{"id":1878705,"date":"2026-04-10T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T07:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1878705"},"modified":"2026-04-10T10:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T07:00:08","slug":"guggenheim-museum-gets-a-new-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1878705","title":{"rendered":"Guggenheim Museum Gets a New Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><main class=\"gh-main\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"gh-article post tag-daily-newsletter tag-newsletter no-image\">\n<header class=\"gh-article-header gh-canvas\">\n<p>                Daily Newsletter<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"gh-article-title is-title\">Guggenheim Museum Gets a New Director<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">Plus, David Novros\u2019s portable muralism, why more cities should offer free art supplies, and an Appalachian collective\u2019s response to a Queens Museum show.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta\">\n<div class=\"gh-article-author-image instapaper_ignore\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-profile-image\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w160\/2025\/11\/hyperallergic-favicon-d-blank-r-g-s-500.png\" alt=\"Hyperallergic\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta-wrapper\">\n<h4 class=\"gh-article-author-name\">Hyperallergic<\/h4>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta-content\"><time class=\"gh-article-meta-date\" datetime=\"2026-04-10\">April 10, 2026<\/time><span class=\"gh-article-meta-length\"><span class=\"bull\">\u2014<\/span> 4 min read<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"gh-content gh-canvas is-body\">\n<p>A giant warehouse chock full of free art supplies \u2026 could such a place exist? Queens is lucky enough to have one in Materials for the Arts, a nearly 50-year-old resource for artists across disciplines that also diverts millions of pounds of supplies from landfills each year. Executive Director Tara Sansone opines today about the crucial role the organization plays in the local cultural landscape, and why more cities should sponsor similar projects.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the opinion section, artist Paige Phillips of the GRIT collective critiques Fia Backstr\u00f6m\u2019s exhibition at the Queens Museum and its problematic framing of rural communities in Appalachia. And in the news, the Guggenheim Museum has tapped the Hirshhorn\u2019s longtime director Melissa Chiu to lead its flagship museum in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>Read on for more in reviews and our beloved community columns. Plus, don\u2019t miss New York Print Week if you\u2019re in town! Hyperallergic Members can get free one-day passes to both the <u>IFPDA Print Fair<\/u> and the <u>Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<em>Lakshmi Rivera Amin, associate editor<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-immersive kg-cta-no-dividers   \" data-layout=\"immersive\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>Member Benefits \ud83c\udf81<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><span>Join us a member<\/span><span> to unlock free day passes for the <\/span><span>IFPDA Print Fair<\/span><span> &amp; <\/span><span>Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/Warehouse-Shopper_Photo-Courtesy-of-Anthony-Sertel-Dean-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>A warehouse shopper at Materials for the Arts (photo courtesy Anthony Sertel Dean)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"what-if-every-city-provided-artists-with-free-supplies\">What If Every City Provided Artists With Free Supplies?<\/h3>\n<p>Materials for the Arts offers free tools for teachers and artists in New York, but what if more cities funded programs like ours? | Tara Sansone<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"news\">News<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/melissa-chiu-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Melissa Chiu (\u00a9 Greg Powers; image courtesy the Guggenheim Museum)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"guggenheim-museum-appoints-melissa-chiu-as-next-director\">Guggenheim Museum Appoints Melissa Chiu as Next Director<\/h3>\n<p>After 12 years at the Smithsonian\u2019s Hirshhorn Museum, Chiu will be joining the New York institution this coming September.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-immersive  kg-cta-has-img  \" data-layout=\"immersive\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>MEMBER EVENT \ud83c\udf9f\ufe0f <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/03\/TonikaLewisJohnson_PhotoByBrianCrawford-1.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x675\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Tonika Lewis Johnson: Segregation and How to Disrupt It<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Join us on April 15 for a conversation with social justice artist and recent MacArthur \u201cGenius Grant\u201d winner Tonika Lewis Johnson and Hyperallergic Senior Editor Valentina Di Liscia.