Ecological curating in times of pandemic: Pera Museum opens Crystal Clear
Ilana Halperin in collaboration with Knitstanbul, Our Hands Enact the Geologic Process IV, 2020. Hand-dyed Merino Urth Yarn. 95 x 155 cm. each.
ISTANBUL
.-Pera Museums new exhibition, Crystal Clear, opened to the public on December 22 and can be visited through March 7, 2021.
Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Pera Museum in Istanbul bids farewell to 2020 with an exhibition highlighting the global crisis under the influence of the pandemic. Crystal Clear, curated by Elena Sorokina, brings together the works of 20 artists from different countries and generations who engage with the questions of transparency and opacity, earth and de-growth, and the extractive logic that we have to challenge. Created in the context of the pandemic, the question of sustainability in artistic and curatorial practices became central for the exhibition, affecting changes in its structure and choices of material the a
Digital technology spurs Ketterer Kunst to world records in Covid year
Gerhard Richter, Christiane und Kerstin. Estimate: 580,000. Sold for: 2,625,000.
MUNICH
.- Proceeds of nearly 30 million grossed in the second half of 2020 made for the best season result on the German market for the fifth consecutive time for Ketterer Kunst, the leading auction house for Art of the 19th, 20th and 21st Century. A sales total of 60 million for all of 2020 repeatedly confirmed the houses number one position in the ranking of German art auction houses. Despite Covid, the company keeps up with the record level of the two previous years. With 126 results in six-figure realms, the to date record mark of 114 was also topped. Additionally, three results beyond the magic million euro line, as well as numerous world records also contribute to the companys excellent standing.