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# Art Movements
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/art-movements-83/
- Published: 2015-01-23T19:14:14.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:43:38.000Z
- Description: This week in art news: The Hergé Museum cancels its Charlie Hebdo exhibition, Sotheby's and Christie's reported record sales, and an artist hired stuntmen to destroy his exhibition.
- Author: Tiernan Morgan
- Tags: News, Art Movements, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:08 (2014, 2015, part 2)

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Luca della Robbia, “Dialectic (Plato and Aristotle?)” (1437–39), marble, 327⁄8 × 271⁄8 × 5 inches, Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore (© Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore / Antonio Quattrone; Courtesy MOBIA)

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

Citing security concerns, the Hergé Museum in Belgium [cancelled](http://www.expatica.com/be/news/features/Herg-Museum-cancels-Charlie-Hebdo-exhibition%5F446735.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) its exhibition *Caricature* on the day it was scheduled to open. The show would have included portraits of the *Charlie Hebdo* cartoonists who were murdered in Paris earlier this month.

Both Sotheby’s and Christie’s [reported](http://theartnewspaper.com/articles/Guess-what--was-a-record-year-at-auction/36819?ref=hyperallergic.com) record nominal sales for 2014 ($6 billion and $6.8 billion, respectively).

Major sculptural works by Donatello, Filippo Brunelleschi, Nanni di Banco, and Luca della Robbia will go on display for the first time in the US next month. The exhibition, entitled [*Sculpture in the Age of Donatello*](http://mobia.org/exhibitions/sculpture-in-the-age-of-donatello?ref=hyperallergic.com#slideshow1), will open at New York City’s Museum of Biblical Art on February 20.

The Bronx Museum of the Arts and Cuba’s El Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana announced [*Wild Noise*](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/22/arts/design/bronx-museum-plans-ambitious-art-exchange-with-cuba.html?smid=tw-share&ref=hyperallergic.com), an exhibition and “extensive visual arts exchange” between the two institutions.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art plans to [sell off](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-20/new-york-s-metropolitan-museum-plans-250-million-bond-offering.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) $250 million of its taxable debt in order to finance infrastructure projects.

Massimo Osanna, the superintendent of Pompeii, is [organizing](http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Pompeii-to-stage-exhibition-of-objects-returned-by-touristlooters/36827?ref=hyperallergic.com) an exhibition of objects stolen from, and then subsequently returned to the ancient city. The objects, which typically consist of building and terracotta fragments, are often accompanied by letters of apology penned by tourists.

Wildenstein & Company [filed](http://www.artnews.com/2015/01/20/wildenstein-and-qatar-battle-over-aborted-new-york-art-palace-sale/?ref=hyperallergic.com) a lawsuit against Qatar over the country’s aborted purchase of the company’s lavish Upper East Side headquarters.

The heirs of the Aldi supermarket chain were [awarded](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30896483?ref=hyperallergic.com) €19.4 million (\~$22 million) in damages after a Düsseldorf court ruled that art dealer Heige Achenbach had made unauthorized commission charges on the sale of paintings and vintage cars on behalf of Aldi heir Berthold Albrecht.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2015/01/image002.jpg)

Smashed artworks at the opening of Loris Gréaud’s ‘The Unplayed Notes Museum’ (courtesy Dallas Contemporary)

French artist Loris Gréaud hired local stuntman to [destroy](http://www.wfaa.com/story/entertainment/2015/01/18/loris-greaud-exhibit-dallas-museum-destroyed/21969697/?ref=hyperallergic.com) around 40% of the work on display at the opening of *The Unplayed Notes Museum*, an exhibition of artifacts collected by the artist at the Dallas Contemporary and the Joule Hotel.

Liberal Democrat Councilor Fraser MacPherson has [called on](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-30902261?ref=hyperallergic.com) the financial watchdog Audit Scotland to launch an inquiry into the ballooning costs of Dundee’s proposed V&A Museum. The project, the cost of which recently increased to £80 million (\~$120 million), is already being investigated by the Dundee City Council. The Scottish government has [pledged](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-30871387?ref=hyperallergic.com) an additional £10 million ($15 million) towards the museum’s construction.

