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Photo: Darius Garvin. Courtesy Gagosian.
Gagosian has officially partnered with independent critic Antwaun Sargent.
Sargent, a New York based writer and critic, has been featured in publications ranging from Vogue to New York Times. He has appeared on panels and lectured at esteemed locations such as Yale, Harvard, and the Brooklyn Museum. Sargent has helped organize the traveling exhibition Young, Gifted, and Black from the Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection, and published his first book in 2019 titled The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion.
Sargent is set to collaborate with Gagosian, the distinguished contemporary gallery based in New York. They have an upcoming series of four gallery exhibitions that Sargent will help to curate. Alongside this, he will be contributing to the Gagosian Quarterly Magazine, and take on a number of online projects. In his interview with Roe Ethridge, Sargent discusses the conceptual overlap between fashion and art photography, which can be found on Gagosian’s website, as well as Ethridge’s Artist Spotlight Feature.
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The Eugene Smith Grant is giving $10,000 to five photojournalists.
This grant, inspired by the compassionate photojournalism work of Eugene Smith, is looking to split their $50,000 budget into a five-person grant. They are looking for a photographer whose proposed photojournalism project sounds the most compelling, and addresses any issue relating to the human condition. This can include a humanitarian crisis, cultural or social issue, an environmental concern, or any other impactful topic that honors the common humanity in us all.
Photographers can submit images from an ongoing project they would like to complete, or submit a portfolio to provide an understanding of their work. They can submit up to 40 images, and should include a 1500-word biography, and a project proposal that does not exceed 600 words, explaining their vision and how the grant will be used to complete it. The application fee is $50, but they are making a number of exceptions to waive submission fees. The deadline in May 30th. Check out their website more information here.
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Many exhibitions and events are being pushed back due to COVID-19.
The Venice Art and Architecture Biennales has moved the opening of the seventeenth edition of their art biennale to April of 2022. Expo Chicago, an annual art fair, is now taking place in April of 2021, and the Sydney Contemporary has pushed back their fifth edition to September of 2021. Instead of taking place in June 2020, Art Brussels has moved their event to April of 2021.
Some of the most extravagant events of the year have yet to reveal rescheduled dates. Cannes Film Festival has postponed the event numerous times, causing speculation as to whether the event will take place at all. According to the festival, new dates will be posted in the near future. The MET Gala, the biggest source of revenue for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, has completely postponed one of New York’s biggest fashion events. Paris Photo New York is also in the process of determining a new date, and Photo London, which would have ended yesterday, has officially rescheduled their event for the fall.
PSA by Maira Kalman at 20 Times Square. Photo by Ian Douglas. Courtesy of Poster House and Times Square Arts.
Esteemed artists create electronic billboards to honor essential workers.
Jenny Holzer, Christine Sun Kim, and Pedro Reyes are just some of the 35 artists creating digital billboards across New York, Chicago, and Boston to recognize the dedication and bravery of essential workers. The Project, titled “Messages for the City” was created by esteemed graphic designers, who designed and installed these billboards which were placed across all five boroughs of New York City. From delivery men to doctors, they seek to celebrate the people that keep our communities running.
The project spread outside of New York, inspiring artists in both Chicago and Boston to create digital billboards. “We hope that this project will further encourage us to pause, consider and appreciate those whose jobs are essential,” For Freedoms, an artist-run organization for civic engagement, said in their statement. “Art asks us to pause, to take a moment to consider what is in front of us.”
