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# Art Movements
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/art-movements-265/
- Published: 2018-07-20T15:27:44.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:24:53.000Z
- Description: This week in art news: Never-before-seen artwork by Nelson Mandela released, Beyoncé and Jay-Z file a request to film at the Colosseum, and Wes Anderson is now a curator.
- Author: Jasmine Weber
- Tags: News, Art Movements, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-18 14:37 (2018)

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“Back in Qunu” from Nelson Mandela’s Homeland series. (Image courtesy of House of Mandela Art)

*Art Movements is a weekly collection of news, developments, and stirrings in the art world.* [*Subscribe*](https://hyperallergic.com/newsletter?utm%5Fsource=page&utm%5Fcampaign=artmovements) *to receive these posts as a weekly newsletter.*

Late South African anti-apartheid activist, philanthropist, and former South African President **Nelson Mandela** would have turned 100 on July 18\. To celebrate his life, his family released never-before-seen drawings by the revolutionary. *The Homeland Series* reflects on his childhood in Qunu, South Africa. After his retirement from the South African presidency, his daughter, Makaziwe Mandela-Amuah, says Mandela took up art. She credits art as a means of “taking back his own life” after nearly three decades in prison and his role as South Africa’s first Black president. Read more of her interview [here](https://wepresent.wetransfer.com/story/nelson-mandela-homeland/?ref=hyperallergic.com).

After shooting their video for their single, “Apeshit,” at the Louvre, **Beyoncé and Jay-Z** filed a [request to film at the Roman Colosseum](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/07/beyonce-jay-z-colosseum-filming-request?ref=hyperallergic.com). Their petition was rejected due to short notice and a previous booking, but the couple has reportedly refiled.

The Association of Art Museum Directors has announced a pilot [internship program for undergraduate students from underrepresented backgrounds](https://www.aamd.org/for-the-media/press-release/aamd-announces-paid-internship-program-for-college-students-from?ref=hyperallergic.com). The paid internship runs for 12 weeks at various AAMD member museums. The program will offer individual mentorship for the participants and a $6,300 stipend. AAMD will be selecting 10 museums to host one intern in the program’s inaugural year. The deadline to submit an application to be a host institution is Friday, September 13, 2018.

Two Chicago artists, **Erica Sanchez** and **Janice Aponte**, have founded an organization to aid victims of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico called [Arte al Rescate](http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-arte-al-rescate-0712-story.html?ref=hyperallergic.com), meaning “Art to the Rescue” in English. The women traveled door-to-door around the city to advertise their art show fundraiser and request raffle items and monetary donations. The charity successfully raised over $18,000, a hundred percent of which, the activists report, went to Puerto Rico.

The “[**Trump Baby**](https://hyperallergic.com/tag/trump-baby/)**” balloon** is going on a world tour. Activists raised over $5,000 to ship the balloon to the United States, where they intend to fly it over Donald Trump’s golf course in New Jersey during his visit in August. Meanwhile, [British museums](https://news.artnet.com/art-world/museums-trump-baby-balloon-1320611?ref=hyperallergic.com) are vying to acquisition the enormous balloon.

The recently announced **Venice Bienniale 2019** title, “[May You Live in Interesting Times](http://www.artnews.com/2018/07/16/venice-biennale-2019-takes-title-may-live-interesting-times/?ref=hyperallergic.com),” has come under fire. Organizers said in a statement that the name as originating from an “ancient Chinese curse,” which many have disputed as an incorrect attribution. Some have called the decision [orientalist](https://www.scmp.com/culture/arts-entertainment/article/2155607/venice-biennales-knowing-use-fake-chinese-curse-riles?ref=hyperallergic.com).

[**Wes Anderson**](https://hyperallergic.com/tag/wes-anderson/) and his partner Juman Malouf will be curating an exhibition at the Kunsthistorisches Museum titled [*The Spitzmaus Mummy in a Coffin and Other Treasures*](https://www.wmagazine.com/story/wes-anderson-art-museum-exhibit-vienna?ref=hyperallergic.com)*.* The Vienna museum has given the pair free range to utilize items from the entirety of its catalogue.

**Chance the Rapper**, popular Chicago musician, has [acquired the Chicagoist](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/19/style/chance-rapper-security-chicagoist.html?ref=hyperallergic.com). He announced the purchase in a newly released track, “I Might Need Security.”

Turkish-Kurdish artist and journalist, **Zehra Doğan**, [smuggled a letter out of prison](https://hyperallergic.com/zehra-dogan-letter-to-bansky/) to thank **Banksy** for his recent [mural](https://hyperallergic.com/new-banksy-mural-mural-turkish-kurdish-artist-zehra-dogan/) in her honor, which he painted with fellow street artist **Borf**. The mural was created to protest Doğan’s imprisonment for her painting of the Turkish military’s destruction of the city of Nusaybin.

The University of Kansas has released a [statement](https://chancellor.ku.edu/news/2018/jul13?ref=hyperallergic.com) affirming their decision to remove a controversial artwork depicting an altered U.S. flag from outdoor view and relocated it to the **Spencer Museum of Art**. [The flag](https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/university-kansas-removes-altered-us-flag-art-56524757?ref=hyperallergic.com) was created by artist **Josephine Meckseper** as part of a **Creative Time**\-sponsored series called *Pledges of Allegiance*.

The [**Worcester Art Museum**](https://www.masslive.com/news/worcester/index.ssf/2018/07/worcester%5Fart%5Fmuseum%5Foffers%5Ffr%5F1.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) will be offering free admission in August, including tours and other special programs.