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"opinion\">Opinion<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/IMG_1198-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1847\" height=\"1039\"><figcaption><span>Fia Backstro\u0308m, &#8220;117 Days Without Lost Time Accident, Eagle Mine, Nov 13, 2022&#8221; (2024) (photo Paige Philips)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"how-to-extract-the-story-of-appalachia\">How to Extract the Story of Appalachia<\/h3>\n<p>Fia Backstr\u00f6m\u2019s Queens Museum exhibition replaces beauty and complexity with a visual and narrative language that reduces the region to a site of suffering. | Paige Phillips on behalf of the\u00a0GRIT collective<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-our-critics\">From Our Critics<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/DN-40-PTG_05_SP-1-1-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\"><figcaption><span>David Novros,\u00a0\u201cUntitled\u201d (2024) (\u00a9 2026 David Novros \/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; photo Steven Probert Studio, courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"david-novros%E2%80%99s-portable-murals\">David Novros\u2019s Portable Murals<\/h3>\n<p>Instead of being an object against the wall, Novros made his intricate, multi-paneled paintings with it in mind. | John Yau<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"it%E2%80%99s-gabriele-m%C3%BCnter%E2%80%99s-world-we%E2%80%99re-just-living-in-it\">It\u2019s Gabriele M\u00fcnter\u2019s World, We\u2019re Just Living in It<\/h3>\n<p>It is her home, her landscape, her family and friends, portrayed in these images that feel miles away from her contemporaries\u2019 modernist abstraction. | Natalie Haddad<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-grey kg-cta-minimal    \" data-layout=\"minimal\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>FEATURED OPPORTUNITY<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Center for Craft \u2013 2026 Craft Archive Fellowship<\/strong><\/b><br \/><span>Four $5,000 awards will be offered to fellows conducting research on underrepresented craft histories. The fellowship will culminate with a featured article on\u00a0<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>\u00a0and a virtual program hosted by the Center for Craft. Read more on\u00a0<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Deadline: May 20, 2026 |\u00a0<\/span><span>centerforcraft.org<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>See more in\u00a0this month\u2019s list of opportunities\u00a0for artists, writers, and art workers!<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"community\">Community<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/earthset-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41pm EDT on April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew\u2019s flyby of the Moon. (image via <\/span><span>NASA<\/span><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"required-reading\">Required Reading<\/h3>\n<p>This week: Compton\u2019s forthcoming art center, a Lebanese artist\u2019s workshops for displaced children, dog sledding in Yukon, the NGA goes viral on TikTok, stop-motion versus AI, and more.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"art-movements-meet-the-met%E2%80%99s-new-photography-curator\">Art Movements: Meet The Met\u2019s New Photography Curator<\/h3>\n<p>Oluremi C. Onabanjo\u2019s new role at The Met, grants for Queens artists and orgs, the \u201cpinkest pink\u201d turns 10, and more art industry news.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h3>\n<p>Amrita Singhal on Alex Paik&#8217;s &#8220;Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Made Human Again&#8221;:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">The curation of this show is nothing short of masterful. Bravo BAMPFA!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-none kg-cta-minimal kg-cta-no-dividers   \" data-layout=\"minimal\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><span>Commenting privileges are reserved for paid members. <\/span><span>Join us today<\/span><span>!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"icymi\">ICYMI<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/emilio-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Emilio Mart\u00ednez Poppe, installation view of<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\"> Civic Views <\/em><\/i><span>(2025) in the Philadelphia City Hall Courtyard (photo Albert Yee, courtesy Mural Arts Philadelphia)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"nine-lessons-on-my-path-from-engagement-to-leadership\">Nine Lessons on My Path From Engagement to Leadership<\/h3>\n<p>My career has been defined by a steady effort to collapse silos: between curatorial and educational work, between institutions and communities, between what museums have been and what they might yet become. | Ryan N. Dennis<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-tags\">\n<li>\n                        Daily Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<li>\n                        Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/main><\/p>\n<article class=\"gh-article post tag-daily-newsletter tag-newsletter no-image\">\n<header class=\"gh-article-header gh-canvas\">\n<p>                Daily Newsletter<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"gh-article-title is-title\">Guggenheim Museum Gets a New Director<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">Plus, David Novros\u2019s portable muralism, why more cities should offer free art supplies, and an Appalachian collective\u2019s response to a Queens Museum show.