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Lawsuit Says Scott Kahn Ditched Phillips Asia Show for David Zwirner

Lawsuit Says Scott Kahn Ditched Phillips Asia Show for David Zwirner

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Dealer and curator Eric Ian Hornak-Spoutz has filed suit against painter Scott Kahn, who is accused of breaching his contractual obligations to Hornak-Spoutz by abruptly terminating an exhibition at the Phillips in Hong Kong in order to join David Zwirner’s roster. At the center of the suit, which was filed on Monday in New York State Supreme Court in Westchester County, is the exhibition, which Hornak-Spoutz says was born out of an hours-long Zoom call in November 2022. Also on that call were Jonathan Crockett, chairman of Phillips Asia, and Kahn himself, according to the suit. The exhibition, which was meant to take place between October 26, 2023, and November 5, 2023, was to contain around 50 to 60 paintings.  Related Articles While Hornak-Spoutz and Kahn never signed an official contract, the two had been working together, the lawsuit says, since Kahn consigned 20 works to Hornak-Spoutz. Hornak-Spoutz then sold them at Gallery 928, his space in Marina Village in Florida. The gallery closed in 2014, the same year it tried to sell paintings it …

Spring Auction Season Was Worst Financial Performance This Century

Spring Auction Season Was Worst Financial Performance This Century

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A new report by veteran art market analysts Michael Moses and Jianping Mei of JP Mei & MA Moses Art Market Consultancy, argues that the 2024 spring auction season was “the worst overall financial performance” for the art market this century. The report, titled “How Bad Was the Spring 2024 Auction Season? Financially as Bad as It Gets,” analyzed around 50,000 repeat sales of artworks at Christie’s, Sotheby’s, and Phillips over the last 24 years. Only works first purchased at any worldwide auction from 1970 were included. Related Articles “It’s a very simple methodology,” Moses told ARTnews. “We believe the only way to study the art market is through repeat sales, so we can get a factual analysis of what the returns in the art market are. So, we’re not just looking at revenue, we’re looking at return.” Now retired, Moses was previously a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business and Mei is a professor at Beijing’s Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business. A cursory glance at auction results over the last two …

‘We want to forge ahead’: grief and defiance as Dom Phillips’ widow journeys to site of his death | Global development

‘We want to forge ahead’: grief and defiance as Dom Phillips’ widow journeys to site of his death | Global development

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Alessandra Sampaio fell to her knees and wept as she clambered on to the boat’s deck and came face to face with the remote riverside clearing where her husband’s life was extinguished and hers turned upside down. The sound of Sampaio’s lament mixed with birdsong and the voice of an Indigenous shaman echoed through the jungle where the British journalist, Dom Phillips, and his Brazilian comrade Bruno Pereira were shot dead in June 2022. “Dom and Bruno are here! Save them! Their spirits are lost here! We can’t see them but they are here!” the 85-year-old medicine man, César Marubo, cried out, imploring his people’s God and creator, Kana Voã, to guide their souls towards paradise. “Take them by the hand and lift them up into heaven!” Marubo pleaded, his eyes also filling with tears. Alessandra Sampaio weeps as she visits the site where her husband, Dom Phillips, was ambushed and killed in 2022. Photograph: João Laet/The Guardian On the riverbank before them, framed by Amazonian money trees laden with bright red fruit, two wooden …

Trevor Phillips Calls Out Minister For Spin On Local Elections Disaster

Trevor Phillips Calls Out Minister For Spin On Local Elections Disaster

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Trevor Phillips called out transport secretary Mark Harper for his bizarrely optimistic take on the Tories’ terrible performance in the local elections. The Conservatives lost almost 500 councillors, along with 10 police and crime commissioners. The governing party also has just one metro mayor now after voters in England and Wales went to the ballot box on Thursday. But, overlooking these devastating losses, Harper seemed to focus on just one piece of analysis in his interview – Sky News’ forecast that the next general election will result in a hung parliament. He told the broadcaster: “That means Keir Starmer is not on course to win a majority, and that is before an election campaign where Labour’s lack of policy will come under scrutiny. “So what that shows me is very clear: the polls are not correct, there is everything to fight for, and the Conservative Party under the prime minister’s leadership is absolutely up for that fight.” That same projection from Sky still shows the Tories losing 130 seats. Sky News host Phillips said: “This …

