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Walker Art Center Artistic Director Fionn Meade Has Resigned

By The Editors of ARTnews Posted 01/13/17 10:23 am

The Walker Art Center, the 76-year-old contemporary art institution in Minneapolis, Minnesota, announced this morning that its artistic director, Fionn Meade, has resigned. He has been at the institution for three years, and the museum had created two new posts … Read More

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Morning Links: Denounced ‘Instagram Portrait’ Edition

By The Editors of ARTnews Posted 01/13/17 8:57 am

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Joel Mesler, Untitled, 2016. COURTESY THE ARTIST

True Confessions of a Justified Art Dealer, Part Seven: Go East, No Longer Young Man

By Joel Mesler Posted 01/13/17 8:00 am

Our memoirist returns after a year-and-a-half break. You can read his previous entries here.I spent a good 25 years using drugs and alcohol to get by. It’s the same old story: A neurotic born into a dysfunctional family, arrested development … Read More

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With an Art Strike and a New Presidency on the Horizon, Museums Prepare for Inauguration Day

By Alex Greenberger Posted 01/12/17 4:59 pm

An ongoing list of museum closures, admission policy changes, and more Read More

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Installation view of Sondra Perry's 2016 show at the Kitchen in New York. JASON MANDELLA

Sondra Perry Wins Seattle Art Museum’s Gwendolyn Knight and Jacob Lawrence Prize

By Alex Greenberger Posted 01/12/17 4:42 pm

The Seattle Art Museum has awarded Sondra Perry its Gwendolyn Knight and Jacob Lawrence Prize, which is given biennially to an emerging black artist. Perry, who is based in New Jersey, will now receive $10,000 and a solo exhibition at the … Read More

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Glass House Names Philip Johnson Scholar Hilary Lewis Chief Curator and Creative Director

By Maximilíano Durón Posted 01/12/17 4:19 pm

The Glass House, the 49-acre campus designed by Philip Johnson in New Canaan, Connecticut, has appointed Hilary Lewis, a scholar of the architect, as its new chief curator and creative director. She will begin in her new position on January 17.Lewis … Read More

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Installation view of "Robert Filliou: The Secret of Permanent Creation," 2016–17, at M HKA (Museum of Contemporary Art), Antwerp. ©M HKA

Robert Filliou at M HKA, Antwerp

By The Editors of ARTnews Posted 01/12/17 2:47 pm

Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday Read More

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Installation view of "Kyle Thurman: A Lonely Butcher" at Off Vendome in New York in 2016 with matches, 2016, on view.COURTESY OFF VENDOME

‘The Space Between That Information and Me’: A Conversation With Kyle Thurman

By Zak Kitnick Posted 01/12/17 12:39 pm

In 2010 I met Kyle at West Street Gallery in New York. It was an apartment gallery run by Alex Gartenfeld, who is now chief curator at the ICA Miami, and Matt Moravec, who now owns Off Vendome. At the … Read More

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Harry Benson, Ali hits George, 5th St. Gym, Miami, 1964. ©HARRY BENSON

ICP Announces 2017 Infinity Awards, With Nods to Sophie Calle, Aperture’s ‘Vision & Justice’ Issue, and For Freedoms Super PAC

By Maximilíano Durón Posted 01/12/17 12:21 pm

The New York–based International Center of Photography, which reopened its museum last spring downtown on the Bowery, announced the 2017 winners of its Infinity Awards. The awards, which will be given at a gala in April, have been distributed annually … Read More

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John James Audubon, Yellow Shank, Totanus Falipes, Vieill, Male Summer Plumage, View in South Carolina, 1836, etching and aquatint with watercolor on cream. COURTESY WORCESTER ART MUSEUM

Worcester Art Museum Awarded $825,000 Grant for Its Pre-Contemporary American Art Collection

By Robin Scher Posted 01/12/17 10:39 am

The Worcester Art Museum, in Massachusetts, announced today that it has been awarded a three-year grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to support a series of projects focused on the museum’s collection of pre-contemporary American art. The award totals $825,000.The … Read More

