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South China Morning Post
2 days ago
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- South China Morning Post
Summer 2025 exhibitions: Rick Owens' unforgettable aesthetic, Jenny Saville's striking self-portraits, a focus on the history of kimonos, and Wolfgang Tillmans asks: are we prepared?
Rick Owens, Temple of Love Rick Owens' autumn/winter 2023 Luxor runway, one of the designer's unforgettable shows at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. Photo: Handout American designer Rick Owens , who has called Paris home since 2003, is the subject and artistic director of an exhibition at Palais Galliera museum. Since moving to the French capital, the Los Angeles-born designer, who established his eponymous label in 1992, has been wowing his devoted fans with unforgettable shows, most of them held at the nearby Palais de Tokyo. The exhibition, titled 'Rick Owens, Temple of Love', will display more than 100 outfits, and also features Owens' personal archives, videos, art installations, and pieces from artists like Joseph Beuys and Steven Parrino. From June 28, 2025, to January 4, 2026. Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting Jenny Saville took the art world by storm in the 1990s with paintings such as Propped (1992), which features in the current retrospective of her work. Photo: Gagosian Advertisement Jenny Saville rose to prominence in the 90s as one of the original Young British Artists (YBAs), who took the art world by storm with their often controversial work. Known for her large-scale figurative paintings, Saville had her first break with her graduation show at the Glasgow School of Art. 'Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting', an exhibition at London's National Portrait Gallery, brings together more than 50 of her works, from oil paintings to charcoal drawings. From June 20 to September 7. Kimono A calendar by Yoshu Chikanobu (1910) is part of the exhibition 'Kimono' at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia. Photo: Handout The word 'kimono' means 'thing to wear' in Japanese, which is no surprise, since until relatively recently the wrapped-front garment was the most common form of clothing in Japan. Normally made from silk and embroidered with motifs such as flowers and birds, the kimono can be considered a piece of art, as the exhibition 'Kimono', at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, demonstrates. Comprising more than 70 pieces, the show also features creations from fashion designers such as Yohji Yamamoto, Issey Miyake Alexander McQueen and John Galliano. From June 4 to October 5. Wolfgang Tillmans: Rien Ne Nous y Préparait – Tout Nous y Préparait Echo Beach (2017) from the exhibition 'Wolfgang Tillmans: Rien Ne Nous y Préparait – Tout Nous y Préparait', showing at the Centre Pompidou, Paris. Photo: Handout Later this year, the Centre Pompidou, one of Paris' most visited museums and one of its most striking architectural landmarks, will close for an extensive renovation expected to last until 2030. Before the temporary closure, the museum will host an exhibition in collaboration with German artist Wolfgang Tillmans, who was given carte blanche to reimagine the second floor of the museum's library. From photographs to videos, music and text, Tillmans' oeuvre will interact with the space envisioned by legendary architects Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers. Not much else is yet known about the show, titled 'Wolfgang Tillmans: Rien Ne Nous y Préparait – Tout Nous y Préparait' (Nothing Could Have Prepared Us – Everything Could Have Prepared Us). From June 13 to September 22.
The Herald
17-05-2025
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- The Herald
SA-born artist Marlene Dumas breaks record with R246m sale
A 1997 art piece painted by South African-born artist Marlene Dumas has sold for more than R230m at Christie's New York, setting a new benchmark for female artists in the 21st century art market. Dumas' provocative 2.74m-tall oil painting Miss January sold for a staggering $13.635m (R246.7m) on Wednesday, setting a new world record for a living female artist. The monumental portrait, a striking image of a blonde woman nude from the waist down, captivated collectors during the 21st Century Evening Sale held via Instagram Live and YouTube. Auctioneer Yü-Ge Wang, associate director and senior client adviser at Christie's, led the sale which saw fierce bidding and ultimately achieved a total of $96.5m (R1.75bn). An impressive 92% of lots were sold by number and 97% by value, with four artists breaking auction records: Louis Fratino, Simone Leigh, Emma McIntyre and Dumas. Dumas' record surpasses the previous benchmark held by British painter Jenny Saville, whose work Propped (1992) sold for £9.5m (R228m) at Sotheby's London in 2018. Despite this groundbreaking achievement, Dumas' sale still trails the record for a living male artist Jeff Koons' Rabbit (1986), which sold for $91.07m (R1.65bn) in 2019. Christie's reflected on Dumas' evolution as an artist, stating: 'Dumas started exploring and scrutinising the female form at age 10, with a drawing called Miss World ' which depicted idolised glamour models. More than 30 years later, she returned to the subject with Miss January , a portrait that threads the line between revealing and concealing, and serves as perhaps the best example of her influential female portraiture.' Born in Cape Town in 1953, Dumas is based in the Netherlands, where she represented the country at the 1995 Venice Biennale and was later featured in the central pavilion in 2015.
News24
15-05-2025
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- News24
SA's Marlene Dumas shatters living woman artist record with R230 million painting sale
A painting by South African artist Marlene Dumas sold for $13.6 million in New York on Wednesday. Dumas has set a record for the most expensive artwork by a living woman artist sold at an auction. Her painting, Miss January (1997), depicts a semi-nude woman posing upright and gazing back at the viewer. South African painter Marlene Dumas has set the record for the most expensive work by a living woman artist sold at an auction. This comes after an anonymous bidder bought her painting, Miss January (1997), for $13.6 million (roughly R230 million), including fees, during a Christie's auction in New York on Wednesday evening. The bidding opened at $9 million and closed at $11.5 million before fees, according to ARTnews. The painting was projected to sell between $12 million and $18 million, according to The Art Newspaper. Miss January was a consignment from the Rubell Family, who are one of the world's top art collectors, according to ARTnews. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Christie's (@christiesinc) Before Wednesday's auction, the record was held by Jenny Saville, whose self-portrait Propped (1992) sold for $12.4 million in 2018 at Sotheby's London. Dumas had previously held an auction record when her painting The Visitor (1995) sold for $6.33 million at Sotheby's London in 2008. The other big sale at the Christie's auction was Jean-Michel Basquiat's Baby Boom (1982), which sold for $23.4 million with fees. Miss January is a colourful portrait depicting a semi-nude woman standing upright, gazing back at the viewer. Dumas has written about the theme of beauty in her art, explored in works like The Miss World competition from 1983. 'When I was young, all the Miss Worlds looked alike. No Chinese or black Ghanese or Japanese ever won. It was always a white American type that was found the fairest,' she wrote in 1996. 'In relation to artworks, everyone thinks and accepts that many different points of view can and even should justifiably exist next to each other.' 'And yet we still end up asking the question, 'Who is the best or the most beautiful; or what painting of the future will look like?' No one wants to believe that in principle nothing 'has to' but everything 'could'.' Dumas was born in Cape Town in 1953, growing up in Kuils River. She is currently based in the Netherlands and has had high-profile art sales around the world, like in Paris and Hong Kong.