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Mahmoud Mokhtar, “Au Bord du Nil (On the Banks of the Nile)” (date unknown), bronze, dark brown patina, 47 in. (Image courtesy of Sotheby’s)

## Transactions

**Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi** settled his sixteenth-month lawsuit with **Sotheby’s** earlier this week over the reported date of a sculpture the collector purchased, “Au Bord du Nil” (On the Banks of the Nile), from the auction house. Having originally requested a full refund for the work, Al Qassemi told [*The National*](https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/art/sultan-al-qassemi-settles-lawsuit-with-sotheby-s-1.750131?ref=hyperallergic.com) that the “claim has now been amicably settled between the parties on confidential terms and without any admission of liability or wrongdoing on either side.”

*This and other notable sales and acquisitions are chronicled in our latest* [*Transactions*](https://hyperallergic.com/al-qassemi-settles-lawsuit-with-sothebys-and-waterhouses-the-siren-sells-for-nearly-5-million/) *story.*

## Transitions

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Whitney Ferrare (Photo by Paul Sunga) (image courtesy of ARTnews)

Pace Gallery appointed [**Whitney Ferrare**](http://www.artnews.com/2018/07/17/hong-kong-pace-gallery-appoints-whitney-ferrare-formerly-gagosian-senior-director/?ref=hyperallergic.com) as its senior director in Hong Kong.

The Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture appointed [**Cerrie Woodner**](http://www.artnews.com/2018/07/18/cerrie-woodner-bamford-joins-skowhegan-school-director-development-events/?ref=hyperallergic.com) as its director of development and events.

The Portland Museum of Art appointed[ **Jaime DeSimone**](http://www.artnews.com/2018/07/18/portland-museum-art-taps-jaime-desimone-associate-curator-contemporary-art/?ref=hyperallergic.com) as associate curator of contemporary art.

White Cube appointed[ **Eric Shiner**](http://www.artnews.com/2018/07/17/eric-shiner-leaves-sothebys-join-white-cube/?ref=hyperallergic.com) as its new artistic director.

The Box, Plymouth has appointed [**Nigel Hurst**](http://www.artnews.com/2018/07/19/saatchi-gallery-director-nigel-hurst-named-head-contemporary-arts-box-plymouth/?ref=hyperallergic.com) as its head of contemporary arts.

[**Vladimir von Tsurikov**](https://www.minnpost.com/artscape/2018/07/museum-russian-art-s-director-step-down-august-new-mamma-mia-ordway?ref=hyperallergic.com) has stepped down as director of The Museum of Russian Art in Minneapolis.

## Accolades

The **Andy Warhol Foundation** has announced its six [curatorial research fellows](https://www.artforum.com/news/andy-warhol-foundation-awards-curatorial-research-fellowships-76007?ref=hyperallergic.com) for spring 2018.

[“Philip Guston: Nixon Drawings, 1971 & 1975”](http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/3154740/philip-gustons-nixon-drawings-bags-best-art-book-prize?ref=hyperallergic.com) was awarded the **2018 FILAF D’or,** the prize for best international art book, and best modern art book at the International Art Book and Film Festival.

**Leonard Suryajaya** and **Derrick Woods-Morrow** were announced as the recipients of the [2018 Chicago Artadia Awards](http://uk.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/3160040/leonard-suryajaya-and-derrick-woods-morrow-bag-chicago?ref=hyperallergic.com).

## Obituaries

[Annie Oliver Bell](https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/jul/19/anne-olivier-bell-obituary?ref=hyperallergic.com) (1916-2018), curator and editor of Virginia Woolf’s diaries.

[Franz Beyer](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/07/19/franz-beyer-finished-mozarts-unfinished-requiem-obituary/?ref=hyperallergic.com) (1922-2018), musicologist who completed Mozart’s Requiem.

[Jessica Mann](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/07/17/jessica-mann-crime-writer-journalist-broadcaster-obituary/?ref=hyperallergic.com) (1938-2018), crime novelist and journalist.

[Marion Woodman](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/19/obituaries/marion-woodman-explorer-of-the-feminine-mind-dies-at-89.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fobituaries&action=click&contentCollection=obituaries®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront&ref=hyperallergic.com) (1928-2018), psychoanalyst and author.

[Annabelle Neilson](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/17/fashion/annabelle-neilson-dead.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fobituaries&action=click&contentCollection=obituaries®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront&ref=hyperallergic.com) (1969-2018), model, children’s author, and muse of Alexander McQueen.

[Adrian Cronauer](https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/19/entertainment/adrian-cronauer-good-morning-vietnam-dies/index.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) (1938-2018), radio personality whose life inspired Robin Williams’ character in the movie “Good Morning, Vietnam.”

[Dr. Luther W. Brady](http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/dr-luther-w-brady-92-renowned-radiation-oncologist-20180718.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) (1926-2018), renowned oncologist and chair of the executive committee at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

[Robby Müller](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/10/obituaries/robby-muller-inventive-cinematographer-is-dead-at-78.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fobituaries&action=click&contentCollection=obituaries®ion=stream&module=stream%5Funit&version=latest&contentPlacement=10&pgtype=sectionfront&ref=hyperallergic.com) (1940-2018), cinematographer.

[Les Lieber](https://jazztimes.com/news/les-lieber-jazz-at-noon-founder-dies-at-106/?ref=hyperallergic.com) (1912-2018), jazz saxophonist.

[Gary Beach](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/18/obituaries/gary-beach-dead-broadway-actor.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fobituaries&action=click&contentCollection=obituaries®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=5&pgtype=sectionfront&ref=hyperallergic.com) (1947-2018), Tony Award-winning actor for his role in *The Producers*.

[Yvonne Blake](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/18/obituaries/yvonne-blake-award-winning-costume-designer-is-dead-at-78.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fobituaries&action=click&contentCollection=obituaries®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=6&pgtype=sectionfront&ref=hyperallergic.com) (1940-2018), costume designer.