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# Art Movements
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/art-movements-301/
- Published: 2019-04-18T11:00:19.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:39:40.000Z
- Description: Mandy El-Sayegh is now represented by Lehmann Maupin, the 2019 Guggenheim Fellowships have been announced, 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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Sanford Biggers, “Many Waters” (2019), Archival digital print on Hahnemuhle Torchon with chine collé, 20 X 21¼ inches (courtesy of New York Foundation for the Arts)

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

The **American Academy in Rome** has named the winners of its 2019–20 Rome Prize and Italian Fellowships. *\[*[*Artforum*](https://www.artforum.com/news/american-academy-in-rome-announces-2019-20-fellows-79342?ref=hyperallergic.com)*\]*

**Sanford Biggers**, **Karl** **Kellner**, and **Min** **Jin** **Lee** were inducted in the Hall of Fame of the **New York Foundation for the Arts**. \[[NYFA](http://current.nyfa.org/post/184134282768/nyfa-inducts-sanford-biggers-karl-kellner-and?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

**Lee Bul** was awarded the annual **Ho-Am Prize for the Arts**. \[[Artsy](https://www.artsy.net/news/artsy-editorial-south-korean-artist-lee-bul-won-263-300-ho-am-prize?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

The estate of the late artist **Katthy Cavaliere** has awarded $100,000 grants for Australian women working in performance and installation art to **Frances Barrett**, **Giselle Stanborough**, and **Sally Rees**. *\[*[*Artforum*](https://www.artforum.com/news/recipients-of-100-000-katthy-cavaliere-fellowship-announced-79345?ref=hyperallergic.com)*\]*

**Aretha Franklin** was posthumously awarded a **Pulitzer** **Prize**. \[[*NYT*](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/15/business/media/pulitzer-prize-winners.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

The **John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation** has announced the 168 scholars, artists, and writers who will receive this year’s **Guggenheim** Fellowships. \[[Guggenheim](https://www.gf.org/fellows/current/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

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Arthur Jafa, “Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death” (2016), Video (color, sound), 7 minutes 25 seconds (courtesy the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York/Rome © Arthur Jafa, 2019)

The **Mike Kelley Foundation** has awarded $400,000 in grants to 10 Los Angeles art organizations: 18th Street Arts Center; California State University Dominguez Hills; Dirty Looks Inc.; Echo Park Film Center; Equitable Vitrines; Ford Theatre Foundation; IF Innovation Foundation; Los Angeles Poverty Department; Pomona College Museum of Art; and the Huntington Library. \[[Art Daily](http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int%5Fsec=11&int%5Fnew=112758&ref=hyperallergic.com#.XLOlsutKgWo)\]

A haunting photograph by **John Moore**, depicting an asylum-seeking Honduran mother being detained by an ICE agent while her daughter cries, has won the **World Press Photo Award. \[**[Art Daily](http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int%5Fsec=11&int%5Fnew=112735&ref=hyperallergic.com#.XLdmj5NKgvp)\]

The **Pollock-Krasner Foundation** has named the winners of its $3.17 million in grant funding. *\[*[*ARTnews*](http://www.artnews.com/2019/04/17/pollock-krasner-foundation-grants-lee-krasner-award/?ref=hyperallergic.com)*\]*

**Yto Barrada**, **Arthur Jafa**, and **Rayyane Tabet** are the nominees for this year’s **Prix International d’Art Contemporain**. *\[*[*ARTnews*](http://www.artnews.com/2019/04/17/heres-the-shortlist-for-the-85000-prix-international-dart-contemporain/?ref=hyperallergic.com)*\]*

**Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo** was awarded the **Independent Curators International**’s Leo award for arts patrons. \[[*ARTnews*](http://www.artnews.com/2019/04/15/leo-award-patrizia-sandretto-re-rebaudengo/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

## Opportunities

**LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions)** is offering two full-time paid summer internships for college students through the Getty Marrow Internship Program. The positions are Curatorial Intern and Communications and Marketing Intern. Applications are due **April 26**. \[[LACE](https://welcometolace.org/internship-program/?mc%5Fcid=7aae5b7863&mc%5Feid=1c7e64f893&ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

## Transitions

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Mandy El-Sayegh, “Side Sleeper” (2017), Financial Times newspaper, india ink, pen, acrylic, correction fluid, and graphite, 24.41 x 29.13 inches, 62 x 74 cm (Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, and Seoul.)

