{"id":486644,"date":"2025-10-09T21:22:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T21:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/486644\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T21:22:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T21:22:20","slug":"art-basel-qatar-exhibitors-45-m-basquiat-british-museum-ball-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/486644\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Basel Qatar Exhibitors, $45 M. Basquiat, British Museum Ball, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tRETURN OF THE KING. Jean-Michel Basquiat<\/strong>\u2019s 1981 painting\u00a0Crowns (Peso Neto)\u00a0will headline<\/a>\u00a0Sotheby\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong>contemporary evening sale in New York this fall with a high estimate of $45 million. The painting has never before been sold at auction and carries the highest estimate for any work the late American artist made in 1981, the year that \u201cmarked Basquiat\u2019s rise,\u201d according to the house. Sotheby\u2019s added that 1981 \u201clauched\u201d the artist onto the international stage,\u00a0with\u00a0Crowns\u00a0solidifying the \u201clexicon of symbols that would define his life and work.\u201d\u00a0Lucius Elliott<\/strong>, head of contemporary marquee auctions at Sotheby\u2019s New York, told\u00a0ARTnews\u00a0that the painting, made when Basquiat was just 21 years old, \u201cmarks the turning point between his life as a street artist and his emergence onto the international art scene.\u201d He added, \u201cIt\u2019s both a self-portrait and a statement of intent\u2014a declaration of who he was and what he stood for. Few works encapsulate his legacy so completely.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tTHE GUEST LIST.\u00a0<\/strong>On Thursday,\u00a0Art Basel<\/strong> finally released the\u00a0list of exhibitors<\/a>\u00a0for its inaugural fair in\u00a0Qatar<\/strong>\u00a0in February. While it is slimmer than most Art Basel affairs\u201487 in total compared to 206 for this month\u2019s Paris fair\u2014it is stacked with heavy hitters.\u00a0Hauser & Wirth, Gagosian, Pace, David Zwirner, Thaddaeus Ropac,<\/strong>and\u00a0White Cube\u00a0<\/strong>will all be there, as well as, of course, a healthy number of first-timers and regional galleries, including Hafez (Jeddah and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Gallery Misr (Cairo), Saleh Barakat Gallery (Beirut), and Tabari Artspace (UAE). Artistic director\u00a0Wael Shawky\u00a0<\/strong>is taking some steps to differentiate Art Basel Qatar from its sister fairs: all the booths at this edition will be solo presentations, with all the artists announced ahead of time. More than half the artists hail from the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. \u201cOne of Wael\u2019s goals was to showcase the potential that artists from the region have and giving them a platform at the global level,\u201d\u00a0Vincenzo de Bellis<\/strong>, Art Basel\u2019s chief artistic officer and global director of fairs, told\u00a0ARTnews.<\/p>\n

\t\tTHE DIGEST<\/strong>\t<\/p>\n

\n\tChicago\u2019s\u00a0Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events\u00a0<\/strong>was thrown into crisis this week following the sudden resignation of commissioner\u00a0Clin\u00e9e Hedspeth,<\/strong>announced during a Cultural Advisory Council meeting on Tuesday. [The Art Newspaper<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\n\tBritish Museum<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>director\u00a0Nicholas Cullinan\u00a0<\/strong>goes into detail on the museum\u2019s fundraising ball next week, which he has happily suggested is a British equivalent to the\u00a0Met Gala<\/strong>. The tickets, however, are quite a bit cheaper:\u00a0\u00a32,000 per head versus the Met\u2019s $75,000.\u00a0[Financial Times<\/a>]\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe art scene in\u00a0Iran\u00a0<\/strong>is still in \u201ca state of suspension and limbo\u201d since the country\u2019s\u00a012-day war with Israel<\/strong>\u00a0earlier this year. Sales have plummeted, while inflation has skyrocketed, putting artists, dealers, and collectors in precarious positions. [The Art Newspaper<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\n\tThe\u00a0Philadelphia Museum of Art\u00a0<\/strong>has rebranded as the\u00a0Philadelphia Art Museum<\/strong>, in order to place \u201cPhiladelphia front and center, celebrating the city\u2019s grit, creativity, and industrial heritage.\u201d [Press Release<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\n\tThe\u00a0Henry Street Settlement<\/strong>\u00a0has found a new partner for its annual fundraiser after the\u00a0Art Dealers Association of America<\/strong>\u00a0canceled\u00a0The Art Show<\/strong>. Next year\u2019s gala will be held at\u00a0Independent<\/strong>\u2018s spring fair. [ARTnews<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\t\tTHE KICKER<\/strong>\t<\/p>\n

\n\tBUILDING A LEGACY.\u00a0<\/strong>Over the next five years, two new cultural landmarks will rise on Manhattan\u2019s Fifth Avenue, about 40 blocks apart. The first is a $550 million wing at the\u00a0Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/strong>\u00a0dedicated to modern and contemporary art, on the Upper East Side. The second is a bold new home for Harlem\u2019s\u00a0National Black Theatre<\/strong>\u00a0(NBT), a pioneering institution in Black arts and culture. As\u00a0CNN\u00a0reports, both projects\u00a0are being led<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Frida Escobedo\u00a0<\/strong>, a 45-year-old architect from Mexico City. Until now, she had never designed a building in New York or led a cultural commission of this magnitude. Her appointment marks a historic milestone: she is the first woman to design a wing at the Met in its 155-year history. Escobedo is known for forging her own path in a male-dominated field. She launched her practice in 2006, bypassing the traditional mentorship model under high-profile architects. Her early work\u2014such as the flexible concrete installation at Museo Experimental El Eco in Mexico City and the interactive Plaza C\u00edvica in Lisbon\u2014reflects a deep interest in public engagement and experimental form. These dual commissions cement Escobedo\u2019s role as a transformative figure in global architecture and a defining voice in New York\u2019s evolving cultural landscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To receive\u00a0Morning Links\u00a0in your inbox every weekday,\u00a0sign\u00a0up\u00a0for our\u00a0Breakfast with ARTnews\u00a0newsletter. THE HEADLINES RETURN OF THE KING. Jean-Michel Basquiat\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3939],"tags":[4021,4020,18097,4022,77,101670,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-486644","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-british-museum","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-morning-links","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115346312722006366","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}