ARTnews in Brief: Greene Naftali Now Represents Steffani Jemison—and More from September 17, 2021
A continually updated post of goings-on around the world.
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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Mellon Foundation Will Give $125 M. to Aid the Recovery of New York’s Arts Sector
The program promises artists guaranteed income and full-time salaries at arts organizations.
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Ford, Mellon Foundations Launch Major Fund for Disabled Artists
Christine Sun Kim, Jerron Herman, and Tourmaline are among the recipients.
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Mellon Foundation Earmarks $250 M. for U.S.-Wide ‘Monuments Project’
The initiative focuses on the creation of new monuments and recontextualization of existing ones.
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Ailing Museums Receive $24 Million in Emergency Grants from Mellon Foundation
A recent survey forecast a bleak future for U.S. museums during the pandemic.
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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Adds Olga Viso, Stephen Pitti, Cathy Davidson as Fellows
They will serve 12-month fellowships based in New York.
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Survey: Museums Across America Making ‘Slow’ Progress Toward Becoming More Diverse
Just 12 percent of leadership positions at the surveyed institutions were held by people of color, according to research by the Mellon Foundation.
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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards Guggenheim Foundation $750,000 Grant
The funds will support the preservation of Minimal, Post-Minimal, and Conceptual artworks.
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Rhizome Gets $1 M. from Mellon Foundation for Webrecorder, Its Web Preservation Tool
The grant is the largest in the digital arts organization's history.
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With $750,000 Grant, Minneapolis Institute of Art Starts Up Center for Empathy and the Visual Arts
Another grant, from the Ford Foundation and the Walton Foundation, will be put toward a diversity and inclusion initiative.
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RobbReport
The World’s Largest Bottle of Whisky Is 6 Feet Tall. It Just Sold for $1.4 Million.
WWD
Gucci Town Arrives on Roblox
Rolling Stone
Watch Harry Styles, James Corden Film ‘Daylight’ Music Video in a Fan’s Apartment
Sportico
Penske Positions IndyCar as ‘Accessible’ Alternate to ‘Elitist’ F1
SPY