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Goodman Gallery will sell blankets and donate profit to a COVID-19 battling clinic in Johannesburg.
As Coronavirus spreads through South Africa, The Art Newspaper reports that Goodman Gallery, an essential outlet for South African artists during the apartheid years, committed to selling a series of limited-edition blankets to help the Witkoppen Health & Welfare clinic in Johannesburg. Previously, the gallery has already worked on donations to the Red Cross.
The clinic is a non-profit located in the northern suburbs of the city. The artists participating are Broomberg & Chanarin, Nolan Oswald Dennis, Reza Farkhondeh & Ghada Amer, and Samson Kambalu, each of whom created unique contributions for the project. The blankets will go for £500 each, ranging in their motives depending on the artist. Kambalu, for example, has created a modernist graphic design titled Hand Written, while House of Lust is a two-women feminine narrative created by Farkhondeh and Amer. The blankets can be purchased on the gallery's website.
Blanket designed by Ghada Amer & Reza Farkhondeh, Broomberg & Chanarin, Nolan Oswald Dennis and Samson Kambalu. Image Courtesy of © Goodman Gallery
The National Endowment will provide $75 million to art organizations in need
The National Endowment for the Arts will apportion $75 million in funding provided by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The Arts Endowment will distribute funds to nonprofit arts organizations across the country to help these groups survive the forced closure of their operations in response to the spread of COVID-19. Details regarding timing and applications are being developed and will be announced as soon as they are available. People are able to check arts.gov in the coming days for more information. “On behalf of America’s taxpayers, we fully understand and welcome the responsibility which has been entrusted to the Arts Endowment,” said Chairman Carter. “America needs the arts and these jobs as part of our economy, our communities, and our lives and the National Endowment for the Arts is committed to doing its part.”
Exterior view of The Museum of Modern Art, 53rd Street Entrance Canopy, The Museum of Modern Art Renovation and Expansion. Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Gensler. Photography by Iwan Baan, Courtesy of © MoMA
David Zwirner online gallery will host 12 small New york galleries for free
While COVID-19 continues to stall the lives of millions of people, the art community is still seeking ways to stay afloat. As most galleries have closed their doors to the public, many have relocated online. David Zwirner, a German-born art dealer who owns the David Zwirner Gallery in New York, Paris and London, has offered 12 New York galleries to occupy his innovative online gallery space.
Many of these galleries were scheduled to exhibit in Spring, but were cut short or delayed because of the Coronavirus outbreak. Each of the galleries will now be able to exhibit two works by a single artists, and the Zwirner Gallery will not take a commission fee for any sales made by the participating parties.
Among many, the participaties galleries include 47 Canal, Bridget Donahue, David Lewis, Essex Street and Queer Thoughts, as the New York Times reports. The site is scheduled to go live on April 3.
Exterior of David Zwirner Gallery on 525 West 19th Street, New York. Image Courtesy of © David Zwirner Galleries.
Sony’s “Electronics Products & Solutions” Division to Break Off into Separate Holding Company
Starting on April 1, Sony will be spinning off the entirety of its “Electronics Products & Solutions” (EP&S) segment — which includes their photography and mobile businesses — into an intermediate holding company by the name of “Sony Electronics Corporation.” The name change was announced in a press release last week, and the company aims to accelerate the integrated operation of the segment as well as optimizing its organizational structure, talent, and portfolio. They also hope that this will further enhance competition and create new businesses. This shift may indicate a change of heart at Sony regarding how they plan to operate their Technology and Entertainment divisions moving forward, especially considering that the company has stated that they have no plans to break up any of their divisions as recent as September 2019.
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