> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://hyperallergic.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Art Movements
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/art-movements-284/
- Published: 2018-12-20T12:00:10.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:24:13.000Z
- Description: Vanessa German was awarded the 2018 Don Tyson Prize, Heidi K. Brandow was awarded the third Ucross Fellowship for Native American Visual Artists, and more.
- Author: Jasmine Weber
- Tags: News, Art Movements, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-18 14:37 (2018)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2018/12/4-detail-the-boxer-and-no-water-cleaner-1.jpg)

Vanessa German, “The Boxer” (left) and “No Water Cleaner” (right) in i am armed, I am an army at Pavel Zoubok Gallery in 2016 (photo by Melissa Stern for Hyperallergic)

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)*.*

## Accolades:

**Vanessa German** was awarded the 2018 **Don Tyson Prize** by the **Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art** in Bentonville, Arkansas. German will receive $200,000 for “pushing boundaries and taking risks in the field of American art.” \[via email announcement\]

**Hashim Sarkis** was announced curator of the **2020 Venice Architecture Biennale**. \[[ARTnews](http://www.artnews.com/2018/12/19/hashim-sarkis-named-curator-2020-venice-architecture-biennale/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Director of Berlin’s ifa Gallery **Alya Sebti**, Spanish architect **Marina Otero Verzier**, the V-A-C Foundation’s chief curator **Katerina Chuchalina**, and the director of the ICA in London **Stefan Kalmár** were announced as the curators of **Manifesta 2020**. \[via email announcement\]

Multi-disciplinary artist **Heidi K. Brandow** was awarded the third **Ucross Fellowship for Native American Visual Artists.** \[via email announcement\]

**Amale Andraos and WORKac** were selected by the **BeMA: Beirut Museum of Art** to design the museum’s future building, set to open in 2023\. \[via email announcement\]

The **Fondazione Merz** in Italy has announced the finalists for the 2019 edition of its **Mario Merz Prize** for art and music. The prizewinners will be commissioned for a new project at the Fondazione Merz, to go on view in 2020\. \[[ARTnews](http://www.artnews.com/2018/12/13/finalists-named-2019-mario-merz-prize-art-music/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

The **Bronx Museum of the Arts** will honor **Hank Willis Thomas, Eric Gottesman,** and **For Freedoms**, alongside **Junko Kobayashi**, President of the **Stan Lee Foundation** at its **2019 Benefit Gala and Art Auction**. \[via email announcement\]

## Opportunities:

The **MacDowell Colony** is accepting applications for its **2019 summer fellowships**. MacDowell encourages artists from all backgrounds and all countries in the following disciplines: architecture, film/video arts, interdisciplinary arts, literature, music composition, theatre, and visual arts. There are no residency fees, and travel grants and need-based stipends are available. The application deadline is January 15\. \[[MacDowell Colony](https://www.macdowellcolony.org/apply-for-fellowship?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

**Haiti Cultural Exchange is accepting applications for its Lakou NOU** (“Our Yard” in Haitian Creole) residency program for artists of Hatian descent based in greater New York City. Winners will receive $7,000 stipend “for creating new art; the development, implementation, documentation, and evaluation of projects; access to a network of other artists, community leaders, and local organizations; a platform to showcase their work to varied audiences; and the opportunity to develop leadership skills while becoming more acquainted with social issues affecting Brooklyn communities.” Applications are due January 14\. \[[HCX](http://haiticulturalx.org/lakou-nou-2019-application-is-now-open?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

## Transitions:

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2018/12/img_5291-1.jpg)

Dalton Paula, “Rota do tabaco” (2016) (detail) (image by Elisa Wouk Almino for Hyperallergic)

**Ralf Beil** was terminated from his position as director of the **Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg** in Germany. \[[Monopol](https://www.monopol-magazin.de/ralf-beil-offenbar-als-direktor-des-kunstmuseum-wolfsburg-gekuendigt?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

The Hammer Museum in Los Angeles has announced two new appointees to its Board of Directors, **Jay Brown** and **Cindy Miscikowski**, and two new appointees to its Board of Overseers, **Bill Block** and **Darren Star**. \[[Art Daily](http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int%5Fsec=11&int%5Fnew=109927&ref=hyperallergic.com#.XBqoP89Ki7x)\]

**Abby Chen** was named the first head of contemporary art at **San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum**. \[via email announcement\]

