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# Art Movements
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/art-movements-165/
- Published: 2016-08-19T11:00:58.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:42:05.000Z
- Description: This week in art news: Tyree Guyton revealed plans to dismantle Detroit's Heidelberg Project, Marina Abramović excised a passage disparaging Aboriginal Australians from her forthcoming memoir, and a search began in Poland for a Nazi train full of gold.
- Author: Tiernan Morgan
- Tags: News, Art Movements, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:17 (2016, 2017, part 1)

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An installation at the Heidelberg Project, Detroit (via Wikipedia) (click to enlarge)

*Art Movements is a weekly collection of news, developments, and stirrings in the art world.*

Artist [Tyree Guyton](http://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/arts/2016/08/14/heidelberg-project-guyton-dismantle/88626738/?ref=hyperallergic.com) announced that he will gradually dismantle his critically acclaimed [Heidelberg Project](http://www.heidelberg.org/?ref=hyperallergic.com). The sprawling “open-air art environment,” a fixture of Detroit’s art scene, was started by Guyton and his grandfather Sam Mackey in 1986\. According to the *Detroit Free Press*, Guyton plans to transform the project into an “arts-infused community” as opposed to a single installation created by one man.

A passage from [Marina Abramović](https://hyperallergic.com/marina-abramovic-writes-disparagingly-about-aboriginal-australians-theracistispresent/)‘s upcoming memoir, *Walk Through Walls*, in which the artist describes Aboriginal Australians as looking like “dinosaurs,” was [cut](https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/aug/17/marina-abramovic-responds-to-allegations-of-racism-over-comments-about-indigenous-australians?ref=hyperallergic.com) after it was widely criticized online.

A team of 35 people began digging at a site between Wroclaw and Walbrzych in southwestern Poland in a bid to recover [an apocryphal Nazi train](http://www.dw.com/en/dig-for-lost-nazi-gold-train-gets-underway-in-poland/a-19471371?ref=hyperallergic.com). According to [local folklore](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35104117?ref=hyperallergic.com), an armored train carrying gold attempted to leave the area shortly before the Soviet army closed in on the area during World War II.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2016/08/45.jpg)

One of Andrei Tarkovsky’s Polaroid photographs (courtesy Bonhams) (click to enlarge)

[Andrei Tarkovsky](http://www.bonhams.com/press%5Frelease/22294/?ref=hyperallergic.com)‘s Polaroid collection will be auctioned at Bonhams on October 6\. The photographs were shot in the filmmaker’s native Russia and in Italy, where Tarkovsky worked on his 1983 film, *Nostalgia*.

Over 2,700 people have signed a [petition](https://www.change.org/p/save-hackney-wick-stop-the-demolition-of-a-community?ref=hyperallergic.com) to save [Victoria Wharf](http://www.timeout.com/london/blog/hackney-wick-artists-are-protesting-to-save-their-studios-081216?ref=hyperallergic.com), a warehouse of artists’ studios and independent businesses in Hackney Wick, London. The London Legacy Development Corporation plans to demolish the former tire factory in order to make way for a new footbridge.

A number of artists are considering a group action lawsuit against [Justin Giarla](https://blog.vandalog.com/2016/08/justin-giarla-allegedly-screws-over-his-artists/?ref=hyperallergic.com), according to Vandalog. The art dealer has been accused of withholding artworks and payments after closing down his three San Francisco-based galleries — White Walls Gallery, Shooting Gallery, and 941 Geary — earlier this year.

Concluding a nearly decade-long litigation, the United States District Court determined that Lucas Cranach the Elder’s paintings “[Adam](http://www.nortonsimon.org/collections/browse%5Fartist.php?name=Cranach%2C+Lucas%2C+the+Elder&resultnum=1&ref=hyperallergic.com)” and “[Eve](http://www.nortonsimon.org/collections/browse%5Fartist.php?name=Cranach%2C+Lucas%2C+the+Elder&resultnum=3&ref=hyperallergic.com)” are the legal property of the [Norton Simon Museum of Art](http://blog.sandw.com/artlawreport/norton-simon-museum-prevails-against-von-saher-claim-to-cranachs-looted-by-the-nazis?ref=hyperallergic.com). The paintings, which were acquired by the museum in 1971, had been expropriated by the Nazis during World War II.