The city of Barcelona has [accused](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/22/world/europe/battle-over-artworks-pits-barcelona-against-disinherited-daughters.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) the four daughters of the late Catalan industrialist Julio Muñoz Ramonet of illegally removing artworks from their father’s mansion. Ramonet bequeathed the property to the city of Barcelona in 1991\. His collection is thought to include works by Rembrandt, El Greco, and Goya.

The U.S. Supreme Court [rejected](http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Supreme-Court-rejects-Norton-Simons-appeal-in-looted-art-case/36823?ref=hyperallergic.com) an appeal bid by the Norton Simon Museum over the ownership of a pair of paintings by Lucas Cranach the Elder. “Adam and Eve” (c. 1530) belonged to the Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker. According to *The Art Newspaper*, Marei von Saher, Goudstikker’s heir, has been battling for the paintings in federal court since 2007.

A farmer in Norfolk [discovered](http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/3500-year-old-dagger-or-really-great-doorstop-180953923/?no-ist&ref=hyperallergic.com) that a bent piece of bronze he had used as a doorstop for over a decade was actually a ceremonial dagger dating from 1,500 BCE.

A restored Bansky stencil dubbed the “Haight Street Rat” has [gone on display](http://www.sfgate.com/art/article/Banksy-mural-temporarily-back-in-San-Francisco-6025384.php?ref=hyperallergic.com) at 836M, a non-profit gallery in San Francisco. Brian Grief, who raised $10,000 on Kickstarter to restore the dismantled mural, has been unable to find a museum that will accept the work.

A petition was [launched](https://www.change.org/p/transport-for-london-save-paolozzi-tottenham-court-road-mosaic-from-tragic-destruction?ref=hyperallergic.com) to save Eduardo Paolozzi’s mosaic murals at Tottenham Court Road station. Transport for London has stated that part of the work will need to be destroyed in order to make way for the new Crossrail link.

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Eduardo Paolozzi’s mosaics at Tottenham Court Road Station, London (via Flickr/Tim Adams)

George Lucas stated that he would still [consider](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-george-lucas-museum-chicago-20150116-story.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) Los Angeles as a location for his Lucas Museum of Narrative Art should plans to build the museum in Chicago fall through. Last November, Friends of the Parks [filed suit](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-lucas-museum-suit-pdf-20141113-htmlstory.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) against the proposed museum, arguing that its placement beside Lake Michigan would disrupt the lakefront’s ecosystem.

The 9/11 Museum [acquired](http://www.newsweek.com/911-museum-acquires-truther-art-300251?ref=hyperallergic.com) an artwork critiquing the official narrative of the September 11th attacks. The museum’s Chief Spokesman Michael Frazier told *Newsweek* that the museum does not endorse the views of the so-called “truther” movement: “We recognize these baseless views were taken by some after 9/11 and see the artwork only as an artifact of that movement.”

The vacant Bronx Borough Courthouse will [be used](http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150116/morrisania/vacant-bronx-courthouse-transform-into-art-venue?ref=hyperallergic.com) to host an art exhibition while developers search for a permanent tenant. The arts group [No Longer Empty](http://www.nolongerempty.org/?ref=hyperallergic.com) have yet to announce the details of the show.

Researchers [confirmed](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/vaticancityandholysee/11361513/Archaeologists-and-experts-say-two-mummies-in-the-Vatican-Museum-are-fakes.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) that two bandaged mummies stored within the Vatican Museums are fakes.

