 124 galleries from 22 countries, its largest edition yet. South Korea will have a strong cohort, which is not surprising given the fair’s expansion to Seoul this summer. (The Los Angeles Times)

Why is Mud inspiring so many artists right now? – If sand was the escapist material of choice as the pandemic descended (Sun and sea, anyone?), today’s gritty moment calls for a bit more dirt. We’ve seen it on Balenciaga’s spring 2022 muddy runway, choreographer Gisèle Vienne’s dirt-filled stage at Crowd, and Delcy Morelos’ dirt maze at the most recent Venice Biennale. Morelos’ work, one of the highlights of the show, will travel to Dia Chelsea in the fall of 2023. (New York Times)

Ukrainian photographers show canceled – The Polytechnic University of Catalonia has canceled an exhibition of the work of Dmytro “Orest” Kozatsky, a member of a Ukrainian paramilitary militia with ties to neo-Nazi ideology and now part of the Ukrainian army, after it emerged that he allegedly he has a swastika tattoo and used the symbol on social media. (hyperallergic)

MOVEMENTS AND AGITATORS

Architect named for the Serpentine Pavilion 2023 – Lina Ghotmeh, born in Beirut and based in Paris, will seek the lowest possible carbon footprint with an African-inspired refuge in Kensington Gardens. It will open in June 2023. (guardian)

Hollis Taggart takes on three AbEx artists: Sheila Isham and the estates of Albert Kotin and Norman Carton are now represented by the gallery, which will present their work at Art Miami. (TAN)

Ebony G. Patterson at the New York Botanical Garden – The artist’s installation will be on view from next May through September 2023. Her project will explore the “disgusting” parts of nature and landscape as a site of consumption and renewal, drawing on her upbringing in Jamaica. (NYT)

Grace Ndiritu wins Jarman Award – The British-Kenyan artist received the Turner Prize Artistic Film Version for her multimedia practice, which incorporates shamanic rituals and meditation. (guardian)

FOR THE SAKE OF ART

‘Human One’ heads to Hong Kong – Beeple’s digital generative sculpture will go on display at Hong Kong’s M+ museum on December 9. The work, purchased by Ryan Zurrer at Christie’s for nearly $29 million last November, recently went on display at Turin’s Castello di Rivoli. . (Press release)

beeple frames human one (2021). Courtesy of Ryan Zurrer’s personal collection. Photo courtesy of the artist

Follow Artnet news on Facebook:

Do you want to be at the forefront of the art world? Sign up for our newsletter to receive the latest news, eye-opening interviews, and incisive critical takes that drive the conversation.

Source: news.google.com