The [Museum Association](https://hyperallergic.com/uk-museum-ethics-committee-rejects-allegations-of-corruption-in-bps-sponsorships/)‘s Ethics Committee ruled that it found no violations of its Code of Ethics in emails and memos sent between BP and a number of British museums. The correspondence was acquired through a Freedom of Information request submitted by the [Art Not Oil Coalition](https://hyperallergic.com/documents-hint-at-bps-undue-influence-on-uk-museums-it-sponsors/).

[Philippa Gregory](http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-37093113?ref=hyperallergic.com), the author of *The Other Boleyn Girl* (2001), introduced a clause in her contracts with filmmakers to prevent them from changing the historic facts in her work.

## Transactions

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2016/08/1kruger.jpg)

Barbara Kruger, “Untitled( Belief + Doubt = Sanity)” (2008), C- Print, collection of Francie Bishop Good and David Horvitz (© Barbara Kruger, courtesy Mary Boone Gallery, NY) (click to enlarge)

[Francie Bishop Good and David Horvitz](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/18/arts/design/a-gift-of-artworks-by-women-for-florida-museum.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) promised to donate 100 works from their collection to the NSU Art Museum. An exhibition drawn from their collection, [*Belief + Doubt*](https://nsuartmuseum.org/exhibition/belief-doubt-selections-from-the-francie-bishop-good-and-david-horvitz-collection/?ref=hyperallergic.com), will open at the museum on August 26.

The [Minneapolis Institute of Art](http://new.artsmia.org/press/minneapolis-institute-of-art-launches-unprecendented-multi-year-asian-art-initiative-made-possible-by-6-million-bequest-from-alfred-p-gale/?ref=hyperallergic.com) launched a long-term Asian art initiative after receiving a $6 million bequest from Alfred P. Gale.

J. Michael Bewley donated 12 artworks to the [San Jose Museum of Art](http://sjmusart.org/press-release/sjma-receives-gift-12-artworks-j-michael-bewley-including-works-robert-arneson-enrique?ref=hyperallergic.com). The gift includes works by Christopher Brown, Squeak Carnwath, and George Groz.

Steven Cohen’s investment firm, [Point72 Asset Management](http://www.artmarketmonitor.com/2016/08/17/cohens-point72-cut-sothebys-stake-by-two-thirds/?ref=hyperallergic.com), dropped two thirds of its Sotheby’s stock according to a report by Art Market Monitor. Late last month it was reported that Chinese insurer, [Taiking Life](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/823094/000089457916000274/taikang13d072716.htm?ref=hyperallergic.com), amassed a 13.5% stake in the auction house. “One of the key questions \[…\] was how the life insurer was able to acquire so much of the stock without drastically moving the price,” writes Marion Maneker. “The logical place to look for a seller was Cohen’s Point72, an active trader of stocks that would have been keen to realize the nearly 50% rise in value over a six month span.”

## Transitions

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2016/08/19446735245_e5dbf516bf_o.jpg)

The Arts and Industries Building, Washington, D.C. (via Flickr/Robert Lyle Bolton) (click to enlarge)

[Rachel Goslins](http://newsdesk.si.edu/releases/smithsonian-names-rachel-goslins-director-arts-and-industries-building?ref=hyperallergic.com) was appointed director of the Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries Building.

[Joseph Rosa](http://fryemuseum.org/press%5Frelease/6432/?ref=hyperallergic.com) was appointed director and CEO of the Frye Art Museum.

[Rita Kersting](http://www.museum-ludwig.de/fileadmin/content/07%5FPresse/PI%5FRita%5FKersting%5Fto%5FTake%5FOver%5Fas%5FNew%5FDeputy%5FDirector%5Fnew.pdf?ref=hyperallergic.com) was appointed deputy director of the Museum Ludwig.

[Jorge Daniel Veneciano](http://www.elmuseo.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/El-Museo%5FVeneciano-Press-Release.pdf?ref=hyperallergic.com) will step down as executive director of the El Museo del Barrio at the end of the month.

[Melissa Messina](http://burnaway.org/flux-projects-hires-new-curator-plans-its-future/?ref=hyperallergic.com) was appointed artistic director of Flux Projects.

[Lauren Haynes](http://crystalbridges.org/blog/crystal-bridges-museum-of-american-art-appoints-new-curator-contemporary-art/?ref=hyperallergic.com) was appointed curator of contemporary art at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

Leonardo Bravo was appointed director of education and public programs at the Palm Springs Art Museum \[via email announcement\].

