Yoko Ono at Tate Modern
“Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind” exhibition at Tate Modern, is on until September 1st and is an expansive journey through Yoko Ono’s artistic legacy, blending music, installations, photography, and interactive performance art. This landmark showcase, the UK’s most extensive collection of Ono’s work, spans her groundbreaking contributions from the early 1950s to today, highlighting her role as a pioneer in avant-garde art circles worldwide.
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Koons at Skarstedt
From 1st March to 25th May 2024, Skarstedt’s London Gallery presents a solo exhibition featuring the work of American artist Jeff Koons. The show includes five mural-sized paintings crafted between 2001 and 2013 drawn from Koons’ series: Easyfun-Ethereal, Antiquity, and Popeye.
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Tomas Saraceno at Tanya Bonakdar
At Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in Los Angeles, “Live(s) on Air” is on from February 24 to May 4, 2024, featuring new works by Tomás Saraceno. This exhibit explores the theme of eco-social interdependence with a collection that includes sculpture, works on paper, and film. It aims to engage viewers in thinking about the impact of humans on the environment and paths toward coexistence on Earth.
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Cohen is the billionaire founder and manager of the hedge-fund, SAC Capital Partners. It is estimated that he has spent upwards of $700 million on art work. His collection includes many signature pieces by artists, including a Pollock “drip” painting he purchased from David Geffen for $52 million and famous Damien Hirst shark, “The Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living” for $8 million from Charles Saatchi, on loan to the Metropolitan Museum in 2007.
Other major expenditures include an alleged $63.5 million to Geffen for Willem de Kooning’s “Police Gazette” and $137.5 million for de Kooning’s “Woman III” in 2006. In the last two years, many have speculated that he has spent $25 million on works by Picasso and Warhol. In 1999, he set the record for the price paid for any piece by Edward Munch, paying $11.5 million for his “Madonna”.
In 2006, he attempted to make the most expensive art purchase in history from Steve Wynn, offering $139 million for Picasso’s “Le Reve”. The sale was foiled when Wynn, suffering from an eye disorder, slipped and put his elbow through the painting while showing it off to friends.
Cohen is purported to be building a private museum to display some of his artwork on his Greenwich, Connecticut property.
An Art Shark on the Trading Floor