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta\">\n<div class=\"gh-article-author-image instapaper_ignore\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-profile-image\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w160\/2025\/11\/hyperallergic-favicon-d-blank-r-g-s-500.png\" alt=\"Hyperallergic\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta-wrapper\">\n<h4 class=\"gh-article-author-name\">Hyperallergic<\/h4>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta-content\"><time class=\"gh-article-meta-date\" datetime=\"2026-04-10\">April 10, 2026<\/time><span class=\"gh-article-meta-length\"><span class=\"bull\">\u2014<\/span> 4 min read<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"gh-content gh-canvas is-body\">\n<p>A giant warehouse chock full of free art supplies \u2026 could such a place exist? Queens is lucky enough to have one in Materials for the Arts, a nearly 50-year-old resource for artists across disciplines that also diverts millions of pounds of supplies from landfills each year. Executive Director Tara Sansone opines today about the crucial role the organization plays in the local cultural landscape, and why more cities should sponsor similar projects.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the opinion section, artist Paige Phillips of the GRIT collective critiques Fia Backstr\u00f6m\u2019s exhibition at the Queens Museum and its problematic framing of rural communities in Appalachia. And in the news, the Guggenheim Museum has tapped the Hirshhorn\u2019s longtime director Melissa Chiu to lead its flagship museum in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>Read on for more in reviews and our beloved community columns. Plus, don\u2019t miss New York Print Week if you\u2019re in town! Hyperallergic Members can get free one-day passes to both the <u>IFPDA Print Fair<\/u> and the <u>Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<em>Lakshmi Rivera Amin, associate editor<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-immersive kg-cta-no-dividers   \" data-layout=\"immersive\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>Member Benefits \ud83c\udf81<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><span>Join us a member<\/span><span> to unlock free day passes for the <\/span><span>IFPDA Print Fair<\/span><span> &amp; <\/span><span>Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/Warehouse-Shopper_Photo-Courtesy-of-Anthony-Sertel-Dean-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>A warehouse shopper at Materials for the Arts (photo courtesy Anthony Sertel Dean)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"what-if-every-city-provided-artists-with-free-supplies\">What If Every City Provided Artists With Free Supplies?<\/h3>\n<p>Materials for the Arts offers free tools for teachers and artists in New York, but what if more cities funded programs like ours? | Tara Sansone<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"news\">News<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/melissa-chiu-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Melissa Chiu (\u00a9 Greg Powers; image courtesy the Guggenheim Museum)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"guggenheim-museum-appoints-melissa-chiu-as-next-director\">Guggenheim Museum Appoints Melissa Chiu as Next Director<\/h3>\n<p>After 12 years at the Smithsonian\u2019s Hirshhorn Museum, Chiu will be joining the New York institution this coming September.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-immersive  kg-cta-has-img  \" data-layout=\"immersive\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>MEMBER EVENT \ud83c\udf9f\ufe0f <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/03\/TonikaLewisJohnson_PhotoByBrianCrawford-1.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x675\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Tonika Lewis Johnson: Segregation and How to Disrupt It<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Join us on April 15 for a conversation with social justice artist and recent MacArthur \u201cGenius Grant\u201d winner Tonika Lewis Johnson and Hyperallergic Senior Editor Valentina Di Liscia.