Trevor Phillips Warns Sunak Of Tory Defeat

Trevor Phillips Warns Sunak Of Tory Defeat

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Rishi Sunak has been told by Trevor Phillips that the Tories are “going to get a drubbing” at Thursday’s local elections. The Sky News presenter delivered the stark warning as he challenged the prime minister to either quit or call a general election for July. The pair clashed as rebel Conservative MPs ponder whether to try to oust the PM before the country goes to the polls. Experts predict that the Tories will lose up to 500 council seats on Thursday, while the futures of high-profile mayors Ben Houchen and Andy Street hang in the balance. Phillips told Sunak: “You are going to get a drubbing at the local elections. “How many seats do you have to lose before you accept that the people have lost confidence in you? And it’s time either for you to stand down or to call a general election.” In response, the PM repeatedly refused to rule out a July general election. “When it comes to a general election, I’ve been very clear about that multiple times,” he said. In …

Peter Phillips: the constant and supportive cousin who’s a ‘sounding board’ for Prince William – exclusive

Peter Phillips: the constant and supportive cousin who’s a ‘sounding board’ for Prince William – exclusive

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The Prince of Wales returned to duty this week following his children’s month-long Easter school holidays.  While William is expected to maintain a reduced schedule – juggling his royal engagements and public appearances with parenting and caring for his wife the Princess of Wales as she continues her preventative cancer treatment – it’s no doubt the future King has the weight of the world on his shoulders. He is being supported by his family, with King Charles notably giving him the green light to take a step back from royal duties. But one relative who will, and always has been, there for William is his cousin, Peter Phillips.  Peter was the subject of headlines earlier this month when his split from Lindsay Steven came to light. He has been dubbed the unluckiest royal in love, particularly following the breakdown of his marriage from ex-wife Autumn Phillips in 2019, with whom he shares two daughters Savannah, 13, and Isla, 12. © GettyPeter and William have always had a close cousinly bond since their younger years Peter …

President Nancy Claire Pittman to retire from Phillips Theological Seminary

President Nancy Claire Pittman to retire from Phillips Theological Seminary

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The Board of Trustees of Phillips Theological Seminary has announced the upcoming retirement of President Nancy Claire Pittman effective Sept. 30, 2024. “Nancy has faithfully served Phillips in so many ways over the decades,” said Claire Meredith, chair of the Board of Trustees. “As president, she has tirelessly worked to strengthen the seminary’s core values while exploring new opportunities with grace and strength.” Pittman served Phillips in several roles before being named the seminary’s first female president in 2019. She was Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean before being named interim president in 2018. She has also directed the seminary’s Doctor of Ministry program and taught courses in the practice of ministry and the New Testament. “There likely has never been a more challenging time to lead a seminary than during Nancy’s tenure,” Meredith said. “She has skillfully led Phillips through the global pandemic and continuing shifts in mainline Protestant theological education. Her vision has opened up new and innovative opportunities for the seminary and those it serves, including construction of a new building …

Three Early Basquiats to Sell at Phillips This Spring

Three Early Basquiats to Sell at Phillips This Spring

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Via Archive.   Three early Basquiats will sell at Phillips auction during its spring sales in New York and Hong Kong, created between 1981 and 1982. These Jean-Michel Basquiat pieces originate from the anthropologist Francesco Pellizzi’s possession. Also, Basquiat‘s first dealer, Annina Nosei acquired it in the early ’80s.   Three Early Basquiats, Led by Untitled (ELMAR) PYRO by Jean-Michel B. 1984, via Sotheby’s.   The iconic 1982 image Untitled (ELMAR) is the top seller at the New York auction on May 14. It is a contemporary Icarus poised to plummet from the sky, depicted on a roughly eight-foot-wide canvas, as an archer aims two arrows at him. The estimated selling price of Untitled (ELMAR) is $40–60 million.   In 1989, the Hofstra Museum in New York hosted a retrospective honoring Pellizzi’s collection, which featured Untitled (ELMAR). It was also on display and highlighted on the front page of the corresponding publication for a display held at Gagosian Los Angeles in 1998 to mark the tenth anniversary of Basquiat’s death.   Glenn by Jean-Michel B., …