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September 17, 2024


GOOD MORNING.

 * Philadelphia's University of the Arts (UArts) has filed for bankruptcy after
   shuttering this summer.
 * New York's Deli Gallery and LA- and Atlanta-based UTA Fine Arts are among the
   latest commercial art enterprises to close shop.
 * An initiative offering refugees free entry to English heritage sites is
   fueling fierce debate.

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The Headlines

CHAPTER 11. The University of the Arts (UArts) in Philadelphia has filed for
bankruptcy a few months after it abruptly closed this summer. The move came
after the breakdown of talks to possibly merge with Temple University, reports
the Philly Voice. The school is $50 million in debt to bondholders, and a court
filing shows that the shuttered university's assets and liabilities are valued
up to $100 million. The Temple Uni merger had raised the possibility of
preserving the school, but by the end of August, those hopes were dashed. “After
an exhaustive effort by our internal and external team, we were unable to
identify a solution that would be in the best interest of Temple’s community and
mission,” reads a statement from Temple administrators. Over 330 former UArts
students have enrolled at Temple since the summer, and in the same statement,
the school said they were still exploring “opportunities with other non-profit
organizations that might allow us to revitalize and activate the UArts’
facilities.

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WURST OF TIMES. New York’s Deli Gallery, acclaimed for spotting emerging talent,
will close, joining the likes of Denny Gallery, JTT Gallery, and Queer Thoughts,
who have also recently shut down in the city, reports ARTnews. It’s current
show, a series of paintings by Jose de Jesus Rodriguez titled “Long-Winded,” is
on view until September 28 and will be the gallery’s last. “Obviously, there are
external market factors at play, but at the end of the day this felt like the
right moment,” gallery founder Max Marshall told reporters. In other news of
shut-downs, or more precisely, a “pause” in operations, UTA Fine Arts, the
division of the Hollywood talent agency that tried to act as an agent for
artists, is winding down – for now. UTA Artist Space also exhibited in their LA
and Atlanta locations. A spokesperson told ARTnews the moratorium was prompted
by the impending departure of its director, Arthur Lewis. Some artists said the
UTA was nevertheless still representing them “in other parts of the agency.




THE DIGEST


A two-year-old program allowing refugees free entry to English cultural heritage
sites is at the center of a political debate in the UK, following right-wing
criticism. Philip Kiszely, who was a guest last week on GB News, complained t
hat the initiative fed an “agenda” to decolonize the past and encouraged
refugees to “learn how terrible we are.” [The Art Newspaper]

German photographer Candida Höfer has won the 2024 Käthe Kollwitz Prize in
Berlin, worth $13,400. Berlin’s Akademie der Künste is hosting an exhibition of
her work until November 24. [ Artforum]

Chicago’s National Public Housing Museum is partnering with the Smithsonian and
other organizations to host the “National Conversation on Race” from September
20-28 in Chicago, as part of a national Smithsonian series examining the history
of racism. [The Chicago Sun Times]

The art and tech platform VIV Arts – which aims to connect experiential artists
with collectors – is officially launching on October 8, with a three-day
immersive art experience by artist Julian Charrière, titled Controlled Burn, at
the Welsh Chapel during Frieze London. [Press release]


THE KICKER

THE HAACKE OF IT. Artist Hans Haacke, 88, has been profiled by The New York
Times about his “prophetic” art practice and life spent skewering the murky
politics of high-profile museum backers, all the while creating a new form of
art in the process. For example, in 1970, he asked MoMA’s visitors to vote on
whether then-g overnor Nelson Rockefeller’s tacit support of the Vietnam War and
U S invasion of Cambodia would impact their decision to elect him. Rockefeller’s
family helped found MoMA, and the governor’s brother was on the museum board.
 Calls to remove the piece were resisted, but Haake wasn’t invited back to the
museum for years. Meanwhile, another 1971 piece by Haake for the Guggenheim
Museum , in which he held a NYC landlord to task for rent gouging, was famously
canceled. Today, Haacke “is still making curators and collectors clutch their
pearls,” writes M.H. Miller. “With persistent clarity, he seemed to understand,
half a century before anyone else, the stakes of the uncomfortable relationship
between art and politics.” In November, a major, traveling retrospective of
Haacke’s work will open at the Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, and he has work
currently on view at Paula Cooper Gallery, NY.

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