Okwui Enwezor has been named director of the 56th edition of the Venice Biennale, slated to open in May of 2015. The Nigerian-born writer, editor and curator, age 50, has held the post of director at…
Is New York ready for more attractions like Rain Room, the environmental installation by London-based collective Random International that drew thousands to the Museum of Modern Art this summer…
The roster includes Laurie Anderson and David Byrne from the United States; Thota Vaikuntham Hema Upadhyay from India; Japan's Keizaburo Okamura; Buhm Hong from South Korea; and the Australian Ngoia P…
New York City's largest cultural capital grant this year, a hefty sum of $50 million, has been granted to a new arts nonprofit, the Culture Shed, which is planned for Manhattan's far West Side, accord…
The deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, Mass., has selected 21 New England-based artists and collaboratives for the 2013 deCordova Biennial (Oct. 9, 2013-Apr. 13, 2014). The artists compri…
Hong Kong's M+ museum has appointed Doryun Chong as its chief curator. Slated to open in 2017, M+ will focus on 20th- and 21st-century visual culture. Chong takes up his post in September. …
Jennifer Gross has been appointed deputy director for curatorial affairs and chief curator at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, in Lincoln, Mass. Gross is currently curator of modern and contem…
The New-York Historical Society has announced that after eight years of service, vice president and director of the museum division, Linda S. Ferber, will resign from her position on Jan. 1, 2014. Tak…
Established in 2008, the prize is organized by The Abraaj Group, a Dubai-based private equities manager, to encourage artistic development in the MENASA region, which comprises the Middle East, North…