Picasso's "Buste d'Homme a la Pipe" (to be sold), and von Lenkiewicz at work in his studio
• An exhibition of 20th and 21st century art, including four Picassos and an 1875 Cezanne, will be mounted at a London property near Reagent’s Park from October 12-20, in conjunction with the Frieze Art Fair. Around a third of the works on display will be offered for sale (amounting to around £20m), including pieces by Yves Klein, Egon Schiele, and Gerhard Richter. London based artist Wolfe von Lenkiewicz will curate the show, as well as present his own work. Click
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Yoshitomo Nara, "Untitled (1, 2, 3, 4 Man)"
• London’s Tate Modern has lost the financial backing of UBS AG, Switzerland’s biggest bank and one of the museum’s largest sponsors in recent years. The Tate plans to build a $330 million extension, and has thus far raised “roughly half” of the funds. The museum’s director, Nicholas Serota, is confident that the new wing will be built in time for London's Olympics in 2012. “There are undoubtedly people who have the resources to help us at the level required to complete this project.” Head to
ArtForum to learn more.
• For the first time in the history of New York’s Asia Society Museum, the entire gallery space will be devoted to the work of a single contemporary artist for
Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody's Fool, on view until January 2, 2011. The exhibition will explore the diverse oeuvre of the Neo Pop artist – paintings, drawings, sculpture and installation – with special attention paid to “the relationship of Nara's art to rock and punk music, which has been an ongoing source of inspiration and prevailing reference point in his work.” Check out
e-flux to read more.
