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Cassie Packard is a writer and cultural critic with bylines at publications including Artforum, frieze, and VICE, and is a regular contributor at Hyperallergic. She was previously a Researcher at Hauser & Wirth in New York City.

A Collection of Experimental Kinetic Art, Featuring Marcel Duchamp and Jenny Holzer

by Cassie Packard January 15, 2021January 15, 2021

The Butler Institute of American Art received 98 works from the kinetic art collection of developer David Bermant, who acquired work that explored movement through the use of video, electronics, robotics, holography, magnetism, and light.

The National Gallery of Art Acquires Quilts by the Women of Gee’s Bend

by Cassie Packard January 8, 2021January 12, 2021

The DC institution has expanded its holdings of work by Black artists from the American South with a recent acquisition from Souls Grown Deep.

In Surprise Ruling, Kandinsky Painting Will Not Be Returned to Jewish Collector Heirs

by Cassie Packard January 6, 2021January 5, 2021

The Amsterdam District Court rejected claims from the heirs of a Jewish art collector that a 1909 painting by Kandinsky in Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum was sold under Nazi-era duress and should be returned.

The Baltimore Museum of Art Concludes a Year of Collecting Work by Only Women Artists

by Cassie Packard December 31, 2020December 31, 2020

The museum announced 33 recent acquisitions by artists including Laura Aguilar, Loïs Mailou Jones, and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith.

Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Personal Collection Heads to Auction

by Cassie Packard December 24, 2020December 22, 2020

Sotheby’s is auctioning artworks that were once in the pair’s home, including kitschy cookie jars that Andy Warhol collected.

Tracing Networks of Political Corruption in Sheida Soleimani’s Slick, Hyper-Stylized Tableaux

by Cassie Packard December 18, 2020December 18, 2020

Hotbed zeroes in on the places where these power relations and abuses between the US and Iran make themselves most visible.

A Major Donation Deepens Holdings of Hong Kong Art at M+ Museum

by Cassie Packard December 17, 2020December 17, 2020

The donation from William and Lavina Lim features work by 53 artists, nearly half of whom are Hong Kong artists.

Picturing Wittgenstein’s Children’s Dictionary

by Cassie Packard December 15, 2020December 17, 2020

With Drawings for Word Book, Paul Chan revisits the philosopher’s important text, illustrating its terms with childlike receptiveness.

How Swann Galleries Set the Stage for the Modern African American Art Market

by Cassie Packard December 10, 2020December 14, 2020

For the past 13 years, Swann has been the only major auction house with a department dedicated to African American art, setting auction records for artists such as Sam Gilliam, Faith Ringgold, and Charles White.

Artist Discovers a Looted Statue in a Canadian Museum’s Collection, Leading to Its Repatriation

by Cassie Packard December 7, 2020December 8, 2020

After Divya Mehra uncovered the colonial history behind a misidentified 18th-century statue, the Mackenzie Art Gallery repatriated it and acquired Mehra’s work about the figure in its stead.

New Auction Platform Will Contribute to HBCU Art History Scholarships

by Cassie Packard November 30, 2020November 30, 2020

Greenhouse Auctions, launching its inaugural sale on December 2, will help fund scholarships for students at over 50 historically Black colleges and universities.

The Absurdist Echoes of Tudor Tyranny

by Cassie Packard November 20, 2020November 23, 2020

Cate Giordano’s immersive tableaux hurl the viewer headfirst into a historical clusterfuck that eerily recalls the present day.

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