Hatched Too Late: Our post earlier this week about Senator Orrin Hatch’s look into the tax-exemptions afforded 11 private museums should have acknowledged that the Town & Country story ran in January of 2017, a year ago. Nonetheless, the IRS seems not to have made any changes in their approach to private museums in general or to Glenstone in particular which was the focus of the article. …
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Georg Baselitz Turns 80: Deutsche Welle recaps the artist’s career. “To this day, it remains unclear whether or not the scandal was actively stirred by gallerist Michael Werner, who was said to have promoted sensationalist reporting of the issue which then led to confiscation of the works. Whether the allegations were true or not, Werner subsequently emerged as an important player in Germany’s art market, and Baselitz suddenly managed to sell his paintings.” …
Whose Idea Was It to Have Charles Saatchi Write About Picasso? Charles Saatchi’s feature for the Telegraph dwells on Picasso’s relationship to women through the lens of the Desmoiselle d’Avignon. …
Valeria Napoleone Shows Her Collection of Women Artists: The NYTimes Show Us Your Walls column goes to London.