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Roy Lichtenstein Foundation
The Lichtenstein Foundation has announced it will give four hundred artworks—about half its holdings—to the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, one of the biggest single-artist gifts the Whitney has ever received. The Foundation will also give historical material comprising approximately half a million documents to the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art in Washington, DC.
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Roy Lichtenstein, Shipboard Girl, 1965 © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein
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Saturday, May 18, 2024, 11am–6pm
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Join Artnews and the Madison Avenue Business Improvement District on a springtime walk to visit over sixty galleries that line Madison Avenue from East 57th to East 86th Streets. Visitors to Gagosian at 976 Madison Avenue gallery can see Anselm Kiefer: Punctum, the first exhibition in the United States to center exclusively on the artist’s photography. In the Gagosian Shop, adjacent to the gallery, a suite of woodcuts and a selection of prints by Donald Judd are on view, alongside prints by Frank Gehry, Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha, Stanley Whitney, and Jonas Wood. The Shop also offers an exclusive and extensive selection of artist’s books, exhibition catalogues, posters, and prints.
Installation view, Anselm Kiefer: Punctum, Gagosian, 976 Madison Avenue, New York, April 25–July 3, 2024. Artwork © Anselm Kiefer. Photo: Owen Conway
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Roy Lichtenstein, Sunrise, c. 1964 (fabricated c. 1964–65) © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein
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Madison Avenue Fall Gallery Walk 2023
Saturday, October 28, 2023, 11am–5pm
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Join Artnews and the Madison Avenue Business Improvement District on an autumn walk to visit over fifty galleries that line Madison Avenue from East 57th to East 86th Streets. The Gagosian Shop, which offers an exclusive and extensive selection of artist’s books, exhibition catalogues, posters, and prints, is featuring a display dedicated to Roy Lichtenstein and offering a 10% discount on all Gagosian titles and posters. It is also the final day to see to light, and then return—, an exhibition of new works by Edmund de Waal and Sally Mann inspired by each other’s practices, at the 976 Madison Avenue gallery behind the Shop.
Roy Lichtenstein display at the Gagosian Shop, New York, 2023. Artwork © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein. Photo: Mauricio Zelaya
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