Chika Okeke-Agulu on Cercle d'Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise
Princeton-based professor Chika Okeke-Agulu discusses Cercle d'Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise, an exhibition of works made by Congolese plantation workers as part of Dutch artist Renzo Martens’ Institute for Human Activities. This exhibition was … READ ON
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5/26/17
Italian Court Rejects Appointment of Five Museum Directors- El Museo del Barrio Executive Accused of Intimidating Staff Members
- Denis Johnson (1949–2017)
- Queen Elizabeth II Knights Architect David Adjaye
- Art League Houston Names Kheli R. Willetts Executive Director
- London's Wilkinson Gallery to Close After Two Decades
- Florida’s Cummer Museum Receives $4 Million Gift
5/25/17
New York’s Peter Blum Gallery Moves Downtown- Arizona Commission on the Arts Names Jaime Dempsey Executive Director
- Paris’s Musée Dapper to Close Its Doors in June
- Courtauld Institute of Art Appoints Lord John Browne as Chairman
- University of Wyoming Art Museum Receives Anonymous $2.27 Million Gift
- Kiluanji Kia Henda Wins 2017 Frieze Artist Award
- Galerie Urs Meile Opens New Exhibition Space in Beijing
- Deutsche Bank to Open Berlin Arts Center in 2018
- Akron Art Museum Names Ellen Rudolph Chief Curator
5/24/17
Johannes Grützke (1937–2017)- New York’s Artists Space to Open New Location in Tribeca
- Jo-ey Tang to Lead Columbus College of Art and Design’s Beeler Gallery
- Graham Foundation Awards $560,000 in Support of Architectural Projects
- Stanley Greene (1949–2017)
- Boston’s Gardner Museum Increases Reward for Return of Stolen Artworks to $10 Million
- National Endowments of the Arts and Humanities Prepare to Shut Down
- Michael Bloomberg Gifts $75 Million to New York’s Shed Arts Center
- New York’s CRG Gallery to Close Its Doors After Twenty-Five Years
5/23/17
Prospect New Orleans Announces Participating Artists for Its Fourth Edition- New York’s Foundation for Contemporary Arts Launches Roy Lichtenstein Award
- Artists Propose Alternate Cultural Funding Plan for NYC
- Reem Fadda Wins 2017 Walter Hopps Award for Curatorial Achievement
- Matt Carey-Williams Joins London’s Blain|Southern as Director
- Artists Protest Raid of Major Moscow Theater
- Art Dealer Perry Rubenstein Sentenced to Six Months in Jail
- Brian Sholis Appointed Executive Director of Gallery TPW
- Brooklyn Rail Sees Mass Exodus of Staff and Board
5/22/17
National Endowment for the Humanities Chair William D. Adams Resigns- Columbia University Organizes New Triennial for Artists Based in Upper Manhattan
- Elmhurst Art Museum Executive Director Steps Down and Joins Sotheby’s Institute of Art
- Kurt Schwitters’s Merz Barn Under Threat
- Stanley Brouwn (1935–2017)
5/19/17
Frick Collection Spearheads Effort to Digitize Millions of Artworks- Jane South Named Chair of Fine Arts Department at Pratt Institute
- Crystal Bridges Museum Establishes Fund for Education Initiatives with $15 Million Gift
- Dana Lixenberg Wins Deutsche Börse Photography Prize
- Pasadena Museum of California Art Appoints Susana Bautista Executive Director
- Phillips Contemporary Evening Auction Brings In $110.3 Million
- Netting $110.5 Million, Basquiat Painting Shatters Records at Sotheby’s
5/18/17
Knight Foundation Awards $1.87 Million for Digital Museum Projects- Recipients of 2017 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts Announced
- Shawn Brixey Named Dean of Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of the Arts
- Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez to Curate Contour Biennale 9
- National Museum Wales Acquires Magnum Photographer David Hurn’s Collection
- Inaugural Bangkok Biennale to Launch in November 2018
- Christie’s Postwar and Contemporary Art Evening Sale Rakes in $448.1 Million
5/17/17
Hal Foster to Present the Sixty-Seventh Annual A. W. Mellon Lectures- Françoise Nyssen Appointed as France’s New Minister of Culture
- Beatrice Susa (1981–2017)
- Cincinnati Art Museum Receives $11.75 Million Bequest
- Chuck Davis (1937–2017)
- Lee Hall (1934–2017)
- Czech Police Searching for Elusive Dissident Artist Who Fled Russia
- As UK Election Looms, Labor Party Pledges $1 Billion in Arts Funding for the Next Five Years
- Winners of 2017 National Medals for Library and Museum Service Announced
5/16/17
Felipe Ehrenberg (1943–2017)- Abby Bangser Joins New York’s Dia Foundation as Deputy Director of Strategic Initiatives
- Artist Projects Anti-Trump Messages on President’s DC Hotel
- Renzo Piano–Designed Art Space Opens at Château La Coste
- Katelyn D. Crawford Appointed Curator at Birmingham Museum of Art
- Christie’s Opening Spring Auction Brings in $289.2 Million
5/15/17
Chilean Architects Win Competition to Design New Museum in Qatar- Moscow Proposes Demolition of Constructivist Housing, Angering Preservationists
- Luis Miret (1959–2017)
5/13/17
Anne Imhof and Franz Erhard Walther Win Golden Lions at 57th Venice Biennale5/12/17