**Austen Barron Bailly** was appointed chief curator of the **Crystal Bridges Museum** in Bentonville, Arkansas. *\[*[*Artforum*](http://www.artnews.com/2019/04/15/crystal-bridges-austen-barron-bailly-chief-curator/?ref=hyperallergic.com)*\]*

**Mandy El-Sayegh** is now represented by **Lehmann** **Maupin.** *\[*[*ARTnews*](https://artnews.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d1194d22149cae6b833e60041&id=8fd9cd8e20&e=01eaf32567&ref=hyperallergic.com)*\]*

**Louis Grachos** was appointed executive director of the **Palm Springs Art Museum** in Southern California. \[via email announcement\]

**Olga Generalova**was named director of **Lubov gallery** in New York. The Gallery will soon relocate to Chinatown. \[[ARTnews](http://www.artnews.com/2019/04/17/lubov-gallery-roster-zurich/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

**Anthony Hernandez** is now represented by **Kayne Griffin Corcoran** gallery in Los Angeles. *\[*[*ARTnews*](http://www.artnews.com/2019/04/16/kayne-griffin-corcoran-anthony-hernandez/?ref=hyperallergic.com)*\]*

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Anthony Hernandez, “Screened Pictures #1” (2017), Inkjet print, 59 1/4 x 59 1/4 inches (150.5 x 150.5 centimeters) (Image courtesy the artist and Kayne Griffin Corcoran, Los Angeles)

**Lily Kwong** received the inaugural Ruinart Artistic Innovation Award by NEW INC, the **New Museum**’s cultural incubator. \[via email announcement\]

**Rebecca Lamarche-Vadel** was named the chief curator of the second edition of the **Riga** **Biennial**. \[via email announcmenet\]

**Lynn McMaster** was appointed CEO of the **Remai Modern** in Saskatoon, Canada. \[[*Artforum*](https://www.artforum.com/news/remai-modern-appoints-lynn-mcmaster-interim-ceo-79341?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

**Michelle Millar Fisher** was appointed curator of contemporary decorative arts at the **Museum of Fine Arts, Boston**. \[via email announcement\]

**Jasper Morrison** is now represented by **Kasmin**. \[via email announcement\]

**Elliot Reichert** was appointed the first curator of contemporary art at Indiana University’s **Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art**. *\[*[*Artforum*](https://www.artforum.com/news/eskenazi-museum-of-art-hires-elliot-reichert-as-inaugural-curator-of-contemporary-art-79432?ref=hyperallergic.com)*\]*

**Stephanie Rosenthal**, **Defne Ayas**, **Cristiana Collu**, **Sunjung Kim**, and **Hamza Walker** will serve as the Golden Lion jury at this year’s Venice Biennale, called *May You Live In Interesting Times*. \[via email announcement\]

**Belinda A. Tate** and **Daniel H. Weiss** have joined the board of trustees of the American Federation of Arts. \[[Artforum](https://www.artforum.com/news/belinda-a-tate-and-daniel-h-weiss-join-american-federation-of-arts-board-of-trustees-79325?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

**Xiaoyu Weng** was appointed an advisor and board member of **SLEEPCENTER**, a nonprofit arts center in New York’s Chinatown. \[[Artforum](https://www.artforum.com/news/xiaoyu-weng-joins-sleepcenter-as-board-member-and-advisor-79437?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

**Robert Wolterstorff** was named executive director and CEO of the **Bruce Museum** in Connecticut. \[[Art Daily](http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int%5Fsec=11&int%5Fnew=112746&ref=hyperallergic.com#.XLOllutKgWo)\]

## Obituaries

Bibi Andersson (1935–2019), Swedish actress and frequent collaborator with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman \[[Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/apr/15/bibi-andersson-obituary?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Lorraine Branham (1952–2019), journalism dean and mentor at Syracuse University \[[*NYT*](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/11/obituaries/lorraine-branham-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

David Brion Davis (1927–2019), Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and scholar of slavery \[[*New Haven Register*](https://www.nhregister.com/entertainment/article/David-Brion-Davis-scholar-of-slavery-dead-at-92-13769505.php?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Jean-Louis David (1934–2019), French hairstylist \[[*WWD*](https://wwd.com/beauty-industry-news/hair/french-hairstylist-jean-louis-david-dies-1203098765/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Georgia Engel (1948–2019), actress known for her role on the *Mary Tyler Moore Show* *\[*[*NYT*](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/15/obituaries/georgia-engel-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)*\]*

François-Marc Gagnon (1935–2019), art historian and scholar of the Automatist movement \[[Le Devoi](https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/551115/francois-marc-gagnon-1935-2019-on-lui-a-donne-une-mission-faire-le-tour-de-l-art-canadien?ref=hyperallergic.com)r\]

Sam Pilafian (1949–2019), tuba maestro \[[*NYT*](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/12/obituaries/sam-pilafian-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Stanley Plumly (1939–2019), award-winning lyrical poet \[[*NYT*](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/16/obituaries/stanley-plumly-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Lawrence Rhodes (1939–2019), dancer, teacher, director, and former head of the Juilliard School’s dance department \[[Pointe](https://www.pointemagazine.com/lawrence-rhodes-obituary-2633162941.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Barbara Schultz (1927–2019), adventurous television producer *\[*[*NYT*](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/16/obituaries/barbara-schultz-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)*\]*

Ralph Solecki (1917–2019), revolutionary archaeologist \[[*NYT*](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/11/obituaries/ralph-solecki-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Earl Thomas Conley (1941–2019), American country music singer-songwriter \[[USA Today](https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2019/04/10/country-singer-earl-thomas-conley-dies/3425157002/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

James Winn (1947–2019), scholarly writer on Queen Anne and John Dryden, and skilled flutist \[[*NYT*](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/12/obituaries/james-winn-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]