The Chinese textile was the sale s top lot. It saw tremendous bidder interest. The 388-lot Estate Fine Art & Antiques auction was online-only due to COVID. No live bidding.
Newfields announces new executive structure
Since joining the Newfields team in early 2016 as a Deputy Director, Jonathan Wright has brought extraordinary energy and vision to Newfields expansive natural resources.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND
.-Newfields announces new executive structure featuring three new appointments as part of a long-term succession plan designed to ensure continued growth and positive momentum for Newfields. Newfields Board of Trustees has established the new position of President of Newfields and enabled the President to appoint The Ruth Lilly Director of The Garden and Fairbanks Park; and The Melvin & Bren Simon Director of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields.
Richard Feigen, gallerist and champion of art, dies at 90
Richard Feigen in his townhouse on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, Dec. 13, 1996. Feigen, a prominent gallerist, dealer and collector whose influence in the art world in New York and beyond included brokering top-dollar deals of all sorts for museums and magnates while championing both old masters and new talent, died on Jan. 29 in Mount Kisco, N.Y. He was 90. Suzanne DeChillo/The New York Times.
by Neil Genzlinger
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- Richard Feigen, a prominent gallerist, dealer and collector whose influence in the art world in New York and beyond included brokering top-dollar deals of all sorts for museums and magnates while championing both old masters and new talent, died Jan. 29 in Mount Kisco, New York. He was 90.
All the world s a screen? They re used to it
The Belgian director Ivo van Hove s Broadway production of West Side Story uses video projections on stage, in New York, Feb. 19, 2020. Before lockdowns began, a screen onstage signified experiment, adventure, risk. Sara Krulwich/The New York Times.
by Alexis Soloski
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- About a year ago, when such things were possible, a friend and I bought cheap, same-day tickets to a preview of West Side Story, directed by Belgian auteur Ivo van Hove. Our assigned seats were in the second row of the orchestra, on the extreme left, below the lip of the stage. Which means that we saw most of the performance via the 30-foot-tall LED display at the back.