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# Art Movements
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/art-movements-293/
- Published: 2019-02-21T12:00:50.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:39:50.000Z
- Description: Zimbabwe and Pakistan announce their Venice Biennale representatives, Mariane Ibrahim Gallery will move to the midwest, 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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(Kudzanai-Violet Hwami, “Family Portrait” (2017), acrylic and oil on canvas, 2 panels: 220 x 128 cm; 220 x 170 cm (Copyright the artist, Courtesy Tyburn Gallery)

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

**Eddie Aparicio**, **Carmen Argote**, **Ron Athey**, **Diedrick Brackens**, **Gelare Khoshgozaran**, and **Jennifer Moon** are the six finalists of **Artadia**‘s fourth annual **Los Angeles award**. \[via email announcement\]

**Kudzanai-Violet Hwami**, **Neville Starling**, **Georgina Maxim**, and **Cosmos Shiridzinomwa** were selected to represent Zimbabwe in the 2019 Venice Biennale. \[[ARTnews](http://www.artnews.com/2019/02/19/zimbabwe-pavilion-venice-biennale-2019/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

**Naiza Khan** will represent the first **Pakistani** **Pavilion** at the **Venice Biennale**. \[[ARTnews](http://www.artnews.com/2019/02/19/naiza-khan-venice-biennale-2019-pakistan/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

The state of **New Jersey** has announced its **2019 Individual Artist Fellowship Awards** for works on paper, painting, media, digital/electronic media, and prose. \[[NJ](https://www.state.nj.us/state/njsca/assets/pdf/fy19-artist-fellowship-awards-list.pdf?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

**Sasha Phyars-Burgess** was awarded the second annual **Capricious** **Photo** **Award**. \[via email announcement\]

The **Souls Grown Deep Foundation** has announced the inaugural recipients of its internship grant program, which provides paid internships to college students of color working in art museums. The selected students include **Dorthy Ray** at **New Orleans Museum of Art**; **Akili Davis** at **Philadelphia Museum of Art**; and **Jacynth Serrano Rodriguez** at **Virginia Museum of Fine Arts**. \[via email announcement\]

## Opportunities

**The Women’s Center for Creative Work** has launched **Co—Conspirator Press,** a space for feminist content through the practice of self-publishing. They have announced their first open call for proposals centering around the idea of how a workbook can “further an intersectional feminist agenda.” Applications are due March 29\. **\[**[**WCCW**](https://cocopress.womenscenterforcreativework.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com)**\]**

***CRWN***, a print magazine about natural hair, is accepting applications for three positions: Administrative Assistant (Dallas); Editorial/Graphic Designer (Dallas or New York); and Marketing & Creative Interns (Dallas). \[[CRWN](https://airtable.com/shrCvveDlaJR579Fh?utm%5Fsource=Contributors&utm%5Fcampaign=e62b7c9007-EMAIL%5FCAMPAIGN%5F2018%5F03%5F08%5FCOPY%5F01&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fterm=0%5F232f81d76c-e62b7c9007-217396801)\]

## Transitions

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Alexandra Karakashian, “At half-mast” (2017-18), Oil on canvas, 67 x 94.5 in, 170 x 240 cm. Featued in Alexandra Karakashian: In on itself at Mariane Ibrahim Gallery (Courtesy of the Artist and Mariane Ibrahim Gallery)

**Ronni Baer** was named curator and lecturer at the **Princeton University Art Museum** in New Jersey. \[via email announcement\]

**Roberto Cuoghi** is now represented by **Hauser & Wirth** gallery. \[via email announcement\]

**Stephanie Gabriel** was appointed director of **Marianne Boesky Gallery** in New York. \[via email announcement\]

**Philip Himberg** was appointed executive director of the **MacDowell Colony**. \[via email announcement\]

**M. Wells Dinette**, **MoMA PS1**‘s popular eatery, will close at the end of February. **Mina’s** by chef **Mina Stone** will take its place. \[[ARTnews](http://www.artnews.com/2019/02/15/new-yorks-m-wells-dinette-popular-destination-moma-ps1-patrons-close/?ref=hyperallergic.com)/[ARTnews](http://www.artnews.com/2019/02/19/chef-mina-stone-will-open-restaurant-moma-ps1/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

