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# Art Movements
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/art-movements-300/
- Published: 2019-04-11T11:00:02.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:39:41.000Z
- Description: Roberta Smith was bestowed the inaugural lifetime achievement award by the Rabkin Foundation, Nathaniel Mary Quinn is now represented by Gagosian, 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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William T. Williams (b.1942), Harlem Hearts (111 1/2 Series), 1999, acrylic on canvas, 57″ x 36″, signed; © William T. Williams; Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY

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

**Meriem Bennani** was awarded the Eye Art & Film Prize by Amsterdam’s **Eye Filmmuseum**. \[[Artdaily](http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int%5Fsec=11&int%5Fnew=112602&ref=hyperallergic.com#.XK5DD-tKhns)\]

**Emmet Cohen** was awarded the 2019 Cole Porter Fellowship by the **American Pianists Association**. *\[*[*NYT*](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/07/arts/music/emmet-cohen-american-pianists-associations-prize.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)*\]*

**Jimmie Durham** will be awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the **2019 Venice Biennale**. \[[ANSA](http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2019/04/04/jimmie-durham-to-get-art-golden-lion%5F78a889c8-c551-4d21-b111-b2e4605c3df3.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

**Charles Gaines** will be awarded the 60th Edward MacDowell Medal from the **MacDowell Colony**. \[via email announcement\]

**Julie Henson** was named the 2019 National Artist in Residence of the **Neon Museum**. \[via email announcement\]

The **NYC Department of Cultural Affairs** has announced **Taja Lindley, Laura Nova, Julia Weist,** and **Janet Zweig** as its new Public Artists in Residence. \[via email announcement\]

**Roberta Smith** was bestowed the inaugural lifetime achievement award by the **Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation**. *\[*[*ARTnews*](http://www.artnews.com/2019/04/09/roberta-smith-rabkin-foundation-lifetime-achievement-award/?ref=hyperallergic.com)*\]*

**UrbanGlass** has awarded its visual artist fellowships to **Dean Erdmann, Carly Mandel,** and **Tiffany Jaeyeon Shin**. **Azusa Murakami** and **Alexander Groves** will receive visiting designer fellowships. *\[*[*Artforum*](https://www.artforum.com/news/urbanglass-awards-visiting-artist-and-designer-fellowships-79248?ref=hyperallergic.com)*\]*

**Olga Viso, Stephen Pitti, Cathy Davidson** have been named fellows in residence of the **Andrew W. Mellon Foundation**. *\[*[*ARTnews*](http://www.artnews.com/2019/04/03/andrew-w-mellon-foundation-adds-olga-viso-stephen-pitti-cathy-davidson-as-fellows/?ref=hyperallergic.com)*\]*

**William T. Williams** was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 30th Annual **James A. Porter Colloquium**. \[via email announcement\]

**Lily Zhang** was awarded the 2018-19 **James Harrison Steedman Memorial Fellowship** **in** **Architecture** by the College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis.

The first group of artists participating in the **2020 Biennale of Sydney** have been announced. \[[Broadsheet](https://www.broadsheet.com.au/sydney/art-and-design/article/first-artists-have-been-announced-2020-biennale-sydney?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

## Opportunities

> We want to put your idea into space! We have no idea what you'll do with this opportunity, but we can't wait to see it. Apply today: [https://t.co/iO7jGUry5X](https://t.co/iO7jGUry5X?ref=hyperallergic.com) [#ArtInSpace](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ArtInSpace?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) [#blueorigin](https://twitter.com/hashtag/blueorigin?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com)  
>  
> — OK Go (@okgo) [March 25, 2019](https://twitter.com/okgo/status/1110207413548969984?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com)

**OK Go** is inviting student artists to submit proposals for art proposals to ship into space. \[[OK Go](https://okgosandbox.org/art-in-space/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

## Transitions

![One time use](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2019/04/ms--chairs.jpg)

Nathaniel Mary Quinn, “Miss Chairs” (2014), Black charcoal, gouache, oil-pastel, and oil-paint on Coventry Vellum paper, 50 x 43 1/2 in, 127 x 110.5 cm, © Nathaniel Mary Quinn. Courtesy the artist and Gagosian.

