Other News In Brief: David Hockney painting breaks record for a living artist; California wildfires threaten cultural sites; and MoMA curator Quentin Bajac leaves to become director of the French national photography museum Jeu de Paume.
A bi-weekly briefing featuring national and international news, including: Leonardo da Vinci painting sells for £341m at auction; Documenta to return to Kassel in 2022 despite budget issues.
Artists including Julian Opie, Mark Wallinger, Tim Noble and Polly Morgan have donated work to the auction, with proceeds going to help support the family of the artist.
The last week has been crazy – especially as between preparing for the fundraising exhibition and the studio event (which I’ll go into later) I slipped and fell flat on my face, doing my back in and creating a corker […]