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"opinion\">Opinion<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/IMG_1198-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1847\" height=\"1039\"><figcaption><span>Fia Backstro\u0308m, &#8220;117 Days Without Lost Time Accident, Eagle Mine, Nov 13, 2022&#8221; (2024) (photo Paige Philips)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"how-to-extract-the-story-of-appalachia\">How to Extract the Story of Appalachia<\/h3>\n<p>Fia Backstr\u00f6m\u2019s Queens Museum exhibition replaces beauty and complexity with a visual and narrative language that reduces the region to a site of suffering. | Paige Phillips on behalf of the\u00a0GRIT collective<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-our-critics\">From Our Critics<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/DN-40-PTG_05_SP-1-1-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\"><figcaption><span>David Novros,\u00a0\u201cUntitled\u201d (2024) (\u00a9 2026 David Novros \/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; photo Steven Probert Studio, courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"david-novros%E2%80%99s-portable-murals\">David Novros\u2019s Portable Murals<\/h3>\n<p>Instead of being an object against the wall, Novros made his intricate, multi-paneled paintings with it in mind. | John Yau<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"it%E2%80%99s-gabriele-m%C3%BCnter%E2%80%99s-world-we%E2%80%99re-just-living-in-it\">It\u2019s Gabriele M\u00fcnter\u2019s World, We\u2019re Just Living in It<\/h3>\n<p>It is her home, her landscape, her family and friends, portrayed in these images that feel miles away from her contemporaries\u2019 modernist abstraction. | Natalie Haddad<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-grey kg-cta-minimal    \" data-layout=\"minimal\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>FEATURED OPPORTUNITY<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Center for Craft \u2013 2026 Craft Archive Fellowship<\/strong><\/b><br \/><span>Four $5,000 awards will be offered to fellows conducting research on underrepresented craft histories. The fellowship will culminate with a featured article on\u00a0<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>\u00a0and a virtual program hosted by the Center for Craft. Read more on\u00a0<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Deadline: May 20, 2026 |\u00a0<\/span><span>centerforcraft.org<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>See more in\u00a0this month\u2019s list of opportunities\u00a0for artists, writers, and art workers!<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"community\">Community<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/earthset-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41pm EDT on April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew\u2019s flyby of the Moon. (image via <\/span><span>NASA<\/span><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"required-reading\">Required Reading<\/h3>\n<p>This week: Compton\u2019s forthcoming art center, a Lebanese artist\u2019s workshops for displaced children, dog sledding in Yukon, the NGA goes viral on TikTok, stop-motion versus AI, and more.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"art-movements-meet-the-met%E2%80%99s-new-photography-curator\">Art Movements: Meet The Met\u2019s New Photography Curator<\/h3>\n<p>Oluremi C. Onabanjo\u2019s new role at The Met, grants for Queens artists and orgs, the \u201cpinkest pink\u201d turns 10, and more art industry news.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h3>\n<p>Amrita Singhal on Alex Paik&#8217;s &#8220;Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Made Human Again&#8221;:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">The curation of this show is nothing short of masterful. Bravo BAMPFA!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-none kg-cta-minimal kg-cta-no-dividers   \" data-layout=\"minimal\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><span>Commenting privileges are reserved for paid members. <\/span><span>Join us today<\/span><span>!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"icymi\">ICYMI<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/emilio-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Emilio Mart\u00ednez Poppe, installation view of<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\"> Civic Views <\/em><\/i><span>(2025) in the Philadelphia City Hall Courtyard (photo Albert Yee, courtesy Mural Arts Philadelphia)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"nine-lessons-on-my-path-from-engagement-to-leadership\">Nine Lessons on My Path From Engagement to Leadership<\/h3>\n<p>My career has been defined by a steady effort to collapse silos: between curatorial and educational work, between institutions and communities, between what museums have been and what they might yet become. | Ryan N. Dennis<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-tags\">\n<li>\n                        Daily Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<li>\n                        Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<section class=\"gh-content gh-canvas is-body\">\n<p>A giant warehouse chock full of free art supplies \u2026 could such a place exist? Queens is lucky enough to have one in Materials for the Arts, a nearly 50-year-old resource for artists across disciplines that also diverts millions of pounds of supplies from landfills each year. Executive Director Tara Sansone opines today about the crucial role the organization plays in the local cultural landscape, and why more cities should sponsor similar projects.