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# Art Movements
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/art-movements-302/
- Published: 2019-04-25T11:00:29.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:39:39.000Z
- Description: The Biennale de Lyon has announced the 50+ artists that will take part, and Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian passed away.
- 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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Emory Douglas and Barbara Easley-Cox at a Black Panther rally in the summer of 1968\. (Photographer: Pirkle Jones © Regents of the University of California. Courtesy Special Collections, University Library, University of California Santa Cruz)

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

**Maria Bauman-Morales, Rodrigo Bellott**, **Kate Bornstein**, **Mashuq Mushtaq Deen**, **Lola Flash**, **Gayatri Gopinath**, **Yve Laris Cohen,** **Thomas J. Lax**, **Charles Rice-González**, and **Hao Wu** were named the mentors for the 2019-2020 program cycle of Queer|Art|Mentorship program. \[via email announcement\]

The **Biennale de Lyon** has announced the 50+ artists participating in its 15th edition, titled *Where the Waters Mix.* \[[ARTnews](http://www.artnews.com/2019/04/18/heres-the-artist-list-for-the-2019-biennale-de-lyon/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

The **Chicago Artists Coalition** has awarded 15 artists $2,000 micro-grants, including **Alexandra Antoine**, **Gregory Bae**, **Rose Blouin**, **Laksha Dantran**, **Coriama Davis**, **Kevin Demery**, **Ashley Freeby**, **Jacquelyn Guerrero**, **Candace Hunter**, **Liang Luscombe**, **SaraNoa Mark**, **Meida McNeil**, **Carlos Barberena de la Rocha**, **Dorian Sylvain**,and **Chunbo Zhang**. \[via email announcement\]

**Hadi Fallahpisheh** and **Devin N. Morris** are the recipients of **Artadia**‘s $10,000 2019 New York Awards. \[[ARTnews](http://www.artnews.com/2019/04/18/artadias-2019-new-york-awards-hadi-fallahpisheh-devin-n-morris/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

**Parker Ito** was named the new resident of the Artist Studio at Bellagio. \[via email announcement\]

**Rick Kinsel** has joined the board of trustees of **New York** **University’s Institute of Fine Arts**. \[via email announcement\]

**Locust Projects** has announced the recipients of its 2019 WaveMaker grants. \[[WaveMaker](http://www.wavemakergrants.org/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

**Mark McKnight** was awarded the 2019 Portfolio Prize by **Aperture Foundation**. \[[Aperture](https://aperture.org/blog/2019-portfolio-prize-mark-mcknight/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

The **San Francisco Art Institute** will bestow artist and Black Panther Party Minister of Culture **Emory Douglas** with an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, and **Ericka Huggins** and **Barbara Easley-Cox**, Black Panther Party leaders, human rights activists, and educators, with the Douglas G. MacAgy Distinguished Achievement Award. \[via email announcement\]

**Darren Walker,** president of the Ford Foundation, was honored by the Architectural League with their 2019 President’s Medal. \[via email announcement\]

## Opportunities

**The Ellies,** Miami’s visual arts awards presented by **Oolite Arts,** is offering $500,000 in funding to Miami-Dade’s visual artists and art teachers. The program provides grants ranging from $2,500 to $25,000 for new works, and $5,000 travel grants for K-12 art teachers. One artist will receive the Michael Richards Award, an unrestricted $75,000 award and commission from Oolite Arts in collaboration with The Bass, Miami Beach’s contemporary art museum. Applications are due **May** **20\.** \[[The Ellies](https://oolitearts.org/ellies/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

The **VIA Arts Prize** has launched its call for entries. The prize’s mission is to deepen cultural awareness of Latin American, Spanish, and Portuguese arts and cultures in the UK. UK-based artists of any nationality are invited to submit an original artwork specifically inspired by Ibero-American arts and culture. Applications are due **September** **30.** \[[Via Arts Prize](http://www.viaartsprize.org/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

## Transitions

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Paul Klee, “Wachstum regt sich (Growth stirs)” (1938), Private Collection, Switzerland, deposited in the Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Courtesy Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Image archive, © 2019 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

**Beverly Adams** was named the Estrellita Brodsky Curator of Latin American Art at the **Museum of Modern Art** in New York. \[[MoMA](https://press.moma.org/news/moma-appoints-new-brodsky-curator/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

**Teresa Burga** is now represented by **Alexander Gray Associates Gallery** in New York. \[[ARTnews](http://www.artnews.com/2019/04/23/teresa-burga-alexander-gray-associates/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

