Cutting-edge Carmen Herrera offered at Bonhams Prints & Multiples sale
Carmen Herrera (b. 1915), Rojo y Negro (Red and Black), 1993 (Estimate: $3,000 5,000). Photo: Bonhams.
NEW YORK, NY
.- On Monday, February 22, 2021, Bonhams Prints & Multiples will hold a Geometric Abstraction Auction in New York, highlighted by the sale of Rojo y Negro, (Red and Black), 1993, Carmen Herreras first known print published in the United States.
As a Latin American female artist in the New York art world, Herrera was subject to discrimination for decades. Despite living in the city and actively working as an artist since the 1950s, she didnt sell her first artwork until 2004, at age 89. As a result of widely accepted discriminatory practices within the industry, Herreras print output is quite limited. In 1993, publisher Victor Gomez, made what was at the time considered an unconventional decision in publishing Rojo y Negro; unlike many of his male contemporaries, Gomez felt it was impor
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Sarah Meister Named Next Executive Director of Aperture
Ms. Meister will serve as the primary creative force and public representative of Aperture, a nonprofit arts organization and preeminent publisher of photography.
Sarah Meister. Photograph by Naima Green
Aperture Foundation’s Board of Trustees is pleased to announce that Sarah Meister has been selected as its next Executive Director. She will begin her new role in May 2021. As Executive Director, Ms. Meister will serve as the primary creative force and public representative of Aperture, a nonprofit arts organization and preeminent publisher of photography, working closely with the Board and leading the staff of thirty-five to further the organization’s distinguished legacy and set its vision for its future. She will succeed Chris Boot, who will be returning to London after leading Aperture for the past decade.
Amid Epstein Revelations, Leon Black Remains Chairman of MoMA
After the disclosure that Mr. Black had paid Jeffrey Epstein $158 million, some have called for his removal.
Leon Black, who has been the chairman of the Museum Of Modern Art’s board of trustees since 2018, paid $158 million to Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender.Credit.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Museum of Modern Art
Jan. 27, 2021
After Leon Black announced this week that he would be stepping down as chief executive of Apollo Global Management amid revelations that he had paid $158 million to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, several art world figures called on the Museum of Modern Art to remove him as the chairman of its board of trustees.