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Installation view of "Cathy Wilkes" at Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, 2015. TOBY WEBSTER, LTD., GLASGOW/REINHARD HAIDER/COURTESY THE ARTIST AND THE MODERN INSTITUTE

Cathy Wilkes Wins Inaugural Maria Lassnig Prize

By Alex Greenberger Posted 01/12/17 10:30 am

Following one of her largest shows to date, at the Modern Institute in Glasgow, Cathy Wilkes has won the inaugural Maria Lassnig Prize. Named for the Austrian feminist painter and funded by the Maria Lassnig Foundation, the prize is given … Read More

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Eugène Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People , 1830. WIKIPEDIA

Morning Links: ‘Rehearsals for Revolution’ Edition

By The Editors of ARTnews Posted 01/12/17 8:57 am

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Installation view of the final exhibition at Suzanne Hilberry Gallery, a solo show of work by Ivin Ballen. COURTESY SUZANNE HILBERRY GALLERY

Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Detroit-Area Stalwart, Will Close After 40 Years

By Maximilíano Durón Posted 01/11/17 6:13 pm

In an email announcement today, Susanne Hilberry Gallery, located in Ferndale, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, announced that, after 40 years in business, it will be closing its doors. It said, “We are grateful beyond measure for Susanne’s vision and … Read More

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Galerie Perrotin Will Debut New Lower East Side Space With Show From Iván Argote

By John Chiaverina Posted 01/11/17 4:31 pm

Last spring, it was announced that Galerie Perrotin would be moving in New York from its Madison Avenue location to a new space on the Lower East Side, which, at 25,000-square-feet, is seven times the size of its former home. Today, … Read More

‘The Space Between That Information and Me’: A Conversation With Kyle Thurman

‘Radical Juxtapositions’: Adam Pendleton and Yvonne Rainer in an Exchange of Memory and Motion

Building Better Futures: Complex Movements Brings ‘Beware of the Dandelions’ to Detroit

9 Art Events to Attend in New York City This Week

Banner Year: At a Time of Heated Race Relations in America, Dread Scott Wades Into the Fray

You Can Always Go Downtown: The Lower Manhattan Art World Through the Years

Artspace Lays Off Nearly All Employees, Roiling Online Art Market Landscape [Updated]

Walker Art Center Artistic Director Fionn Meade Has Resigned

Morning Links: Denounced ‘Instagram Portrait’ Edition

True Confessions of a Justified Art Dealer, Part Seven: Go East, No Longer Young Man

With an Art Strike and a New Presidency on the Horizon, Museums Prepare for Inauguration Day

Sondra Perry Wins Seattle Art Museum’s Gwendolyn Knight and Jacob Lawrence Prize

Glass House Names Philip Johnson Scholar Hilary Lewis Chief Curator and Creative Director

Robert Filliou at M HKA, Antwerp

‘The Space Between That Information and Me’: A Conversation With Kyle Thurman

ICP Announces 2017 Infinity Awards, With Nods to Sophie Calle, Aperture’s ‘Vision & Justice’ Issue, and For Freedoms Super PAC

Worcester Art Museum Awarded $825,000 Grant for Its Pre-Contemporary American Art Collection

Cathy Wilkes Wins Inaugural Maria Lassnig Prize

Morning Links: ‘Rehearsals for Revolution’ Edition

Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Detroit-Area Stalwart, Will Close After 40 Years

Galerie Perrotin Will Debut New Lower East Side Space With Show From Iván Argote

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‘The Space Between That Information and Me’: A Conversation With Kyle Thurman

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9 Art Events to Attend in New York City This Week

Banner Year: At a Time of Heated Race Relations in America, Dread Scott Wades Into the Fray

You Can Always Go Downtown: The Lower Manhattan Art World Through the Years

Artspace Lays Off Nearly All Employees, Roiling Online Art Market Landscape [Updated]

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