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the opinion section, artist Paige Phillips of the GRIT collective critiques Fia Backstr\u00f6m\u2019s exhibition at the Queens Museum and its problematic framing of rural communities in Appalachia. And in the news, the Guggenheim Museum has tapped the Hirshhorn\u2019s longtime director Melissa Chiu to lead its flagship museum in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>Read on for more in reviews and our beloved community columns. Plus, don\u2019t miss New York Print Week if you\u2019re in town! Hyperallergic Members can get free one-day passes to both the <u>IFPDA Print Fair<\/u> and the <u>Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<em>Lakshmi Rivera Amin, associate editor<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-immersive kg-cta-no-dividers   \" data-layout=\"immersive\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>Member Benefits \ud83c\udf81<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><span>Join us a member<\/span><span> to unlock free day passes for the <\/span><span>IFPDA Print Fair<\/span><span> &amp; <\/span><span>Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/Warehouse-Shopper_Photo-Courtesy-of-Anthony-Sertel-Dean-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>A warehouse shopper at Materials for the Arts (photo courtesy Anthony Sertel Dean)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"what-if-every-city-provided-artists-with-free-supplies\">What If Every City Provided Artists With Free Supplies?<\/h3>\n<p>Materials for the Arts offers free tools for teachers and artists in New York, but what if more cities funded programs like ours? | Tara Sansone<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"news\">News<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/melissa-chiu-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Melissa Chiu (\u00a9 Greg Powers; image courtesy the Guggenheim Museum)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"guggenheim-museum-appoints-melissa-chiu-as-next-director\">Guggenheim Museum Appoints Melissa Chiu as Next Director<\/h3>\n<p>After 12 years at the Smithsonian\u2019s Hirshhorn Museum, Chiu will be joining the New York institution this coming September.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-immersive  kg-cta-has-img  \" data-layout=\"immersive\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>MEMBER EVENT \ud83c\udf9f\ufe0f <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/03\/TonikaLewisJohnson_PhotoByBrianCrawford-1.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x675\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Tonika Lewis Johnson: Segregation and How to Disrupt It<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Join us on April 15 for a conversation with social justice artist and recent MacArthur \u201cGenius Grant\u201d winner Tonika Lewis Johnson and Hyperallergic Senior Editor Valentina Di Liscia.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"opinion\">Opinion<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/IMG_1198-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1847\" height=\"1039\"><figcaption><span>Fia Backstro\u0308m, &#8220;117 Days Without Lost Time Accident, Eagle Mine, Nov 13, 2022&#8221; (2024) (photo Paige Philips)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"how-to-extract-the-story-of-appalachia\">How to Extract the Story of Appalachia<\/h3>\n<p>Fia Backstr\u00f6m\u2019s Queens Museum exhibition replaces beauty and complexity with a visual and narrative language that reduces the region to a site of suffering. | Paige Phillips on behalf of the\u00a0GRIT collective<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-our-critics\">From Our Critics<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/DN-40-PTG_05_SP-1-1-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\"><figcaption><span>David Novros,\u00a0\u201cUntitled\u201d (2024) (\u00a9 2026 David Novros \/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; photo Steven Probert Studio, courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"david-novros%E2%80%99s-portable-murals\">David Novros\u2019s Portable Murals<\/h3>\n<p>Instead of being an object against the wall, Novros made his intricate, multi-paneled paintings with it in mind. | John Yau<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"it%E2%80%99s-gabriele-m%C3%BCnter%E2%80%99s-world-we%E2%80%99re-just-living-in-it\">It\u2019s Gabriele M\u00fcnter\u2019s World, We\u2019re Just Living in It<\/h3>\n<p>It is her home, her landscape, her family and friends, portrayed in these images that feel miles away from her contemporaries\u2019 modernist abstraction. | Natalie Haddad<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-grey kg-cta-minimal    \" data-layout=\"minimal\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>FEATURED OPPORTUNITY<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Center for Craft \u2013 2026 Craft Archive Fellowship<\/strong><\/b><br \/><span>Four $5,000 awards will be offered to fellows conducting research on underrepresented craft histories. The fellowship will culminate with a featured article on\u00a0<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>\u00a0and a virtual program hosted by the Center for Craft. Read more on\u00a0<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Deadline: May 20, 2026 |\u00a0<\/span><span>centerforcraft.org<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>See more in\u00a0this month\u2019s list of opportunities\u00a0for artists, writers, and art workers!