Historic Appointment: Makeda Best, MoMA’s Incoming Chief Curator of Photography, ‘Brings a Fresh Vision to the Field’
THE PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT at the Museum of Modern Art in New York is welcoming a new leader. MoMA named Makeda Best as the next Joel and Anne Ehrenkranz Chief Curator of Photography. A curator and educator, who is also photographer, Best is currently deputy director of curatorial affairs at the Oakland Museum of California. The...
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THE ART, EXHIBITIONS, AND PROGRAMMING featured in museums and cultural institutions are largely shaped, guided and decided upon by curators, an elite group lacking racial and ethnic diversity. A recent survey from the Mellon Foundation found that representation for black curators (and conservators, educators and leaders) in the museum sector is dismal—just 4 percent. To...
Harvard Art Museums Name Makeda Best Curator of Photography
THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS are welcoming back an alum. Makeda Best, who earned her M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University in the Department of History of Art and Architecture, has been tapped to serve as the new curator of photography at Harvard Art Museums. Previously, she was an assistant professor in visual studies at the...
