Art Movements: Marilyn Minter Wins Again
The feminist artist received an international award from Anderson Ranch. Plus, new top staff at university museums, and the V&A goes to the zoo.
Art Movements, published every Thursday afternoon, is a roundup of must-know news, appointments, awards, and other happenings in today’s chaotic art world.
Marilyn Minter Mints Another Award
Hot off the heels of last year's biopic, feminist painter and photographer Marilyn Minter is back in the spotlight as the recipient of the 2026 International Artist Award from the Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass, Colorado. She's the 28th winner of the award, joining the likes of Theaster Gates, Simone Leigh, and Christian Marclay. She'll be honored at the annual Ranch Gala in July, where that documentary — aptly entitled Pretty Dirty — will be screened.
What Else Happened?
- Erica DiBenedetto was appointed curator at the Chazen Museum of Art.
- Clémence Gbonon is now represented by Mariane Ibrahim gallery.
- Lauren Haynes was appointed executive director of Atlanta Contemporary.
- Florentina Holzinger is now represented by Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery.
- Elizabeth Kathleen Mitchell was named head of curatorial affairs at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas.
- Anne-Claire Legendre will lead the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, after the resignation of Jack Lang due to scrutiny over his past ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
- The Estate of Carol Rama is now represented by Hauser & Wirth in collaboration with Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi.
- Adrian Searle is stepping down as chief art critic at the Guardian, a position he's held since 1996.
- Devyani Saltzman departed from her role as director of the Barbican Centre.
- Michael Wellen was named chief curator at the Hammer Museum, departing from his role as senior curator of International Art at Tate Modern. Regan Pro will join the Hammer as chief of Learning, Engagement, and Research, departing her role as deputy director of Public Programs & Social Impact at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.
Awards
- Camille Brown, Jadine Collingwood, Grace Deveney, Michael J. Ewing, Destinee Filmore, Annissa Malvoisin, Mia Matthias, and Delphine Sims are the participants in this year's Arts Leadership Praxis program at the Studio Museum in Harlem.
- Shana Hoehn, Angela Ahn Nguyen, Harrison Kinnane Smith, and Adam Thompson are the recipients of the 2026 Mohn Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND) grants.
- Fiona Pardington will represent the Aotearoa New Zealand Pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale.
Wildcard
The Victoria and Albert Museum — yes, the London institution started by the titular British Royals, famed for its collection of Italian Renaissance sculpture and East Asian metalwork — just acquired a YouTube video. The first YouTube video, to be exact, uploaded in 2005. Entitled "Me at the zoo," it's a super-blurry 19-second video about ... a guy at the zoo. "The cool thing about these guys," he says about the pair of elephants behind him, "is that they have really, really, really long, um, trunks, and that's cool."
Simpler times.