**Chuck D** of the rap group **Public Enemy** was named chairman of the **Universal Hip Hop Museum’**s “celebrity board.” The Bronx museum is scheduled to open in 2022\. \[[ARTnews](http://www.artnews.com/2018/12/19/forthcoming-universal-hip-hop-museum-names-chuck-d-chairman-celebrity-board/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

**Brian Faucette** was named senior director of **Night Gallery** in Los Angeles. \[[ARTnews](http://www.artnews.com/2018/12/12/brian-faucette-heads-night-gallery-senior-director/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

**Anthea M. Hartig** was appointed the first female director of the **Smithsonian’s American History Museum.** \[[*NYT*](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/13/arts/design/smithsonian-museum-of-american-history-names-woman-to-top-post.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Farts&action=click&contentCollection=arts®ion=stream&module=stream%5Funit&version=latest&contentPlacement=6&pgtype=sectionfront&ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

**Kamiar Maleki** will step down as director of **Contemporary Istanbul**. \[via email announcement\]

**Dalton Paula** is now represented by **Alexander and Bonin** gallery in New York. \[[Art Daily](http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int%5Fsec=11&int%5Fnew=109888&ref=hyperallergic.com#.XBNvZmj7TIU)\]

**Heidi Reitmaier** was appointed Deputy Director and Chief of Public Programming and Learning at the **Art Gallery of Ontario**. \[via email announcement\]

**Blair Saxon-Hill** is now represented by **Nino Mier Gallery** in Los Angeles and Cologne, Germany. \[via email announcement\]

**David Voyles** was named deputy director of the **Smithsonian American Art Museum** in Washington, DC. \[[ARTnews](http://www.artnews.com/2018/12/13/smithsonian-american-art-museum-names-david-voyles-deputy-director/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

## Obituaries:

John Ford Noonan (1941–2018), playwright who wrote off-Broadway hit *A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking* \[[*NYT*](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/obituaries/john-ford-noonan-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Andrew Frierson (1924–2018), bass-baritone opera singer who pioneered the genre as a Black performer \[[*NYT*](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/14/obituaries/andrew-frierson-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Irwin Hollander (1927–2018), artist and a master lithographer who wooed Willem de Kooning, Robert Motherwell, and other Abstract Expressionist painters to try their hands at printmaking in his East Village workshop \[[*NYT*](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/14/obituaries/irwin-hollander-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

William J. Conklin (1923–2018), architect and urban planner who designed the Navy Memorial \[[Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/william-j-conklin-architect-who-designed-navy-memorial-parts-of-reston-dies-at-95/2018/12/15/7126f104-0087-11e9-83c0-b06139e540e5%5Fstory.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Meng Lang (1961–2018), Chinese poet and promoter of dissident writers \[[Poetry Foundation](https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2018/12/chinese-poet-meng-lang-has-died?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Sondra Locke (1944–2018), Oscar-nominated actress \[[Variety](https://variety.com/2018/film/news/sondra-locke-dead-dies-heart-is-a-lonely-hunter-1203089402/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Galt MacDermot (1928–2018), Tony-winning composer of *Hair* and *Two Gentlemen of Verona* \[[Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/galt-macdermot-composer-of-hair-and-two-gentlemen-of-verona-dies-at-89/2018/12/18/940d9e52-02da-11e9-b5df-5d3874f1ac36%5Fstory.html?noredirect=on&utm%5Fterm=.09a5ca0fcab5&ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Penny Marshall (1943–2018), star of *Laverne & Shirley* and director of big-screen comedies like *Big* and *A League of Their Own* \[[Boston Herald](https://www.bostonherald.com/2018/12/18/actress-and-director-penny-marshall-dies-at-age-75/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Michael Paul Smith (1950–2018), founder, chief architect and mayor of Elgin Park, a miniature town Smith crafted and photographed to appear real with vintage cameras and hand-built sets \[[*NYT*](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/13/obituaries/michael-paul-smith-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Nancy Wilson (1937–2018), singer who bridged jazz-pop of the 1950s and the pop-soul of the 1960s and ’70s \[[*NYT*](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/14/obituaries/nancy-wilson-dead-jazz-singer.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Troels Wörsel (1950–2018), Danish experimental painter who represented Denmark at the 52nd Venice Biennale in 2007 \[[Art Review](https://artreview.com/news/news%5F17%5Fdec%5F2018%5Ftroels%5Fworsel/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]