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Editor\u2019s Note:<\/strong>\u00a0This story originally appeared in\u00a0On Balance,\u00a0<\/em>the ARTnews\u00a0newsletter about the art market and beyond.\u00a0Sign up here<\/em>\u00a0to receive it every Wednesday.<\/em><\/p>\n \n\tHappy Wednesday! Here\u2019s a round-up of who\u2019s moving and shaking in the art trade this week.<\/p>\n Cristin Tierney Adds Debbi Kenote to Roster:<\/strong> The Brooklyn-based abstract painter will have her first solo exhibition with the gallery in April. Inspired by nostalgia and childhood memories, Kenote\u2019s paintings and sculptures blend craft traditions, such as woodworking and quilting.<\/p>\n Phoenix Art Museum Opens Call for Lehmann Emerging Artist Awards:<\/strong> Arizona-based artists can apply through April 27 for the museum\u2019s juried $10,000 prize, with additional applicants automatically considered for the $5,000 Sette\/Cohn Artist Award.<\/p>\n Roberts Projects Announces Representation of Esmaa Mohamoud:<\/strong> The Los Angeles gallery has taken on the artist, whose work transforms symbols from Black visual culture into large-scale sculptures that interrogate how Black people are perceived both inside and outside their community.<\/p>\n Watermill Center Names Charles Chemin as Artistic Director:<\/strong> The longtime Robert Wilson collaborator will lead the Water Mill, New York\u2013based interdisciplinary arts center\u2019s artistic vision. Wilson selected Chemin for the role prior to his death in 2025.<\/p>\n Bard Graduate Center Names Julia Siemon as Deputy Director:<\/strong> The New York institution has created the new leadership role as part of an expansion of its senior team. Siemon will continue serving as director of exhibitions and chief curator while taking on additional responsibility for day-to-day operations.<\/p>\n \n\tThat was the sale price at Christie\u2019s last week for Jeff Koons\u2019s 1988 sculpture Winter Bears<\/em>. That figure far exceeds the pre-sale estimate of $3.8 million\u2013$5 million, which made the sculpture the highest-valued work ever to appear in a mid-season sale. As ARTnews<\/em> editor-in-chief Sarah Douglas wrote earlier this week, this price point is more typical for a marquee evening sale, but in recent years, the auction houses have been quietly pushing up the price bracket for their mid-season series. At Sotheby\u2019s, the top sale in a \u201cContemporary Curated\u201d sale last week was for Alma Thomas\u2019s 1970 painting Snoopy Sees Sunrise on Earth<\/em>, which went for $3.8 million.<\/p>\n \n\tIt\u2019s Whitney Biennial week in the art world, which of course means plenty of reviews as well as a spotlight on some very deserving artists. While the Biennial is usually known for showcasing emerging ones, this year\u2019s edition sheds light on a 92-year-old artist overlooked in her time, Carmen de Monteflores, who put her art career on hold in the \u201960s to raise five children, one of whom happens to be Andrea Fraser. In the New York Times<\/em>, Zachary Small talks with both de Monteflores and Fraser about the artists\u2019 complicated feelings around motherhood and what it means to be a woman in the art world. It\u2019s a touching story, made even more poignant by the fact that, as ARTnews<\/em> editors Maximil\u00edano Dur\u00f3n and Alex Greenberger note in their joint review, de Monteflores\u2019s works are some of the strongest works in the show.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/market\/roberts-projects-esmaa-mohamoud-cristin-tierney-debbi-kenote-1234775791\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8b3dc708-1a58-2319-a5fb-9abcae216eb4.jpg?w=1024″] Editor\u2019s Note:\u00a0This story originally appeared in\u00a0On Balance,\u00a0the ARTnews\u00a0newsletter about the art market and beyond.\u00a0Sign up here\u00a0to receive it every Wednesday. Happy Wednesday! Here\u2019s a round-up of who\u2019s moving and shaking in the art trade this week. 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