**AWHRHWAR**, a Los Angeles gallery, will close this weekend. \[via email announcement\]

**Polina Berlin** was appointed director of **Ortuzar** **Projects** in Tribeca, Manhattan. \[[*ARTnews*](http://www.artnews.com/2019/04/05/polina-berlin-named-director-of-new-yorks-ortuzar-projects-gallery/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

**Jacqueline de Jong** is now represented by **Pippy Houldsworth Gallery**. \[[Pippy Houldsworth\]](https://artnews.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d1194d22149cae6b833e60041&id=1b00854443&e=01eaf32567&ref=hyperallergic.com)

**Maurin Dietrich** was appointed director of the **Kunstverein München**. *\[*[*Artforum*](https://www.artforum.com/news/maurin-dietrich-appointed-director-of-kunstverein-muenchen-79251?ref=hyperallergic.com)*\]*

**Gagosian** is opening a new space in Los Angeles in collaboration with Chef **Evan Funke**. \[[Eater](https://la.eater.com/2019/4/2/18292265/evan-funke-gusto-54-beverly-hills-opening-coming-new?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

**Hauser & Wirth** will open a new global headquarters and bookstore in Zürich this June. \[[*ARTnews*](http://www.artnews.com/2019/04/08/hauser-wirth-publishers-zurich/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

**Johan Holten** will be director of the **Kunsthalle** **Mannheim**. \[[Monopol](https://www.monopol-magazin.de/johan-holten-wird-chef-der-kunsthalle-mannheim?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

**Deborah Horowitz** has left her position overseeing the curatorial team of the **Academy Museum of Motion Pictures**. \[[*Variety*](https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/academy-museum-deborah-horowitz-1203183700/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

**Glenn Ligon** is now represented by **Hauser & Wirth**. \[via email announcement\]

**Courtney J. Martin** was named director of the Yale Center for British Art. \[via email announcement\]

**Lari Pittman** is now represented by **Lehmann Maupin**. *\[*[*ARTnews*](http://www.artnews.com/2019/04/03/lari-pittman-represented-lehmann-maupin/?ref=hyperallergic.com)*\]*

**Nathaniel Mary Quinn** is now represented by **Gagosian** *. \[*[*ARTnews*](http://www.artnews.com/2019/04/04/gagosian-represents-nathaniel-mary-quinn/?ref=hyperallergic.com)*\]*

**Gabriela Rangel** was appointed artistic director of the **Malba** **Collection**. \[*Buenos Aires Times*\]

**Kirra Steel** has been promoted to the position of chief development officer of the **International Center of Photography**. \[via email announcement\]

**Graeme Thompson** was appointed worldwide head of jewelry at **Phillips**. \[[Phillips](https://www.phillips.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

**Carlos Urroz** has been named director of **TBA21 (**Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary). \[via email announcement\]

**Various Small Fires** gallery opened a second location in the Hannam-dong area of Seoul, South Korea. \[[*Artforum*](https://www.artforum.com/news/los-angeles-based-gallery-various-small-fires-opens-seoul-outpost-79205?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

## Obituaries

Antonio Asis (1932–2019), Op artist known for his geometric compositions \[[*ARTnews*](https://www.artsy.net/artist/antonio-asis?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Jonathan Baumbach (1933–2019), experimental novelist \[[*NYT*](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/obituaries/jonathan-baumbach-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Bill Culbert (1935–2019), artist known as the “Master of Light,” working with painting, photography, and sculpture \[[RNZ](https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/385949/artist-bill-culbert-master-of-light-dies-age-83?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Kim English (1970–2019), musician who blended gospel and dance music \[[*NYT*](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/obituaries/kim-english-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Claude Lalanne (1924–2019), sculpture with a surrealist touch \[[*TAN*](https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/french-sculptor-claude-lalanne-has-died-aged-93?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Vonda N. McIntyre (1948–2019), science-fiction author \[[Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/04/vonda-mcintyre-obituary?ref=hyperallergic.com)\] 

Dan Robbins (1925–2019), originator of the paint-by-numbers phenomenon \[[Smithsonian](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dan-robbins-who-launched-paint-number-craze-1950s-has-died-180971888/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Sydel Silverman (1933–2019), anthropologist, scholar, teacher, historian, and preservationist \[[*NYT*](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/obituaries/sydel-silverman-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)*\]*

Bob Slade (1948–2019), veteran radio host who discussed social issues affecting the Black Community on the weekly show Open Line \[[The Source](http://thesource.com/2019/03/25/bob-slade-loses-fight-kidneys/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Lyle Tuttle (1931–2019), tattoo artist and historian \[[SF Chronicle](https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/art-exhibits/lyle-tuttle-pioneering-sf-tattoo-artist-dies-at-87?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Matthew Underwood (1983–2019), electronic musician and one of the founding editors of *Headmaster Magazine* \[[Boy Culture](https://www.boyculture.com/boy%5Fculture/2019/03/rip-matthew-underwood-of-headmaster.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Ed Westcott (1922–2019), government photographer who documented life in Oak Ridge, a secret city in Tennessee where uranium was enriched to develop the atom bomb during World War II *\[*[*NYT*](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/09/obituaries/ed-westcott-97-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)*\]*