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# Art Movements
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/art-movements-287/
- Published: 2019-01-10T15:13:44.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:40:02.000Z
- Description: Nikolaus Gansterer was awarded the MAC International prize, David Voyles was appointed Deputy Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and more.
- Author: Jasmine Weber
- Tags: News, Art Movements, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:34 (2019, 2020, part 1)

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A performance by Jennifer Harge (image courtesy of Jennifer Harge)

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

**Idea Capital** has announced the nine winners of its 10th annual award for Atlanta creatives. This year’s award recipients are **Ebony Blanding**, **Phoebe Brown**, **Jarrett Christian**, **Ben Coleman**, **Elizabeth Dinkova**, **Anthony Gaskins**, **Jason Kofke**, **Yanique Norman**, and **Cydnei Prather**. This year’s grants total $18,000\. \[[Idea Capital](https://www.ideacapitalatlanta.org/blog/2019/1/3/idea-capital-2018-award-winners?utm%5Fsource=Breakfast+with+ARTnews&utm%5Fcampaign=bc94c49e00-EMAIL%5FCAMPAIGN%5F2019%5F01%5F03%5F03%5F59&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fterm=0%5Fc5d7f10ceb-bc94c49e00-293873703)\]

**Nikolaus Gansterer** was awarded the **MAC International prize**. The Vienna-based artist will receive a grant of £20,000 (\~$25,000), and his work will be on view in an exhibition alongside other artists shortlisted for the prize until March 31\. \[[Art Daily](http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int%5Fsec=11&int%5Fnew=110271&ref=hyperallergic.com#.XC3LhVz7TIU)\]

**Jennifer Harge** was named the inaugural winner of the **Yaa Asantewaa Grant for Queer Women(+) Dance Artists** by New York-based nonprofit **Queer|Art.** \[[Broadway World](https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/QueerArt-Awards-Inaugural-Eva-Yaa-Asantewaa-Grant-For-Queer-Women-Dance-Artists-20190107?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

The **VIA** **Art** **Fund** has announced the recipients of its 2018 grants, ranging in value between $15,000 to $100,000\. This year, the organization gave eight artistic production grants, seven incubator grants, the 2019 VIA curatorial fellowship, and the 2018 Frontier Art Prize. Recipients include **Martin** **Puryear**, **Tavares** **Strachan**, and **Jamillah** **James**. \[[ARTnews](http://www.artnews.com/2019/01/09/heres-list-2018-via-art-fund-grant-recipients/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

## Opportunities

**+LAB’s Artist Residency Program** in **Los Angeles** is accepting applications. The program is a creative place-keeping residency that will focus on addressing the most recent cycle of displacement that is affecting Los Angeles’s **Little Tokyo**. Applications are due **January 15**. \[[+LAB](https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals%5Funique%5Finfo.php?ID=5949&ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

The **Montello Foundation** is accepting applications for its fifth season of **artist retreats**. Each residency will last two weeks, between May 11 and November 9, 2019\. It will provide a new perspective for residents’ work and give residents space and time for undisturbed experimentation and reflection for two weeks. Applications are due **January 27**. \[[Montello Foundation](http://www.montellofoundation.org/pages/montello%5Fapply.htm?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

## Transitions

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Kiosk Installation view, Greater New York 2015, MoMA PS1 (image courtesy Gordon Robichaux gallery)

**Gaurav Bhatia** has officially stepped down as managing director of **Sotheby’s** **India**. \[[ARTnews](http://www.artnews.com/2019/01/04/following-sexual-harassment-allegations-gaurav-bhatia-stepped-managing-director-sothebys-india/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

The **Cornelia Street Café** in Greenwich Village has closed after almost 42 years as a New York staple for jazz, comedy, and burlesque. \[[*NYT*](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/arts/music/cornelia-street-cafe-closes.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Farts&action=click&contentCollection=arts®ion=stream&module=stream%5Funit&version=latest&contentPlacement=6&pgtype=sectionfront&ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

**Ruth Estévez** was appointed senior curator-at-large at Brandeis University’s **Rose Art Museum** in Waltham, Massachusetts. \[[Art Fix Daily](http://www.artfixdaily.com/artwire/release/5664-ruth-est%C3%A9vez-named-as-senior-curator-at-large-at-rose-art-museum?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Lawan Glasscock was appointed executive director of **Christians** **in the Visual Arts**. \[via email announcement\]

**Kate Green** was appointed senior curator, and **Kevin Burns** was named associate curator of the **El Paso Museum of Art**. \[[Artforum](https://www.artforum.com/news/el-paso-museum-of-art-names-kate-green-senior-curator-kevin-burns-associate-curator-78266?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

**Anthony Iacono** is now represented by **Marinaro Gallery \[**[ARTnews](http://www.artnews.com/2019/01/03/marinaro-gallery-now-represents-anthony-iacono/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

**KIOSK** (an artist duo made up of **Alisa** **Grifo** and **Marco** **Romeny**) and **Otis** **Houston** **Jr**. are now represented by **Gordon** **Robichaux** **gallery** in New York’s Lower East Side. \[[ARTnews](http://www.artnews.com/2019/01/08/gordon-robichaux-gallery-now-represents-kiosk-otis-houston-jr/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

**Prem Krishnamurthy** and **Tina Kukielski** were named artistic directors of the second **FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art**. \[via email announcement\]

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Paul Mpagi Sepuya, “Study (0X5A7397)” (2018), 34 X 51 inches, Edition 5 + 2AP (image courtesy Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects)

