Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Chicago Backs Down, Pulls Kerry James Marshall Painting Out Of Auction

“In the face of withering criticism from public art advocates and the artist himself, … Mayor Rahm Emanuel has decided to pull the Marshall canvas Knowledge and Wonder from a Nov. 15 auction at Christie’s in New York City, where the work, commissioned for the Legler Branch of the Chicago Public Library for $10,000 in 1995, was expected to sell for more than $10 million.”



Article source here:Arts Journal

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