All posts tagged: Curatorial

CHANEL and Guggenheim Launch Curatorial Fellowship in New York and Venice

CHANEL and Guggenheim Launch Curatorial Fellowship in New York and Venice

Published by José Betancourt

Chanel is teaming up with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation on a new curatorial fellowship that will move between New York and Venice, tying one of the art world’s biggest institutions more closely to one of its busiest international stages—and to a growing network of cultural initiatives backed by the fashion house. The announcement will come at the very start of the Venice Biennale. Launching in fall 2026, the Chanel Culture Fund Fellowship will be a one-year program is for MA- and PhD-level scholars focused on collection studies and curatorial research. Each fellow will begin at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York before continuing at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, working across both museums’ archives and exhibitions.  Related Articles For Chanel, the fellowship is less a one-off than part of a broader strategy. “What we’re trying to do is build an ecosystem of support—of infrastructure, of scholarship, of long-term investment in human intelligence,” said Yana Peel, the company’s president of arts, culture, and heritage. “Culture is made by artists, of course, but not by artists alone. It’s also …

SVA Is Shutting Down Its MFA in Curatorial Practice Program

SVA Is Shutting Down Its MFA in Curatorial Practice Program

Published by José Betancourt

On Thursday, the School of Visual Arts announced that starting next year, it will no longer offer a masters of arts degree in curatorial practice. The update was shared with faculty via an email from Steven Henry Madoff, who founded the department in 2013 and has been chair of the two-year program for the past 14 years. The sudden announcement follows years of financial difficulty for the New York art school. And, earlier this month, David A. Ross, chair of the MFA art practice program at SVA, abruptly resigned after ARTnews revealed that he had a friendly relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and appears a number of times in newly-released emails. Related Articles In his letter to faculty, Madoff explains that he informed SVA president David Rhodes a year and a half ago that he plans to retire in May 2027, and that Rhodes decided to end the masters program upon Madoff’s retirement. “We call this ‘teaching out the program,’” he wrote, while also referencing the school’s “financial challenges.” As recently as January of this year, SVA was …

Petzel to Rep Emma Webster, McNay Appoints Head of Curatorial Affairs, and More

Petzel to Rep Emma Webster, McNay Appoints Head of Curatorial Affairs, and More

Published by José Betancourt

Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday. Happy Wednesday! Here’s a round-up of who’s moving and shaking in the art trade this week. Petzel to Represent Emma Webster: The Los Angeles–based artist, known for digitally constructed dioramas that merge Baroque landscape traditions with contemporary technology, will be jointly represented by Perrotin. Webster will open a show of new work at Petzel on April 30. Rose Easton Adds Łukasz Stokłosa to Roster: The Polish artist had his debut solo exhibition there in September 2025. McNay Art Museum Appoints Elizabeth Kathleen Mitchell Head of Curatorial Affairs: Mitchell, who joined in 2025 as curator of prints and drawings, will retain that role while overseeing exhibition planning, acquisitions, and curatorial strategy. Maureen Paley to Represent Mary Stephenson: The London-based artist joins the roster after solo shows at White Cube in Paris, Chapter NY in New York, MASSIMODECARLO in Paris, Linseed Projects in Shanghai, and Incubator in London. Big Number: $2 M. That’s the new cutoff for …

Walters Art Museum Hires Chief Collections & Curatorial Affairs Officer

Walters Art Museum Hires Chief Collections & Curatorial Affairs Officer

Published by Jenni Sidey

The Walters Art Museum has named Katherine Larson as its chief collections and curatorial affairs officer, a newly created position, and senior curator of Ancient Art. She will oversee curatorial operations, collections, conservation and research at the Baltimore institution and will take up her new role March 30, managing the exhibition calendar and fundraising for the museum, among other duties. “We are thrilled to welcome Katherine Larson into this role,” said museum executive director and CEO Kate Burgin in press materials. “Katherine’s deep expertise and commitment to community engagement, scholarly excellence, and collections stewardship reflect the museum’s own commitment to access, research, and creating engaging, meaningful experiences for all visitors.” Related Articles Larson has been manager of curatorial affairs and curator of ancient class at the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York since 2024. She previously served as the institution’s curator of ancient glass, from 2019 to 2024, assistant curator of ancient and Islamic glass from 2017 to 2019, and curatorial assistant from 2016 to 2017. Larson earned a PhD in ancient Mediterranean …

Open Letter Demanding More Curatorial Independence at AGO After Non-Acquisition of Nan Godin Work Collects 500 Signatures

Open Letter Demanding More Curatorial Independence at AGO After Non-Acquisition of Nan Godin Work Collects 500 Signatures

Published by José Betancourt

Since news broke last month that Toronto’s Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) decided against acquiring a new work by Nan Goldin, the fallout has been fierce. The decision, prompted by trustee Judy Schulich, who reportedly branded the Jewish American photographer “antisemitic,” has led to calls for her resignation. It’s also renewed scrutiny of how wealthy donors influence museum governance. Schulich, a major AGO benefactor and executive with the Schulich Foundation, one of Canada’s largest private foundations, is yet to comment publicly. What’s clear is that her intervention played a decisive role in the gallery’s rejection of Goldin’s moving-image work Stendhal Syndrome (2024), a project the AGO had planned to acquire jointly with Vancouver Art Gallery and Minneapolis’s Walker Art Center. The news first surfaced via Toronto-based journalist Samira Mohyeddin on X and was later confirmed by the Globe & Mail, which reported that an unnamed committee member compared Goldin to Nazi filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl and called her a “liar” over her advocacy for Palestinians. Related Articles An open letter demanding more transparency and curatorial independence …