**Mariane Ibrahim Gallery** will relocate from Seattle to Chicago. \[[ARTnews](http://www.artnews.com/2019/02/15/mariane-ibrahim-gallery-moving-chicago/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

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He Xiangyu, “Wisdom Teeth” (2013–2014), Bronze, pure gold (99.99 %), 1000 pieces; dimensions variable (Courtesy of the artist, and Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York)

**The Metropolitan Museum of Art** in New York has made three new appointments. **Sean Hemingway** was appointed curator in charge of Greek and Roman art; **Sarah E. Lawrence** was appointed curator in charge of European sculpture and decorative arts; and **Inka Drögemüller** was named deputy director for digital, education, publications, imaging, and libraries. \[[ARTnews](http://www.artnews.com/2019/02/19/metropolitan-museum-art-appoints-new-deputy-director-digital-two-curators/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

**Dr. Nicole R. Myers** was named The Barbara Thomas Lemmon Senior Curator of European Art at the **Dallas Museum of Art**. \[via email announcement\]

The nonprofit **New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA)** has added 17 new members, including **A.I.R. Gallery**, **EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop**, and **OCHI** **PROJECTS.** \[via email announcement\]

**He Xiangyu** is now represented by New York’s **Andrew Kreps Gallery**. \[[ARTnews](http://www.artnews.com/2019/02/15/andrew-kreps-he-xiangyu/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

## Obituaries

Betty Ballantine (1919–2019), book publisher who pioneered the modern paperback \[[USA Today](https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2019/02/14/betty-ballantine-pioneer-modern-paperback-dead-99/2863596002/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Anne Firor Scott (1921–2019), women’s history scholar \[[Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/anne-firor-scott-historian-who-illuminated-lives-of-southern-women-dies-at-97/2019/02/13/0043d522-2f37-11e9-813a-0ab2f17e305b%5Fstory.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Bruno Ganz (1941–2019), Swiss actor well-known in German-language cinema \[[BBC](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47264709?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Kiyoshi Koyama (1936–2019), Japanese jazz critic, journalist and radio host \[[Japan Times](https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2018/03/29/music/kiyoshi-koyama-life-lived-jazz/?ref=hyperallergic.com#.XGw%5Fc5NKi7w)\]

Karl Lagerfeld (1935–2019), prolific designer and longtime creative director of Chanel \[[Vogue](https://www.vogue.com/article/karl-lagerfeld-obituary?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Mable Lee (1921–2019), tap-dancing icon called the “Queen of the Soundies” \[[Ebony](https://www.ebony.com/news/famed-tap-dancer-mable-lee-dies-at-97/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Andrea Levy (1956–2019), award-winning novelist \[[Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/16/andrea-levy-gave-a-voice-to-all-my-silenced-forebears?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

George Mendonsa (1923–2019), likely the World War II sailor kissing a nurse in the *Life* magazine photograph of Times Square \[[Columbus Dispatch](https://www.dispatch.com/news/20190218/george-mendonsa--1923-2019-kissing-sailor-in-iconic-wwii-photo-was-him-he-claimed?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Patricia Nell Warren (1936–2019), author of one of the first popular gay romance novels \[[*NYT*](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/obituaries/patricia-nell-warren-dies.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Carla Pellegrini (1931–2019), director of Italy’s Galleria Milano since 1965 \[[Artforum](https://www.artforum.com/news/carla-pellegrini-1931-2019-78688?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Jack Taylor (1925–2019), volunteer landmarks preservationist \[[*NYT*](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/obituaries/jack-taylor-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

U Tin (1931–2019), Burmese slide guitarist \[[*NYT*](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/17/obituaries/u-tin-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Mel A. Tomlinson (1954–2019), ballet dancer who danced with three major companies: Dance Theater of Harlem, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and New York City Ballet \[[*NYT*](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/obituaries/mel-a-tomlinson-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Guy Webster (1939–2019), photographer who captured some of rock’s best-known album covers \[[*NYT*](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/obituaries/guy-webster-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]