The first week back at work after the holidays is always tough. The shock of swapping sitting around your house in your pyjamas all day while stuffing your face with junk food for a desk and emails is always horrific. While you bury yourself in mountains of work, it was probably impossible to keep on track with news in the art world this week. But fear not, we’ve sorted all that for you…
ART
Art World Mourns John Baldessari
And just like that, the art world loses another great. The artist most famous for his work with dots passed away at the age of 88, having enjoyed a career most of us dreamed of. His name will definitely go down in history.
Women Artists Fight For Reproductive Rights
A new show called Abortion Is Normal is taking place at Eva Presenhuber in New York. The show of all female work is being sold through Artsy in order to benefit Planned Parenthood during a time when legal abortion is under attack across the United States. Exhibiting artists include Laurie Simmons, Chloe Wise, Barbara Kruger and Marilyn Minter.
Artists Design Posters For Tokyo 2020 Olympics
19 artists were commissioned to design posters for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Amongst the big names are Viviane Sassen and Chris Ofili. There are also a number of illustrations by Japanese artists, giving nods to Manga as well as Hokusai’s infamous wave.
Musee D’Orsay Hires Instagram-Artist-In-Residence
Just when you thought the art world couldn’t embrace technology anymore, Musee D’Orsay tops everyone by hiring an Instagram-Artist-In-Residence. Illustrator Jean-Philippe Delhomme will make one post per week in which he depicts the French museum’s artists as though they are alive today.
FASHION
Frank Ocean Becomes Face Of Prada
Everyone’s favourite Frank Ocean has just been unveiled as the face of a new Prada campaign. The model behind the brand’s Spring-Summer 2020 imagery was shot by David Sims in the new collection, looking dreamy as always.
FRUiTS Magazine Archive Uploaded On Instagram
Who didn’t love FRUiTS as a teen? The Japanese street-style bible – which was in print between 1997 and 2017 – was loved by many fashionistas across the globe before it stopped publication. But now, thanks to editor Chris Tordoff, a new Instagram account is documenting the entire archive.
Might Revive FRUiTS May Be Revived Thanks to Virgil Abloh And Demna Gvasalia Influence
In a double-piece of FRUiTS news, super-designers Virgil Abloh and Demna Gvasalia have caused Shoichi Aoki – the photographer behind FRUiTS – to reconsider bringing it back. Speaking to Dazed, the photographer explained that before Abloh’s and Gvasalia’s streetstyle influence, he had run out of cool people to photograph.
MARKET
Banksy And KAWS To Appear In Private Selling Exhibition At Phillips
Phillips New York is hosting a selling exhibition called “Ten Monkeys and a Dolphin: Banksy & Kaws”. Whether you think the title is genius or insane, the display in NYC is sure to grab headlines with 20 works from each record-breaking artist. The exhibition will run between 14 January and 10 February 2020.
Text Lizzy Vartanian
