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Bookmark or Share- LARISSA HARRIS APPOINTED FIRST DIRECTOR OF TEIGER FOUNDATION - ArtforumPrior to working at the Queens Museum, she was associate director at the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at MIT from 2004 through 2008; before that, she was an associate editor at Artforum and a curator and project manager at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center (now MoMA PS1), New York. She will step into the position of director on January 4, 2021.
- MIERLE LADERMAN UKELES TALKS ABOUT MAINTENANCE ART - Artforum“Mierle Laderman Ukeles: Maintenance Art,” on view at the Queens Museum through February 19, 2017, is the first survey of this major Conceptualist’s work in the United States. Organized by the museum’s Larissa Harris and guest co-curator Patricia C. Phillips, this exhibition spans fifty years of the artist’s thinking and production.
- Noguchi Museum Fires Three Workers for Wearing KaffiyehsThe Noguchi Museum in Queens, New York, terminated three staff members on September 4 after the trio violated its recently instated ban on wearing kaffiyehs to work, according to multiple sources, including Artnews, the New York Times, and Hyperallergic, which broke the story. The scarf is considered a symbol of Palestinian culture.
- Queens Museum Announces Artists Participating in Its ... - ArtforumThe Queens Museum in New York has revealed the list of forty-three artists and collectives participating in its upcoming Queens International biennial, titled “Volumes,” which will open on October 7. Hailing from fifteen neighborhoods and representing several generations, the majority of the featured artists are women.
- Queens Museum Repurposes Xaviera Simmons Sculpture Without ... - ArtforumThe museum complied, shuttering Rose’s exhibition for thirteen days while they dismantled the enclosure and built a new one to display Rose’s work. Artnews reports that Queens Museum executive director Sally Tallant emailed Simmons photos of the destroyed structure. “Those were not temporary walls,” Simmons told Artnet News. “That was ...
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