A print by the American Pop artist Jasper Johns depicting an American flag has been donated to the British Museum. Jasper Johns’s Flags I (1973) was gifted to London’s most popular Museum by the New York-based collectors Johanna and Leslie Garfield.
22 September 2017
Often enough in his career, Jasper Johns has issued statements that say in effect: ‘Who am I? The truth is that I don’t think I really know the answer myself.’ Does this retrospective at the R.A. answer the question? Maybe not quite.
26 February 2017
A Canadian gallery has brought a federal complaint against a New York art dealer alleging he tried to give works by the American ‘Pop’ artist Jasper Johns official provenances.
The most comprehensive study of Jasper Johns’ work to date, Including never before exhibited works and a new monograph is to be published by The Wildenstein Plattner Institute (WPI). The five-volume publication was announced for release in April 2017.
Jasper Johns is opening a new project space in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District, with the project being dedicated exclusively to artist-curated exhibitions. ‘The Other Room’ is a 496-square-foot space, and sits adjacent to the offices of the Foundation for Contemporary Arts (FCA). The converted space was previously used as an occasional meeting place for the organisation […]
Given the range of names appearing in Artlyst’s forged artist’s countdown, you would be forgiven for thinking that the measure of an artist who has finally ‘made it’ is one who has been copied and copied by stealth and deceit for monetary gain. The driving influence behind why forgeries are made exists outside the sphere […]
Jasper Johns former assistant has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to stealing artworks from Johns’ studio valued at nearly £9m. Meyer, 53, confessed to taking 22 pieces of work from John’s studio and selling them through a New York gallery. He had deceived the gallery owner into believing that the works were personal gifts from Johns, and […]
28 December 2014
It has been an incredible year for art scandals but despite the deception the art market has grown a wapping 20%, with revenues exceeding $15.4 billion (£9.8 billion). which just goes to show that collectors and institutions are not only interested in buying the best but seek to buy works of art with an iron […]
Co-Head of Sotheby’s Global Contemporary Art Department Alexander Rotter, commented to Art Daily: “It has been a wonderful start to our week of Contemporary Art sales, with the running total now above $460 million, and a very strong day sale yet to come. Having known and admired Jasper Johns’ final encaustic Flag for decades, we […]
In 2010, owner of the Empire Bronze Art Foundry in Long Island City, Brian Ramnarine tried to sell a forgery of one of Johns’s bronze flag sculptures for a reported £6 million. “I’m sorry. I’m sorry to bring shame to my family,” stated Ramnarine, 60, as he told Manhattan federal Judge John Koetl before being […]
17 September 2014
The Courtauld Gallery presents ‘Jasper Johns: Regrets’; a display of new work by the internationally renowned octogenarian American artist. Johns made his reputation in the late 1950s with the iconic Flag and Target paintings which paved the way for the development of Pop Art. The exhibition showcases the artist’s most recent oeuvre of work, which Johns […]
Jasper Johns’ former studio assistant of 27 years has pleaded guilty stealing and selling works of art by the artist in a multimillion-dollar theft case. James Meyer, 51 of Salisbury, Connecticut, allegedly took 22 pieces of art worth $6.5m (£3.9m) from a studio plans chest drawer. He was employed as an assistant at Johns’ Sharon, […]
Jasper Johns’ former studio assistant of 27 years has been accused of stealing and selling works of art by the artist in a multimillion-dollar theft case. James Meyer, 51 of Salisbury, Connecticut, allegedly took 22 pieces of art in progress from a studio plans chest drawer. He was employed as an assistant at Johns’ Sharon, […]
The Whitechapel Gallery, London, and The Gallery at Windsor, Vero Beach, Florida today announced their latest curatorial partnership featuring one of the most significant and influential American artists of our time, Jasper Johns. In dialogue with the artist Robert Rauschenberg and his friends the composer John Cage and choreographer Merce Cunningham, Johns evolved a new language […]
New Exhibition explores the blur zone between fine art and Jewelry making A new exhibition exploring the relationship between key artists and jewelry is currently being mounted at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York. Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Max Ernst, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Jeff Koons and Anish Kapoor are some of […]