Moving On Up: 34 Museum Curators and Arts Leaders Who Took on New Appointments in First Half of 2023
NEARLY THREE DOZEN Black curators and arts leaders accepted new appointments at an array of museums and arts institutions in the first half of 2023. Notably, Brooke A. Minto was appointed executive director and CEO of the Columbus Art Museum in Ohio. She joined the museum from the Black Trustee Alliance for Art Museums,...
Culture Type: Black Art History, Here’s What Happened in January 2023
Plenty happened in opening weeks of 2023: King sculpture in Boston got unexpected reception, Black artists repping UK and Canada at next Venice Biennale, Winfred Rembert Estate joined mega-gallery Hauser & Wirth, plus Driskell Prize and Gordon Parks Fellows announced, and much more MAGAZINES > | January/February: New issue of Frieze (right) features...
Michelle Commander: New Deputy Director of National Museum of African American History and Culture Joining Smithsonian From Schomburg Center
THE SMITHSONIAN’S National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) named a new deputy director on Jan. 10. Michelle Commander is joining the Washington, D.C., museum in the No. 2 role. She arrives from the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, where she served most recently as deputy...
