Lauren Haynes Named Head Curator of Governors Island in New York, She is Expected to Grow the Public Art Program
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by Victoria L. Valentine
16h ago
Governors Island: The Exchange (aerial view), show­ing the icon­ic forms designed to evoke the dra­mat­ic land­scapes and hills of the island with the skyscrapers that define Manhattan’s skyline in the background. | © SOM | Miysis via Governors Island   GOVERNORS ISLAND offers a quick escape from the city streets to a park-like environment with picturesque views and must-see public art. Now the popular public art program has a new leader. The Trust for Governors Island and Governors Island Arts named Lauren Haynes head curator and vice president for arts and culture. Haynes was previously ..read more
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Benjamin Wigfall and Communications Village: Career-Spanning Exhibition Explores Artist’s Biography, Practice and Creative Community He Nurtured
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by Victoria L. Valentine
4d ago
Installation view of “Benjamin Wigfall and Communications Village” (2023-24), Torggler Fine Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Va. | Courtesy the Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts Center, Photography by Echard Wheeler   THE FIRST RETROSPECTIVE of artist, curator, and educator Benjamin Wigfall (1930-2017) is a tour de force shedding light on an important artist and a powerful moment in art history. Active in Virginia and New York, Wigfall worked in abstraction, expressing himself through painting and assemblage before focusing on printmaking. He was a significant figure in ..read more
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Hidden Gems: U.S. Museums are Showcasing 5 Significant, Yet Under-Known Artists Whose Practices Warrant Broader Attention
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by Victoria L. Valentine
5d ago
THE LYMAN ALLYN ART MUSEUM is adjacent to Connecticut College in New London, Conn. Barkley L. Hendricks taught at the school for nearly four decades and last year the museum presented a survey of the late artist who is highly regarded for his striking portraits. This year, Lyman Allyn is showing works by Norma Morgan, a little-known Connecticut-born artist who focused on landscapes. Morgan was featured in the exhibitions “10 American Negro Artists Living and Working in Europe” (1964) in Copenhagen, Denmark, and “Ten Black Artists” (1966) at the World Festival of Negro Arts in Dakar, Senegal. S ..read more
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Looking Ahead: Jennie C. Jones is Taking on Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Rooftop Garden Commission in 2025
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by Victoria L. Valentine
1w ago
THE ROOF GARDEN of The Metropolitan Museum of Art offers majestic, panoramic views of the New York City skyline. Each year, the museum selects an artist to create a rooftop installation that highlights their practice, engages with The Met collection, and responds to the picturesque outdoor space. The project provides the encyclopedic museum with a one-of-a-kind venue to showcase some of the world’s most thoughtful and compelling contemporary art. The Met selected Jennie C. Jones for the 2025 Roof Garden Commission. Jones produces conceptual, sound-based works across painting, sculpture, and in ..read more
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Announces Newly Created Position, Appoints Dalila Scruggs Inaugural Augusta Savage Curator of African American Art
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by Victoria L. Valentine
2w ago
THE SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM (SAAM) announced the appointment of Dalila Scruggs to a newly created role on its curatorial team. Scruggs is joining the Washington, D.C., museum as the inaugural Augusta Savage Curator of African American Art. Currently, she is curator for photography and prints at the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem. At SAAM, Scruggs will focus on exhibitions and acquisitions of African American art, one of the strengths of the museum’s collection. She officially starts on April 22. “SAAM is home to one of the most signif ..read more
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2024 Tate Britain Commission Goes to Artist Alvaro Barrington: ‘My Mind Has Been Spinning Since I First Got Invited to Do It’
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by Victoria L. Valentine
2w ago
TATE BRITAIN selected Alvaro Barrington (b.1983) for the next Tate Britain Commission. The annual commission is a site-specific work presented in the grand neo-classical Duveen Galleries of the London museum. Exploring themes of “place and belonging,” Barrington’s installation opens May 26. “We are thrilled that Alvaro Barrington is taking on this year’s Tate Britain Commission. Since moving to London in 2015, he has made an exciting contribution to the contemporary British art scene with his experimental works which walk the line between painting, sculpture, architecture and performance,” Tat ..read more
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Cauleen Smith is Shining a Light on the Powerful Poetry of Wanda Coleman and the Contours of Los Angeles that Inspired Her
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by Victoria L. Valentine
2w ago
CAULEEN SMITH, Still from “The Wanda Coleman Songbook,” 2024. The installation is accompanied by limited-edition soundtrack with contributions by Kelsey Lu, Shala Miller, moor mother and Aquiles Navarro, Meshell Ndegeocello, Jeff Parker and Ruby Parker, Alice Smith, and Jamila Woods and Standing on the Corner. | © Cauleen Smith. Courtesy the artist and 52 Walker, New York, N.Y.   A GREAT AMERICAN POET, Los Angeles-based Wanda Coleman (1946-2013) knew firsthand about poverty, racism, love, violence, and inequality, all of which she wrote about in powerful verse that was sharp, clever, and ..read more
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2024 David C. Driskell Prize Goes to Naomi Beckwith, Deputy Director and Chief Curator of Guggenheim Museum: ‘I Am Equal Parts Elated and Humbled’
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by Victoria L. Valentine
2w ago
THE HIGH MUSEUM OF ART announced Naomi Beckwith is the recipient of the 2024 David C. Driskell Prize. The $50,000 prize is awarded annually to an artist, curator, or scholar in recognition of outstanding contributions to the field of African American art. Beckwith is the deputy director and Jennifer and David Stockman chief curator of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Museum. The Guggenheim is a powerful art institution with an international footprint, making Beckwith one of the highest ranking and most prominently positioned Black curators in the art world. She will be honored at the D ..read more
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Historic Appointment: Robert C. Davidson Jr., is New Chair of Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Board of Commissioners
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by Victoria L. Valentine
2w ago
THE SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM (SAAM) in Washington, D.C., has a new board chair. Robert “Bob” C. Davidson Jr., was appointed chair of SAAM’s Board of Commissioners, effective Jan. 1, 2024. The news was announced Feb. 15. He was appointed by his fellow commissioners to a four-year term. Davidson is the retired chairman, CEO, and founder of Surface Protection Industries, a Los Angeles-based manufacturing company he started in 1978. He has been a member of SAAM’s board since 2016 and was chair of the board’s collection committee, from 2021 to 2023. His new appointment is historic. Davidson ..read more
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Jack Shainman Gallery Adds Charisse Pearlina Weston to Roster of Artists Engaged in Social and Cultural Issues
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by Victoria L. Valentine
3w ago
Charisse Pearlina Weston. | Courtesy Jack Shainman Gallery   CONCEPTUAL ARTIST Charisse Pearlina Weston is now represented by Jack Shainman. The New York gallery has an international roster of nearly 40 artists recognized for exploring social and cultural issues in their work, including Nina Chanel Abney, El Anatsui, Nick Cave, Kerry James Marshall, Meleko Mokgosi, Toyin Ojih Odutola, and Lynette Yiadom Boakye. The representation is in collaboration with Patron Gallery, which began working with Weston in December 2023. Jack Shainman has included Weston in recent group exhibitions: “This T ..read more
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