Prominent NYC art dealer stabbed to death in Brazil apartment: reports
..The body of Brent Sikkema, 75, was found in his Rio de Janeiro apartment Monday night, according to the Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro State.
Sikkema — who co-owned the contemporary Chelsea art gallery Sikkema Jenkins & Co. — appeared to have been stabbed to death.
An unidentified suspect was also seen leaving the residence with cash after stopping by for about 15 minutes, the newspaper O Globo alleged…
..Sikkema was born and raised in Illinois and eventually graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute, the brief obituary noted.
After several years in the art world, he opened the contemporary New York City gallery Wooster Gardens, which eventually became Sikkema Jenkins & Co., in the early 1990s.
At the time of Sikkema’s death, the gallery represented well-known artists like Sheila Hicks and Kara Walker.
A photo shared on his purported Instagram in July 2016 showed him with then-first lady Michelle Obama. “So incredibly proud of this extraordinary woman,” he wrote. …
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