The ARTnews Accord: Gonzalo Casals and Caroline Woolard Talk About Rebuilding Through Mutual Aid, Community Action, and Alternative Education
New York's newly appointed Department of Cultural Affairs commissioner joins an artist in conversation.
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Gonzalo Casals, Director of Leslie-Lohman Museum, Named Next Commissioner of Cultural Affairs for New York City
He succeeds Tom Finkelpearl, who stepped down at the end of 2019.
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Expanding Focus on Queer Art, Leslie-Lohman Museum Plans Acquisition Endowment and Capital Campaign, Drops ‘Gay and Lesbian’ from Name
The museum will also establish a $7 million capital campaign for building improvements and has received a $500,000 bequest.
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Leslie-Lohman Museum Will Stage Procession of ‘Queer Icons’ During NYC Pride March
The action draws on an ongoing series focusing on queer and trans people of color by artist Gabriel Garcia Román.
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‘The Greatest Blood Donor of All Time’: New Artwork by Jordan Eagles Considers ‘Salvator Mundi’ in the Context of Today
"Almost half a billion dollars is spent on a painting," the artist said, of the Leonardo sale last year. "How could those funds have been used to do good in the world?"
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Leslie-Lohman Museum Receives Promise of $1 M. Bequest
The gift, from philanthropist and photographer Michael Becker, is the largest in the museum's history.
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Mission Accomplished?: As Mainstream Art Museums Rush to Diversify, What is the Role of Culturally Specific Museums Working for a Cause?
In July, El Museo del Barrio, a museum in upper Manhattan devoted to exhibiting and collecting Latinx and Latin American art, issued a statement in response to the family separation crisis at…
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Artists, Curators Respond to Christoph Büchel’s Border Wall Project
The Swiss artist's gallery, Hauser & Wirth, said that he wants the walls "to stand as evidence of bigotry and fear in American culture."
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Leslie-Lohman Museum Names Gonzalo Casals Director, Announces New Opening Date
The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art in New York announced today that Gonzalo Casals will be the next director of the institution. He will begin in his post on March 6. The…
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