The Whitney Explores New Narratives through a Multi-Year Series of Collection Exhibitions

NEW YORK, N.Y.- This spring, the Whitney Museum of American Art inaugurates a multi-year exhibition initiative aimed at reassessing the Museum’s collection and, by extension, the history of twentieth- and twenty-first-century American art. As we approach groundbreaking for our downtown building project, the Whitney’s curatorial team has devised a series of collection installations that will serve as a laboratory for possible approaches to displaying the Museum’s holdings in its new building. From late April 2011, through the end of 2013, [...]

AGO Appoints Elizabeth Smith As New Executive Director of Curatorial Affairs

TORONTO.- After a five-month global search, the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) has hired Elizabeth Smith as its new Executive Director of Curatorial Affairs. Formerly the Chief Curator and Deputy Director of Programs at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago, Smith will oversee the Gallery’s ambitious exhibition program and collection growth, while providing senior leadership in the development of presentation strategies and production of scholarly research. She also will establish international partnerships to galvanize the AGO’s profile and produce [...]

Michael Darling is Named New Chief Curator of MCA Chicago

CHICAGO, IL.- Madeleine Grynsztejn, Pritzker Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago, announced today that Michael Darling has been appointed the new James W. Alsdorf Chief Curator, concluding a comprehensive international search. Darling is currently the Jon and Mary Shirley Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) and plans to assume his new responsibilities at the MCA on July 12, 2010. “Michael Darling is the perfect creative leader to evolve the MCA as [...]

Whitney to Launch Series of Art Projects at Site of Future Downtown Building

NEW YORK, NY.- This May the Whitney Museum of American Art will launch a series of large-scale, commissioned works on the site of its future downtown building at the corner of Gansevoort and Washington Streets in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. The three commissioned projects, Whitney on Site: New Commissions Downtown, which will be on view throughout the summer and into October, will respond to the site’s dynamic urban context and herald plans to bring a downtown Whitney to the neighborhood. Adam [...]