NEW CURATORIAL POSITION AT MOMA; RHODE WINS MIAMI AWARD

The Museum of Modern Art has established its first permanent curatorial position for Latin American art and also set up a committee to raise funds for Latin American acquisitions. The Art Newspaper reports that Luis Pérez-Oramas, who serves as adjunct curator of drawings at the museum, has assumed the position of the Estrellita Brodsky Curator of Latin American Art. Pérez-Oramas was formerly curator of the Patricia Cisneros Collection in Caracas. Elsewhere, South African artist Robin Rhode has won the second annual W South Beach Commission for his installation in the Art Projects containers at Art Basel Miami Beach. The artist was selected by New Museum director Lisa Philipps, Bard CCS executive director Tom Eccles, developer and collector Aby Rosen, and W Hotels’ Ross Klein.