[Carla Acevedo-Yates](http://www.artnews.com/2016/08/15/msus-broad-art-museum-appoints-carla-acevedo-yates-as-assistant-curator/?ref=hyperallergic.com) was appointed assistant curator at Michigan State University’s Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum.

The [Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation](http://www.wsj.com/articles/alvin-ailey-funds-an-expansion-1471219632?ref=hyperallergic.com) is planning a $25 million expansion.

New York arts venue [P!](http://p-exclamation.com/news/final-year-on-broome/?ref=hyperallergic.com) will hold its final season of exhibitions this fall.

DANY Studios will close at the end of October \[via email announcement\].

The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art completed its restoration of Francisco de Zurbarán’s “Saint Serapion” (1628) \[via email announcement\].

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2016/08/1951-40-after-restoration.jpg)

Francisco de Zurbarán, “Saint Serration” (1628), oil on canvas (courtesy Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art)

## Accolades

Dancer and choreographer [Adam Linder](https://hammer.ucla.edu/blog/2016/08/hammer-museum-announces-recipients-of-mohn-awards-in-made-in-la-2016/?ref=hyperallergic.com) was awarded the Hammer Museum’s $100,000 Mohn Award. Wadada Leo Smith and Kenzi Shiokava were awarded the Career Achievement Award and Public Recognition Award, respectively.

Choreographers [Katerina Andreou and Will Rawls](http://artforum.com/news/id=62940?ref=hyperallergic.com) received the Casinos Austria Prix Jardin d’Europe at the ImPulsTanz International Dance Festival.

## Obituaries

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R2-D2 (Via Flickr/May Wong) (click to enlarge)

[Kenny Baker](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/14/world/europe/kenny-baker-r2-d2-star-wars.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) (1934–2016), actor. Best known for playing R2-D2 in the *Star Wars* saga.

[Alan Dossor](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/08/11/alan-dossor-radical-theatre-director--obituary/?ref=hyperallergic.com) (1941–2016), artistic director of the Everyman Theatre between 1970 and 1975.

[Pádraig Duggan](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/16/padraig-duggan-obituary?ref=hyperallergic.com) (1949–2016), founding member of Clannad.

[Alasdair Graham](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/08/15/alasdair-graham-concert-pianist--obituary/?ref=hyperallergic.com) (1934–2016), concert pianist.

[Barry Hanson](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/aug/14/barry-hanson-obituary?ref=hyperallergic.com) (1943–2016), producer of *The Long Good Friday* (1980) and *The Naked Civil Servant* (1975).

[Arthur Hiller](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/aug/18/arthur-hiller-obituary?ref=hyperallergic.com) (1923–2016), film director. Best known for *Love Story* (1970).

[Gerald Hughes](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/08/15/gerald-hughes-brother-of-ted--obituary/?ref=hyperallergic.com) (1920–2016), author of *Ted and I* (2012). Brother of Ted Hughes.

[Bobby Hutcherson](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/17/bobby-hutcherson-obituary?ref=hyperallergic.com) (1941–2016), jazz vibraphonist.

[Daniel Josefsohn](http://www.zeit.de/news/2016-08/14/medien-trauer-um-fotograf-daniel-josefsohn-14132805?ref=hyperallergic.com) (1961–2016), photographer.

[Jacqueline Moreau](https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/aug/17/jacqueline-morreau-obituary?ref=hyperallergic.com) (1929–2016), artist.

[Michael O’Pray](http://artforum.com/news/id=62924?ref=hyperallergic.com) (1945–2016), film scholar. Best known for *Avant-Garde Film: Forms, Themes and Passions (Short Cuts)* (2003).

[Elizabeth Sparrow](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/08/16/elizabeth-sparrow-historian-of-espionage--obituary/?ref=hyperallergic.com) (1926) historian. Author of *Secret Service: British Agents in France, 1792–1815* (1999).

[Thomas Steinbeck](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/13/books/thomas-steinbeck-novelist-and-son-of-john-steinbeck-dies-at-72.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) (1944–2016), writer. Eldest son of John Steinbeck.

[John Vaccaro](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/12/theater/john-vaccaro-iconoclastic-director-dies-at-86.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) (1929–2016), playwright and director.

[Ruby Wilson](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/13/arts/music/ruby-wilson-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) (1948–2016), blues, soul, and gospel singer.

[Glenn Yarbrough](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/13/arts/music/glenn-yarbrough-folk-singer-with-the-limeliters-dies-at-86.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) (1930–2016), folk singer and member of the Limeliters.