Brent Sikkema Explained

Brent Fay Sikkema (August 13, 1948 – January 15, 2024) was an American art dealer. He was the co-founder of Sikkema Jenkins & Co, a Manhattan art gallery that represents artists including Kara Walker, Louis Fratino, Arturo Herrera, the estate of Tony Feher, Vik Muniz, and Jeffrey Gibson.[1] [2]

Early life

Sikkema was born on August 13, 1948, in Morrison, Illinois, the younger of two children of Dwaine Louis Sikkema and Emily "Billie" (Howe) Sikkema. He attended the San Francisco Art Institute.[3]

Career

Sikkema began working with art in 1971 as the director of exhibitions at Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, New York and opened his first gallery in 1976, in the city of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. He was a partner in the art gallery Sikkema Jenkins & Co, which is located in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City. The place was founded in 1991 by him under the name Wooster Gardens.[4]

Death

Sikkema died on January 15, 2024, at the age of 75, after he was stabbed to death in his Rio de Janeiro townhouse.[5] Two days later, 30-year-old Alejandro Triana Tevez was arrested as a suspect.[6] [7] Sikkema sustained eighteen stab wounds, most of them to the face and chest, and $3,000 was stolen from his home.[6] On February 9, Alejandro Tevez told the police that Daniel Sikkema, the victim's ex-husband, promised him 200,000 dollars to kill Brent.[8] According to the investigation, Daniel's motivation was the dispute over millions of dollars from Brent's estate, who was a partner in an important art gallery in New York.[9] The police investigation said that Sikkema changed his will in May 2022, and his ex-husband, Daniel Garcia Carrera, the alleged mastermind behind the American's murder, was no longer the beneficiary of the inheritance.[10]

On March 21, Daniel Sikkema,the victim's ex-husband, was arrested for passport fraud in New York, in the United States.[11]

On July 1, the FBI, the United States Federal Police, has joined the investigation into the death of gallery owner Brent Sikkema in Rio de Janeiro and conducted the crime scene investigation in Jardim Botânico, alongside American prosecutors, Brazilian police officers from the Capital Homicide Division (DH) and members of the Federal Public Ministry (MPF).[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Home Page . Sikkema Jenkins & Co. . 19 January 2024.
  2. News: Heinrich . Will . 21 January 2024 . Brent Sikkema, Influential New York Gallerist, Dies at 75 . live . https://archive.today/20240122211140/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/21/arts/brent-sikkema-dead.html . 22 January 2024 . 21 January 2024 . . en.
  3. 16 January 2024 . Brent Sikkema (1948–2024) . live . . https://web.archive.org/web/20240120132253/https://www.artforum.com/news/brent-sikkema-dies-19482024-548341/ . 20 January 2024 . 21 January 2024.
  4. News: 18 January 2024 . Brent Sikkema: quem era o galerista encontrado morto na Zona Sul do Rio . Brent Sikkema: who was the gallery owner found dead in the South Zone of Rio . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240120035431/https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2024/01/18/brent-sikkema-quem-era-o-galerista.ghtml . 20 January 2024 . 19 January 2024 . . pt.
  5. Web site: Porterfield . Carlie . 16 January 2024 . Death of New York dealer Brent Sikkema in Brazil being investigated as a homicide . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118200623/https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/01/16/brent-sikkema-dead-brazil . 18 January 2024 . 21 January 2024 . The Art Newspaper.
  6. Web site: 18 January 2024 . Brazilian police arrest man in connection with killing of US art dealer . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240120032653/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/18/brazil-man-arrested-killing-us-art-dealer-brent-sikkema . 20 January 2024 . 21 January 2024 . . Associated Press.
  7. News: Leitão . Leslie . Freire . Felipe . 18 January 2024 . Polícia prende suspeito de matar o galerista Brent Sikkema . Police arrest suspect of killing gallery owner Brent Sikkema . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240120035406/https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2024/01/18/policia-prende-suspeito-de-matar-o-galerista-brent-sikkema.ghtml . 20 January 2024 . 19 January 2024 . . pt.
  8. News: Freire . Felipe . 9 February 2024 . Cubano preso por matar galerista diz que agiu a mando do ex da vítima; polícia e MPRJ pedem prisão dele . Cuban man arrested for killing gallery owner says he acted at the behest of the victim's ex; police and the Public Ministry of Rio de Janeiro ask for his arrest . 9 February 2024 . . pt.
  9. News: 11 February 2024 . Imagens inéditas mostram cubano que matou galerista Brent Sikkema manuseando besta; veja VÍDEO . Unpublished images show Cuban man who killed gallery owner Brent Sikkema using a crossbow; see VIDEO . 11 February 2024 . . pt.
  10. News: 12 February 2024 . Ex-marido de Brent Sikkema mandou matar o galerista após mudança no testamento, aponta investigação . Brent Sikkema's ex-husband ordered the gallery owner's death after a change in his will, according to investigation . 12 February 2024 . . pt.
  11. News: 21 March 2024 . Ex de galerista assassinado no Rio é preso nos EUA . Ex of gallery owner murdered in Rio is arrested in the USA . 21 March 2024 . . pt.
  12. News: Grubertt . Bruno . 1 July 2024 . FBI entra na investigação da morte de galerista no Jardim Botânico e faz perícia no local do crime . FBI joins investigation into gallery owner's death in Jardim Botânico and conducts crime scene investigation . 2 July 2024 . . pt.

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