**Paul** **Mpagi** **Sepuya** is now represented by **Susanne** **Vielmetter** **Los** **Angeles** **Projects**. The artist will continue to work with Team Gallery in New York and Los Angeles, but no longer works with Yancey Richardson Gallery in New York. \[[ARTnews](http://www.artnews.com/2019/01/08/susanne-vielmetter-los-angeles-projects-now-represents-paul-mpagi-sepuya/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

**Cecile Panzieri** was named senior partner at **Sean Kelly gallery** in New York. **Janine Cirincione**, **Lauren** **Kelly**, and **Thomas** **Kelly** were also named partners. \[via email announcement\]

**Nicolaus Schafhausen** was appointed to a leadership position at the **Nazi Documentation Center in Munich**. \[[Monopol](https://www.monopol-magazin.de/nicolaus-schafhausen-wechselt-von-wien-nach-muenchen?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

**Diya Vij** was named associate curator of public programs at the **High** **Line** in New York. \[[ARTnews](http://www.artnews.com/2019/01/09/high-line-names-diya-vij-associate-curator-public-programs/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

**David Voyles** was appointed deputy director of the **Smithsonian American Art Museum**. \[[Art Daily](http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int%5Fsec=11&int%5Fnew=110289&ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

**Marc-Olivier Wahler** has stepped down as director of the **Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum** in Michigan. *\[*[*TAN*](https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/marc-olivier-wahler-steps-down-as-director-of-msu-broad-art-museum-in-michigan?ref=hyperallergic.com)*\]*

**Lauren Wittels** is now a partner at **Luhring Augustine Gallery** in Chelsea, Manhattan along with **Roland Augustine**. \[via email announcement\]

## Obituaries

Howell Begle (1944–2018), lawyer who championed for R&B artists, like Ruth Brown, being taken advantage of by their labels \[[*Washington Post*](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/howell-begle-lawyer-who-championed-penniless-randb-stars-dies-at-74/2019/01/03/fdf1ac7e-0e32-11e9-84fc-d58c33d6c8c7%5Fstory.html?utm%5Fterm=.b7259ceed592&ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Joe Casely-Hayford (1956–2019), British fashion designer and founder of the brand Casely-Hayford \[[i-D](https://i-d.vice.com/en%5Fus/article/8xppaz/remembering-beloved-london-designer-joe-casely-hayford?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Sylvia Chase (1938–2019), Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist \[[*NYT*](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/07/obituaries/sylvia-chase-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Brian Garfield (1939–2018), suspense author known for his novel *Death Wish*, which inspired a popular Hollywood film series \[[*Boston Globe*](https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/obituaries/2019/01/06/death-wish-author-brian-garfield-dead/jJYuDYAl8TVfGKzma0lE6O/story.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Ringo Lam (1955–2018), prominent director of the 1980s Hong Kong New Wave generation \[[Hollywood Reporter](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ringo-lam-dead-city-fire-director-dies-at-63-report-1171992?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Honey Lantree (1943–2018), 1960s rock drummer for the Honeycombs \[[*NYT*](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/obituaries/honey-lantree-dead.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fobituaries&action=click&contentCollection=obituaries®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=8&pgtype=sectionfront&ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Christine McGuire (1926–2018), eldest singer in the McGuire Sisters \[[*NYT*](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/obituaries/christine-mcguire-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Rosenda Monteros (1935–2018), actress popular across Latin America and in the US, known for her role in *The Magnificent Seven* \[[*NYT*](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/07/obituaries/rosenda-monteros-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Bernice Sandler (1928–2019), women’s rights activist who was instrumental in the creation of Title IX \[[*Washington Post*](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/bernice-sandler-godmother-of-title-ix-who-championed-womens-rights-on-campus-dies-at-90/2019/01/07/9633e7b4-1297-11e9-90a8-136fa44b80ba%5Fstory.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Mrinal Sen (1923–2018), acclaimed filmmaker known for his contributions to Bengali parallel cinema \[[Deadline](https://deadline.com/2018/12/mrinal-sen-dies-acclaimed-director-won-indias-top-film-honor-was-95-1202527261/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Babs Simpson (1913–2019), iconic fashion editor at Vogue \[[*Vogue*](https://www.vogue.com/article/babs-simpson-vogue-editor-obituary?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Mary Kay Stearns (1925–2018), American actress in one of the earliest TV shows, *Mary Kay and Johnny* \[[*NYT*](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/08/obituaries/mary-kay-stearns-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Wendy Ramshaw (1939–2018), artist who subverted ideas about jewelry, sculpture, installation, and design \[[Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/jan/08/wendy-ramshaw-obituary?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Rosalyn Terborg-Penn (1941–2018), historian who researched the overlooked role of Black women in the suffrage movement and authored *African American Women in the Struggle for the Vote, 1850-1920 \[*[*NYT*](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/obituaries/rosalyn-terborg-penn-dead.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fobituaries&action=click&contentCollection=obituaries®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront&ref=hyperallergic.com)*\]*

Ruedi Tschudi (1940–2019), Swiss gallerist and co-founder of Galerie Tschudi \[[Galerie Tschudi](https://www.galerie-tschudi.ch/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Hector Xtravaganza (1958–2018), legend in New York City’s ballroom scene, Grandfather of the House of Xtravaganza, AIDS activist, and a consultant for FX’s acclaimed series *Pose* \[[*Variety*](https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/hector-xtravaganza-dead-dies-pose-consultant-grandfather-1203096869/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Pegi Young (1952–2019), singer, activist, and co-founder of the Bridge School for children with severe speech and physical impairments \[[*SF Chronicle*](https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/music/pegi-young-singer-and-co-founder-of-bridge-school-dies-of-cancer?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]