### Transactions

![Fred Wilson, "To Die Upon a Kiss" (2011) (© Fred Wilson, courtesy Pace Gallery. Photo by G. R. Christmas)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2015/01/ar4vxpa7gwqhdjvziyplg6r7ssz6993kq30ihnlwyhqp8twxdgzqj2gi1fzdn7nbnvxrwudf23ccn1koxoalqq1.jpg)

Fred Wilson, “To Die Upon a Kiss” (2011) (© Fred Wilson, courtesy Pace Gallery; Photo by G. R. Christmas)

The Corning Museum of Glass [acquired](http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Cornings-glass-museum-acquires-contemporary-works-for-new-wing/36817?ref=hyperallergic.com) five contemporary artworks, all of which will be displayed in the museum’s new $64-million wing due to open in March. The works are by artists Roni Horn, Klaus Moje, Ayala Serfaty, Jeroen Verhoeven, and Fred Wilson.

In anticipation of its 50th anniversary, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art [acquired](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-lacma-gifts-donations-damien-hirst-roy-lichtenstein-20150121-story.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) iconic works by Hans Memling, François Boucher, Giambologna, and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.

David Cameron [presented](http://artcentron.com/2015/01/18/obama-henry-moore-print/?ref=hyperallergic.com) Barack Obama with a print by Henry Moore to commemorate the president’s first trip to Stonehenge.

Preston H. Haskell, a trustee emeritus of the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, [donated](http://www.mocajacksonville.org/event/preston-haskell-gives-5-million-to-moca-jacksonville-endowment?ref=hyperallergic.com) $5 million to the museum’s endowment.

The San Diego Museum of Art [acquired](http://www.artfixdaily.com/artwire/release/5324-san-diego-museum-of-art-acquires-two-major-spanish-artworks?ref=hyperallergic.com) paintings by Francisco de Zurbarán and Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida.

Colonial Williamsburg [acquired](http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/colonial-williamsburg-accepts-washington-treasures/2015/01/21/cdba0bd4-a13d-11e4-91fc-7dff95a14458%5Fstory.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) a Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington. The painting is based on the artist’s “Athenaeum” portrait, best known for inspiring the profile of Washington used on the $1 bill.

“Alias HK\_58,” a replica of a mosaic mural by the French street artist Space Invader, [sold](http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1683716/replica-removed-invader-street-art-fetches-almost-hk2m-auction?ref=hyperallergic.com) for HK$ 1.96 million (\~$250,000) at the Sotheby’s Hong Kong contemporary art sale. The work depicts the cartoon character Hong Kong Phooey.

The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco [bought](http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int%5Fsec=11&int%5Fnew=75902&ref=hyperallergic.com#.VMGBbatDsyB) a portrait of Charles de Verninac by Eugène Delacroix, the first painting by the artist to enter their collection.

### Transitions

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2015/01/delacroix_charles-de-verninac.jpg)

Eugène Delacroix, “Portrait of Charles de Verninac” (ca. 1826), oil on canvas, 24 ¼ x 19 7/8 in. FAMSF, museum purchase, Roscoe and Margaret Oakes Income Fund (courtesy FAMSF)

Hollyhock House, the first home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in Los Angeles, is set to [reopen](http://la.curbed.com/archives/2015/01/first%5Ffrank%5Flloyd%5Fwright%5Fhouse%5Fin%5Flos%5Fangeles%5Ffinally%5Freopening.php?ref=hyperallergic.com) next month after six years of renovations.

Trevor Schoonmaker, the chief curator of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, [will be](http://burnaway.org/prospect-4-organized-curator-nasher-duke/?ref=hyperallergic.com) the artistic director of Prospect.4, the next edition of the New Orleans triennial. He succeeds LACMA curator Franklin Sirmans, who curated Prospect.3.

The Dahesh Museum of Art is [relocating](http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/19/dahesh-museum-of-art-homeless-for-7-years-has-a-new-residence/?%5Fr=0&ref=hyperallergic.com) to a townhouse at 178 East 64th Street. The museum was forced to operate without a space following a rent increase at its former location on Madison Avenue seven years ago.

Linda Wolk-Simon was [appointed](http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int%5Fsec=11&int%5Fnew=75896&ref=hyperallergic.com#.VMExvatDsyB) director and chief curator of Fairfield University’s Bellarmine Museum of Art.