Michael Zwack (1949–2017)- Luis A. Croquer Named Director of Rose Art Museum
- Developer to Transform Former Spy Station in Berlin into Museum and Artist Colony
- Massachusetts Seminary Under Fire for Its Handling of American Indian Artifacts
- Samdani Art Foundation to Build First Permanent Space
- Anne Imhof and Huey Copeland Win 2017 Absolut Awards
5/11/17
Artist Urges Art Gallery of Ontario to Remove Work- Curator William Allman to Retire After Forty Years at the White House
- Art Collective Plants Anti-Trump Toilets in Cities Across the US
- New Museum Promotes Margot Norton to Curator
- Kevin W. Tucker Appointed Chief Curator at High Museum of Art
- Louvre Abu Dhabi Expected to Open this Fall
- José Carlos Diaz Promoted to Chief Curator of the Andy Warhol Museum
- Juilliard Names Damian Woetzel as Seventh President
- Damien Hirst Accused of Copying Famous Nigerian Sculpture
5/10/17
Director of Getty Research Institute to Retire in 2018- ACLU Files Complaint on Behalf of Artist Detained by US Border Patrol
- Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker Named CEO and Director of 2018 Biennale of Sydney
- Metropolitan Museum Submits Proposal to Charge Out-of-State Visitors Admission
- Biennale de Lyon Releases List of Participating Artists for 2017
- 57th Venice Biennale, “Viva Arte Viva,” Opens Saturday
- Ed Halter and Rudolf Frieling Awarded $60,000 by Thoma Foundation
5/9/17
Hundreds Protest Proposed Cuts to Arts Funding in San Diego- Tina Rivers Ryan Appointed Assistant Curator at Albright-Knox Art Gallery
- British and American Musicians Released After Immigration Raid on Hong Kong Nightclub
- John Davis to Join Smithsonian Institution as Provost
- Tamara Winikoff to Step Down as Executive Director of Australia’s NAVA
- Occupy Museums Staged an Unofficial “Graduation” at the Whitney
- National Gallery of Canada Receives Historic Gift of Nearly $9 Million in Art
- Association of Art Museum Curators Announces 2017 Awards for Excellence
5/8/17
Tufts Names Dina Deitsch as Director and Chief Curator of University Galleries- NYC Reconsiders Focus of Municipal Arts Funding
- Cécile Debray Appointed Director of Musée de l’Orangerie
- Jack Tilton (1951–2017)
5/5/17
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Gifted $1 Million- Man Slashes Christopher Wool Painting in Aspen
- Philadelphia Museum of Art and Pinault Collection Acquire Bruce Nauman Works
- Portland Art Museum’s $50 Million Expansion Plan Sparks Public Outcry
- Russian Artist Pyotr Pavlensky Wins Asylum in France
5/4/17
Richard Mosse Wins 2017 Prix Pictet Prize- Museum of Fine Arts Boston Settles Lawsuit over Rare Porcelain Figurines
- New York’s National Academy School to Go on Hiatus
- Tate Modern’s Switch House to be Named After Len Blavatnik
- Peter Zumthor Reveals Designs for Fondation Beyeler Extension
- UK’s Camden Arts Center Names Martin Clark Director
- John McInerney to Head University of Pennsylvania’s Sachs Program for Arts Innovation
5/3/17
A. R. Penck (1939–2017)- Artist Moves Rosa Parks’s House to Berlin, Following Threat of Demolition
- Prize Jury Appointed for Fifty-Seventh Edition of Venice Biennale
- Dia Art Foundation to Receive Six Brice Marden Works
- Cheech Marin to Establish California Center for Chicano Art
- Monterey Museum of Art Appoints Stuart A. Chase Executive Director
- Rare Modigliani Sculpture Gifted to Kimbell Art Museum
- Turner Prize Announces 2017 Nominees
- Sixth Edition of Frieze New York Opens Friday
- French Artists Rally Against Marine Le Pen’s Presidential Bid
- Thief Steals Painting from Munich Gallery
5/2/17
Erkki Kurenniemi (1941–2017)- Diane H. Lewis (1951–2017)
- Russian Artist Arrested for Nude Stunt at Met Gala
- Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts Appoints Dan Byers as Director
- B&H Photo Employees Striking Against Warehouse Relocation
- Cornelia Parker Appointed Official Artist of Britain’s 2017 General Election
- Laure de Beauvau-Craon (1943–2017)
- Bipartisan Bill Increases Funding for NEA and NEH
5/1/17
Art Institute of Chicago Appoints Three New Contemporary Art Curators- Jean Stein (1934–2017)
- Patrick Charpenel to Lead El Museo del Barrio
- Wassan Al-Khudhairi Named New Chief Curator of Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
- Theaster Gates Unveils Plans for New Culture Park in Chicago
- Smithsonian Archives of American Art Receives $575,000 Grant
- Tiananmen Museum Reopens in Hong Kong
4/28/17
Gladstone Gallery to Represent Estate of Robert Mapplethorpe- Tate Staff Angered over Parting Gift for Nicholas Serota
- Hauser & Wirth to Represent Geta Brătescu
- Lorie Mertes to Lead Miami’s Locust Projects
- Vito Acconci (1940–2017)
- Berlin Biennale Announces Curatorial Team for Tenth Edition
- Francesco Manacorda Joins V-A-C Foundation as Artistic Director
- Phillips Names Julia Roxana Heinen as Regional Director for Switzerland
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