P.P.O.W. Gallery in Manhattan has added painter Hilary Harkness, who joins from the now shuttered Mary Boone.  “She has a very individual voice,” cofounder Wendy Olsoff says. “Her point of view and technique and idiosyncratic style are very much her own… I think a lot of younger women and men don’t know her work and seeing it at our gallery will be eye-opening and exciting.” (more…)

The Tate has announced that more than 5,000 sketches, drawings, and commercial artworks by artist Ithell Colquhoun have been given to it by the National Trust.  “She had very few solo exhibitions … that’s why this collection is so amazing – it is going to be a re-evaluation of her whole career because there is so much in the collection,” says Tate archivist Adrian Glew. (more…)

Artist Pyotr Pavlensky, who has been arrested for a number of vandalisms of major Russian sites and government buildings. “The government’s aim is to suppress or neutralize art, to reduce me to a vandal, a madman, a provocateur,” he says, “but the criminal case becomes one of the layers of the artwork, the portal through which you enter and see the mechanisms of power exposed.” (more…)

New York Supreme Court judge has ruled that Pace Gallery founder Arne Glimcher and members of the Agnes Martin catalogue raisonné committee were within their rights to exclude 13 works owned by London art dealer James Mayor from the artist’s catalogue raisonné. “Whether any catalogue raisonné’s inclusion or non-inclusion of an artwork has any bearing on the work’s value has been recognized by New York courts as a function of the art marketplace,” ruled Judge Andrea Masley, “and it is not for the court to determine what the art market should or should not credit as reliable.”  (more…)

Beijing police evicted scores of artists from several studio buildings in the city’s arts district this week. “They are driving us all away on the excuse of cleaning up the underworld,” artist Canon Duan says. “We’re not prepared at all. And no one has explained it to us.”  (more…)

Penske Media Corporation will acquire Art Market Monitor, the online publication of Marion Maneker, who will become editorial director of a holding company overseeing ARTnews and Art in America.  “In the art world, where a significantly fragmented audience spans so many websites, newsletters, and brands, PMC sees the opportunity to augment these exceptional brands with further investments in content and editorial, complemented by robust data and analytic tools, and growing an engaging live media and event business,” says chairman Jay Penske. “This acquisition adds a strong subscription business that expands PMC’s reach and influence in the art vertical.” (more…)

Hartwig Fischer, director of the British Museum, endorsed BP as a sponsor this week, as pressure continues over the company’s role in the operation of various museums.  Fischer praised the museum for helping “create unique learning opportunities.” (more…)

New York appellate court has upheld the return of two Egon Schiele drawings to the heirs of singer Fritz Grünbaum, whose art collection was confiscated before he was killed in a Nazi concentration camp.  “The tragic consequences of the Nazi occupation of Europe on the lives, liberty and property of the Jews continue to confront us today,” the judges wrote in their ruling. (more…)

David Zwirner will open a gallery in Paris’s Marais neighborhood this fall, coinciding with this year’s edition of FIAC. “In recent years, Paris has quickly become one of the most vibrant cities for the visual arts in Europe,” Zwirner said in a statement. “It’s a city where history meets the present, and we are endlessly excited to be able to occupy one of the most beautiful and legendary gallery spaces in Le Marais.” (more…)

Art dealer Subhash Kapoor has been arrested and charged with trafficking more than $140 million in stolen antiquities. “These are, in many instances, priceless works that represent the culture and history of the countries from which they were stolen,” said Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. “They are of enormous value.” (more…)

The Studio Museum in Harlem has invited  E. Jane, Naudline Pierre, and Elliot Reed as  recipients of its 2019-2020 artist-in-residence program.  “In form, subject matter, and concept, the diverse practices of our three artists in residence for 2019–20 are all on the cutting edge, expanding the canon and showing us what’s possible in art today and even giving us a glimpse of what art might be tomorrow,” says curator and director Thelma Golden. (more…)

