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The Headlines
HAMMER TIME. The big-ticket fall auctions of modern and contemporary art in New York are approaching, and today Sotheby’s uncorked news of one of its choice offerings: 90 works from the collection of David Solinger, the lawyer and Whitney Museum president who died in 1996. It is estimated to haul in $100 million. Angelica Villa has the story in ARTnews. The material, which is being sold by Solinger’s family, includes a 1927 Pablo Picasso portrait of his muse Marie-Thérèse Walter (top estimate: $20 million) and a 1950 Willem de Kooning ($25 million). Also present are pieces by Jean Dubuffet, Joan Miró, and many more. Here’s a fact about Solinger that might come in handy at your next art-trivia night: When he assumed the Whitney presidency in 1966, he was the first non-Whitney family member to hold the position.
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The Digest
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The Kicker
THE CLOCK IS TICKING. A prized L. S. Lowry painting, titled Going to the Match (1953) and currently on view at the Lowry museum in Salford, England, is hitting the auction block at Christie’s next month, and the city’s mayor, Paul Dennett, is calling on the winning bidder to keep it on public view, the Guardian reports. The work, which is being sold by the Professional Footballers Association , is estimated at £8 million (about $8.65 million) and depicts people streaming into a soccer (aka football) match. Dennett has proposed that someone from that industry step in. “I’d like to make a personal plea for the footballing community here in Greater Manchester to look at retaining this painting for the people of Greater Manchester,” he said. “There’s a lot of money in that community, so finding £8m-plus wouldn’t be too difficult.” [The Guardian]
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