Dominique H. Vasseur, the chief curator of the Columbus Museum of Art, will [retire](http://artdaily.com/news/75897/Columbus-Museum-of-Art-announces-retirement-of-Chief-Curator-Dominique-H--Vasseur-?ref=hyperallergic.com#.VMFeh6tDsyA) on January 30.

David Breslin was [appointed](http://artforum.com/news/id=49906?ref=hyperallergic.com) chief curator of the Menil Drawing Institute.

Lanka Tattersall was [appointed](http://www.moca.org/pdf/press/MediaAdvisory%5FMOCA%5FLankaTattersall%5FFINAL%5F012115%5F1.pdf?ref=hyperallergic.com) assistant curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

Sara Raza was [awarded](http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/press-room/releases/6254-sara-raza-selected-as-guggenheim-ubs-map-curator-middle-east-and-north-africa?ref=hyperallergic.com) a curatorial residency as curator for the Middle East and North Africa as part of the Guggenheim’s UBS MAP Global Art Initiative.

The Brooklyn Museum has [selected](http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/press/uploads/Visitor%5FExperience%5FPress%5FRelease%5FJan%5F2015.pdf?ref=hyperallergic.com) Brooklyn-based design firm SITU Studio to redesign its lobby and pavilion entrance.

### Crime

James Thompson was [found guilty](http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/state-and-regional/caretaker-convicted-in-columbia-art-dealer-s-killing/article%5F8eebe0d2-7948-5bfb-800a-66eeb98933bb.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) of arranging the murder of art dealer Brian Daniels in a bid to inherit his fortune. Casey Lewis, the alleged hitman, is scheduled to be tried in late February.

Italian police [recovered](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30931225?ref=hyperallergic.com) 5,361 rare antiquities in a number of raids on warehouses in Basel, Switzerland. The haul is the result of a 14-year investigation into a Swiss-based trafficking ring.

Twelve artworks were [stolen](http://krqe.com/2015/01/19/paintings-photos-stolen-from-edgewood-art-gallery/?ref=hyperallergic.com) from the Bear Barn Art Gallery in Edgewood, New Mexico.

Four people were [charged](http://www.9news.com/story/news/crime/2015/01/21/suspects-in-chihuly-art-theft-charged/22127753/?ref=hyperallergic.com) with stealing four glass sculptures from the Denver Botanic Gardens. Three of the sculptures were later destroyed by farming equipment after two of the suspects dumped them in a corn field.

A public sculpture entitled “Big Turtle Riverbox” was [stolen](http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/01/20/justice-insider-big-turtle-is-latest-of-dublins-public-art-to-vanish.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) from Scioto Park in Dublin, Ohio. The work was a replacement of the original, which was stolen in 2008.

### Accolades

The National Book Critics Circle Awards [announced](http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/19/finalists-for-the-national-book-critics-circle-awards-are-announced/?%5Fr=2&ref=hyperallergic.com) their 2014 finalists.

Mexican sculptor Abraham Cruzvillegas was [selected](http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30934396?ref=hyperallergic.com) to create the next installation for the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall.

Conceptual artist Theaster Gates [will split](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-30943709?ref=hyperallergic.com) his Artes Mundi first prize money (£40,000, or \~$60,000) with the nine other artists who were shortlisted.

![Jane Wilson in her studio, 2095 Broadway, New York. January 8, 1999. Photograph by John Jonas Gruen (courtesy DC Moore Gallery, New York)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2015/01/jane-in-studio-by-john-gruen.jpg)

Jane Wilson in her studio, 2095 Broadway, New York. January 8, 1999; Photograph by John Jonas Gruen (courtesy DC Moore Gallery, New York)

### Obituaries

[Tadeusz Konwicki](http://artforum.com/news/id=49867?ref=hyperallergic.com) (1926–2015), writer and filmmaker.

[Dr. Howard D. Sirak](http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/01/19/howard-sirak-obituary.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) (1922–2015), collector and major donor to the Columbus Museum of Art.

[Jane Wilson](http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/1073131/expressionist-weather-painter-jane-wilson-90-has-died?ref=hyperallergic.com) (1924–2015), painter.