David Hammons, Untitled (2017), via Hauser & Wirth

Marking his first major exhibition on the West Coast in decades, artist David Hammons has touched down at Hauser & Wirth for a major summer blockbuster, an exhibition that underscores the artists’s expansive and challenging practice, and its ongoing discourse with the languages of race, wealth, politics and modern art that have been his hallmark over the course of his life. Remaining razor sharp in its ability to comment on and critique the various socio-cultural spheres his work moves through, Hammons’s show is a masterclass in subtle condemnation. (more…)

Cory Arcangel and Andy Robert are now represented by New York’s Greene Naftali, Art News reports. “I feel that both of these artists represent the future, as far as the issues their work engages with. For me as a gallerist, I’m always looking for an artist that challenges a paradigm,” says founder Carol Greene. (more…)

A piece in the LA Times this week follows Hammer Museum preparator Jason Pugh as he prepares for the Sarah Lucas retrospective to open for the museum, including time spent frying eggs for one of the artist’s works. “We had a long discussion about the yolks,” he says. “Like most artists, Sarah has a very specific vision. Sure, the materials, the titles, the set-ups are hilarious, but she is very particular about the choices that are made with the materials. We procured a lot of different types of kebabs.” (more…)

Arter, a contemporary art non-profit in Turkey, will open a new museum space in Istanbul, a 18,000 sq. m building in the central Dolapdere district designed by Grimshaw Architects. The space is “what Turkey needed”, says director Melih Fereli, to “compensate for the rather big gap” in the country’s education system, adding that “analytical thinking and discovering your own creativity is not really encouraged.” (more…)

Mark di Suvero‘s Declaration, a longtime fixture at Venice Beach in Los Angeles, is scheduled to be taken down this fall.  The artist’s work has been on view since 2001.  (more…)

Kayne Griffin Corcoran has named Jamie Goldblatt Manné co-director, joining colleague Colleen Grennan. “We couldn’t be happier to welcome Jamie to Kayne Griffin Corcoran and know she will be a tremendous asset as we continually look for new and innovative ways to support and service our artists,” says founder Maggie Kane. (more…)

The Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles has tapped Anne Ellegood as its new director, formerly senior curator of the Hammer Museum.  “It has played such an important role in the constellation of museums here in L.A.,” Ellegood said  of the ICA. “It’s an exciting moment—it’s the next chapter.” (more…)

Jonas Wood, Still Life with Red Panels (2018), via Gagosian

Jonas Wood’s rapid rise in the past few years to representation at Gagosian seemed to happen almost overnight. But for followers of the Los Angeles-based painter, his ascension comes as no surprise. Wood’s impressive approach both painting and drawing showcases a masterful sense of patterns, perspectives and color, using figurative vantage points to arrive at beguiling images and innovative constructions of the picture plane. On view this month at Gagosian, a range of works from the artist underscores this ability, and delves ever deeper into his creative practice. (more…)

Alissa McKendrick, Untitled (2018), via Team

Painter Alissa McKendrick is presenting a solo exhibition at Team Gallery this month, bringing a selection of paintings to bear on the gallery’s project room series “Gallery B.” The artist, whose works mine a particular language between the surreal, figurative and narrative, makes for a refreshing summer entry in the gallery’s programming. (more…)

The foundation behind the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art in Napa will sell off most of its 1,600 works of art to focus on exhibitions and education. “The decision to reduce and focus the collection is necessary to keep (the center’s) doors open,” Brenda Mixson, president of the foundation’s board of directors, said in a statement on Friday. (more…)

A piece in The Guardian’s opinion section this week calls for an increased focus on welfare programs and grants for artists, as Ireland launches a new initiative for artists looking for work.   (more…)

The Brooklyn Museum has awarded its inaugural UOVO Prize to photographer John Edmonds, and will give the artist a solo exhibition at the museum next year, as well as a large-scale public art installation at UOVO’s forthcoming Bushwick facility, as well as $25,000. (more…)

Tania Bruguera has revealed plans for an investigative journalism initiative that will award prizes and grants and offer workshops for Cuban writers, Artforum reports. “Journalists in Cuba are not familiar with investigative journalism,” Bruguera says. “We are adding to the prize an educational component where we bring in international investigative journalists to give workshops.” (more…)