<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"community\">Community<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/earthset-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41pm EDT on April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew\u2019s flyby of the Moon. (image via <\/span><span>NASA<\/span><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"required-reading\">Required Reading<\/h3>\n<p>This week: Compton\u2019s forthcoming art center, a Lebanese artist\u2019s workshops for displaced children, dog sledding in Yukon, the NGA goes viral on TikTok, stop-motion versus AI, and more.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"art-movements-meet-the-met%E2%80%99s-new-photography-curator\">Art Movements: Meet The Met\u2019s New Photography Curator<\/h3>\n<p>Oluremi C. Onabanjo\u2019s new role at The Met, grants for Queens artists and orgs, the \u201cpinkest pink\u201d turns 10, and more art industry news.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h3>\n<p>Amrita Singhal on Alex Paik&#8217;s &#8220;Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Made Human Again&#8221;:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">The curation of this show is nothing short of masterful. Bravo BAMPFA!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-none kg-cta-minimal kg-cta-no-dividers   \" data-layout=\"minimal\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><span>Commenting privileges are reserved for paid members. <\/span><span>Join us today<\/span><span>!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"icymi\">ICYMI<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/emilio-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Emilio Mart\u00ednez Poppe, installation view of<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\"> Civic Views <\/em><\/i><span>(2025) in the Philadelphia City Hall Courtyard (photo Albert Yee, courtesy Mural Arts Philadelphia)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"nine-lessons-on-my-path-from-engagement-to-leadership\">Nine Lessons on My Path From Engagement to Leadership<\/h3>\n<p>My career has been defined by a steady effort to collapse silos: between curatorial and educational work, between institutions and communities, between what museums have been and what they might yet become. | Ryan N. Dennis<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-tags\">\n<li>\n                        Daily Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<li>\n                        Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/04\/1_Blank-and-Cold-Coffee-Corner.jpg\" alt=\"In Kyoung Chun: Make Room\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">In Kyoung Chun: Make Room<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Transparent houses, suspended structures, and intimate paintings serve as metaphors for belonging in this exhibition at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/04\/41_Angel-Applicant-Resize-to_-Facebook_Instagram---3000px-W--72dpi--jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Klee: Other Possible Worlds\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Paul Klee: Other Possible Worlds<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">The first US museum exhibition to focus on the artist\u2019s late work, produced in response to the fascism of the 1930s. On view at the Jewish Museum through July 26, 2026.\n<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Jewish Museum<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/03\/Copy-of-9.jpg\" alt=\"Summer Marathons in Painting and Drawing at the New York Studio School\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Summer Marathons in Painting and Drawing at the New York Studio School<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Join an immersive, two-week session and transform your studio practice. Online or in-person.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">New York Studio School<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/03\/033125_FineArtsBFAPaintingThesisExhibition_MP-22.jpg\" alt=\"Mondays at Pratt Institute: Weekly Openings of Work by Graduating Artists\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Mondays at Pratt Institute: Weekly Openings of Work by Graduating Artists<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Free and open to the public, Pratt Shows celebrate the school\u2019s graduating students. 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