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# Art Movements
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/art-movements-275/
- Published: 2018-10-18T11:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:24:32.000Z
- Description: Filmmaker Clément Cogitore has won the Prix Marcel Duchamp, painter Lynette Yiadom-Boakye has won the Carnegie Prize, and more.
- Author: Jasmine Weber
- Tags: News, Art Movements, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-18 14:37 (2018)

## Accolades:

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Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, “Coterie Of Questions” (2015), oil paint on canvas,200 x 130 x 3.7 cm (Private collection. Courtesy Corvi-Mora, London and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York © Lynette Yiadom-Boakye)

Art Movements *is a weekly index of developments centering the people of the arts and culture sphere. Listen to our weekly* [*podcast of the same name on iTunes*](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/art-movements/id1112233641?mt=2&ref=hyperallergic.com)*.*

Parisian filmmaker **Clément Cogitore** has won the **Prix Marcel Duchamp**, awarded to an artist working in France. He will receive €35,000 (\~40,000). \[[*ARTnews*](http://www.artnews.com/2018/10/15/clement-cogitore-wins-2018-prix-marcel-duchamp/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Punk performance artist, experimental filmmaker, and curator **Vaginal Davis** was awarded the **Queer|Art|Prize** for Sustained Achievement for her work disrupting “hetero and homonormativity.” She will receive $10,000\. \[via email announcement\]

Istanbul-based curator **Merve Elveren** was awarded the 2018 Gerrit Lansing Independent Vision Curatorial Award by **Independent Curators International**. She will receive a $3,000 stipend and support from the ICI to develop a new project. \[via email announcement\]

**Tavares Strachan** has received the 2018 **Frontier Art Prize**, awarded to artists addressing global needs to make “direct and impactful connections between art and our future.” The Bahamian artist will receive a $100,000 grant and has spent the past year participating in the World Frontiers Forum Convergence Project to use art to improve policy in Sierra Leone. \[via email announcement\]

Ghanian-British painter **Lynette Yiadom-Boakye** has won the Carnegie Prize at the **57th** **Carnegie International**. Indigenous interdisciplinary art collective **Postcommodity** won the Fine Prize. Both awards come with $10,000.

## Opportunities:

The **Studio Museum in Harlem** is accepting applications for their teen photography program [**Expanding the Walls**](https://www.studiomuseum.org/apply-to-expanding-the-walls?ref=hyperallergic.com)*.* Participants learn about photography from artists within the Studio Museum’s collection and other art industry professionals through workshops and field excursions. The students’ own work is displayed in a final exhibition alongside the work of Harlem Renaissance photographer James VanDerZee.Applicants must be enrolled in **high school or a GED program** within the five New York City boroughs and have a valid employment certificate; participants receive a stipend. [The application deadline is **November 16**](https://www.studiomuseum.org/apply-to-expanding-the-walls?ref=hyperallergic.com).

The **Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago** is seeking experienced performers, dancers, and artists to **participate in a** [**performance** of artist **Danny Giles**‘s *dead(air)* (2015) on November 8](https://mcachicago.org/About/Employment/Call-For-Performers-Danny-Giles-Performance?ref=hyperallergic.com). The original video and performance include samples of police audio, 911 dispatches, and literary and nonfiction accounts of firsthand violence. Giles encourages **individuals of color** of all genders, aged 16–65, to submit materials for consideration. Performers should be able to navigate a darkened space, hold poses for 10 minutes or longer, and memorize simple choreography. The [application](https://mcachicago.org/About/Employment/Call-For-Performers-Danny-Giles-Performance?ref=hyperallergic.com) deadline is **October 26**.

The [**Art Gallery of Ontario** (AGO)](http://ago.ca/artist-residence-program-call-proposals?fbclid=IwAR3U513uptwQ0F%5FEvlTfgN-1cGsmcYkkgfzijZqxlsesKwq8c68T60iqWUo&ref=hyperallergic.com) has launched a **two-month long community residency** in conjunction with its winter exhibitions, public programs, and learning streams. The residency (February 4–March 31, 2019) invites **artists who conceptually combine contemporary art practices with maker experiences and live performance**, and create a platform for experimentation and engagement for families. Residents work will be presented during the AGO’s March Break (March 9–17, 2019). The application deadline is **November 15**.