**Valerie Gay** was appointed deputy director for audience engagement and chief experience officer at the **Barnes Foundation**. \[via email announcement\]

**Clara Ha**, a former partner at New York’s Paul Kasmin Gallery, will open her own gallery, **CHART**, in Tribeca. \[[artnet](https://news.artnet.com/market/kasmin-gallery-alumni-clara-ha-opens-new-tribeca-gallery-1524016?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

**Amy Homma** was named director of education and public engagement of the **Academy Museum of Motion Pictures** in Los Angeles. \[via email announcement\]

**Kelly Huang** was appointed co-director of **Gagosian San Francisco.** \[[ARTnews](http://www.artnews.com/2019/04/24/kelly-huang-named-co-director-of-gagosian-san-francisco/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

**Anastasia Karpova Tinari** was appointed director of **Richard Gray Gallery** in New York and Chicago. \[[ARTnews](http://www.artnews.com/2019/04/17/richard-gray-gallery-director-anastasia-karpova-tinari/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

The **Paul Klee** family is now represented by **David Zwirner** **gallery**. \[via email announcement\]

**Kirsten Paisley** will serve as the next director of **Auckland Art Gallery** **Toi o Tāmaki** in New Zealand. \[[Artforum](https://www.artforum.com/news/kirsten-paisley-namedAuckland%20Art%20Gallery%20Toi%20o%20T%C4%81makidirector-of-auckland-art-gallery-toi-o-tamaki-79538?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

**Kat Sapera** was appointed co-director of **Grimm** **gallery** in New York and Amsterdam. \[[*ARTnews*](http://www.artnews.com/2019/04/19/grimm-gallery-director-kat-sapera/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

## Obituaries

Warren Adler (1927–2019), novelist, playwright, and poet \[[Variety](https://variety.com/2019/film/news/warren-adler-dead-war-of-the-roses-1203191017/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Josine Ianco-Starrels (1926–2019), curator who shaped the Los Angeles art scene \[[LA Times](https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-josine-iranco-starrels-los-angeles-curator-20190419-story.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Kazuhiko Kato (1937–2019), manga artist known as Monkey Punch \[[Japan Today](https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/%27lone-wolf-and-cub%27-creator-kazuo-koike-dies-at-82?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Kazue Kobata (1946–2019), Japanese curator, professor, translator, and former *Artforum* contributing editor \[[Artforum](https://www.artforum.com/news/kazue-kobata-1946-2019-79440?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Claude Lalanne (1925–2019), French artist known for her surrealistic jewelry and sculptures \[[WWD](https://wwd.com/eye/people/obituary-french-artist-claude-lalanne-1203102772/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Benon Lutaaya (1985–2019), artist who worked in paint, colage, and mixed media, and was co-director of Room Gallery and Projects in Johannesburg, South Africa \[[ARTnews](http://www.artnews.com/2019/04/18/benon-lutaaya-dead/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Lyra McKee (1990–2019), journalist and editor \[[CBS](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lyra-mckee-northern-ireland-journalist-shot-dead-riot-londonderry-today-2019-04-19/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

David V. Picker (1931–2019), motion picture executive and producer \[[Variety](https://variety.com/2019/film/news/david-picker-dead-dies-studio-chief-james-bond-beatle-1203194243/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Mavis Pusey (1928–2019), distinguished painter, printmaker, and teacher \[[The Studio Museum in Harlem](https://www.studiomuseum.org/article/remembering-mavis-pusey?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

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

Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (1922–2019), mosaic artist who merged traditional Iranian art forms and Western Modernism \[[The Third Line gallery](http://www.thethirdline.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Gary Stewart (1957–2019), veteran of Rhino Records and Apple Music known in the LA rock scene \[[Variety](https://variety.com/2019/music/news/gary-stewart-rhino-records-apple-music-dies-1203188602/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Gene Wolfe (1931–2019), science fiction artist \[[EW](https://ew.com/books/2019/04/16/gene-wolfe-dies-acclaimed-sci-fi-author-dead-87/?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

Henry Wollman Bloch (1922–2019), major philanthropist at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri \[via email announcement\]

Jayne Wrightsman (1919–2019), arts philanthropist who bestowed the Metropolitan Museum of Art with some of its most important European paintings \[[Vogue](https://www.vogue.com/article/jayne-wrightsman-obituary?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]