## Transitions:

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Idelle Weber, “Cube” (1968), Silkscreened Lucite, 4 x 4 x 4 in. (Courtesy of Hollis Taggart)

Adam Levine was appointed director and CEO of the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens in Jacksonville, Florida. \[[Toledo Museum](https://www.toledomuseum.org/about/news/adam-levine-named-executive-director-cummer-museum-art-gardens?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Lithuania’s MO Museum, formerly known as the Modern Art Center, has reopened. \[[The Calvert Journal](https://www.calvertjournal.com/news/show/10723/get-read-for-lithuanias-new-modern-art-space-to-open-its-doors?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

The Orange County Museum of Art will open a temporary location in Santa Ana, California while it rebuilds its satellite building in Costa Mesa. \[[Los Angeles Times](http://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/entertainment/tn-dpt-et-ocma-moves-20181015-story.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Theresa Papanikolas was appointed curator of American art at the Seattle Art Museum. \[via email announcement\]

David Rasch was appointed the new director for the Santa Fe Spanish Market. \[[Journal North](https://www.abqjournal.com/1233602/david-rasch-is-new-spanish-market-director.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

The Roald Dahl Museum in Buckinghamshire, England will reopen on October 20\. \[[BBC](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-45820669?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Franck Riester was appointed France’s culture minister by President Emmanuel Macron. \[[TAN](https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/franck-riester-appointed-as-france-s-new-culture-minister?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

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Michelle Stuart, “Flight of Time” (2016), Framed unique archival inkjet photographs, 71.5 x 126 inches (181.6 x 320 cm) overall (© Michelle Stuart / Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co., New York)

Michelle Stuart is now represented by New York and Paris-based Galerie Lelong & Co. \[[ARTnews](http://www.artnews.com/2018/10/12/michelle-stuart-now-represented-galerie-lelong-co/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Idelle Weber is now represented by New York-based Hollis Taggart. \[via email announcement\]

Gordon Wilkins was appointed associate curator of American art of the Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover, Massachusetts. \[[Addison Gallery](https://addison.andover.edu/AboutUs/AddisonUpdates/Pages/20181012%5FGordonWilkins.aspx?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Wrightwood 659, an activist-centered exhibition space designed by Tadao Ando, has opened in Chicago. \[[NYT](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/12/arts/design/a-tadao-ando-designed-exhibition-space-opens-in-chicago.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Katsura Yamaguchi was appointed managing director of Christie’s Japan. \[[ARTnews](http://www.artnews.com/2018/10/12/katsura-yamaguchi-tapped-managing-director-christies-japan/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

## Obituaries:

Helena Almeida, Portuguese artist who explored repression and emancipation in her experimental work \[[NYT](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/11/obituaries/helena-almeida-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Eduardo Arroyo (1937), Spanish painter and graphic artist who worked in 20th century critical realism \[[El País](https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/10/14/actualidad/1539553417%5F327474.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Paul G. Allen (1953), Microsoft co-founder, art collector, and philanthropist \[[TIME](http://time.com/5425721/paul-allen-microsoft/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Mario Buatta (1935), interior designer and tastemaker known as the “Prince of Chintz” \[[Washington Pos](https://www.washingtonpost.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com)t\]

Ara Güler (1928), Armenian-Turkish photographer often known as the “Eye of Istanbul” \[[Daily Sabah](https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/2018/10/17/legendary-turkish-photographer-ara-guler-loses-battle-for-life-at-90?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Carol Hall (1936), Broadway composer and songwriter \[[NYT](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/12/obituaries/carol-hall-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Alfred Hubay (1925), house and box office manager at the Metropolitan Opera \[[NYT](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/obituaries/alfred-hubay-dead.html?action=click&contentCollection=obituaries®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=5&pgtype=sectionfront&ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Takehisa Kosugi (1938), avant-garde Fluxus composer and violinist who collaborated with John Cage, David Tudor, and Sonic Youth \[[Artforum](https://www.artforum.com/news/takehisa-kosugi-1938-2018-77078?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Angela Maria (1929), beloved Brazilian singer \[[NYT](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/11/obituaries/angela-maria-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Mary Midgley (1919), prominent philosopher who explored “virtue ethics,” part of a quartet of female philosophers from Oxford \[[Herald Scotland](https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/16989124.obituary-mary-midgley-philosopher/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Donald E. Moore (1928), former president of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden who tripled its membership \[[NYT](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/11/obituaries/donald-moore-dead.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fobituaries&action=click&contentCollection=obituaries®ion=stream&module=stream%5Funit&version=latest&contentPlacement=3&pgtype=sectionfront&ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Mel Ramos (1935), Pop artist who worked with the female nude \[[SF Chronicle](https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/art-exhibits/pop-artist-mel-ramos-dies-at-83?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]