{"id":1919684,"date":"2026-05-04T16:24:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T13:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1919684"},"modified":"2026-05-04T16:24:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T13:24:52","slug":"chanel-and-guggenheim-launch-curatorial-fellowship-in-new-york-and-venice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1919684","title":{"rendered":"CHANEL and Guggenheim Launch Curatorial Fellowship in New York and Venice"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tChanel is teaming up with the\u00a0Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation\u00a0on a new curatorial fellowship that will move between New York and Venice, tying one of the art world\u2019s biggest institutions more closely to one of its busiest international stages\u2014and to a growing network of cultural initiatives backed by the fashion house. The announcement will come at the very start of the\u00a0Venice Biennale.<\/p>\n

\n\tBeginning in 2027, 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\u00a0Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum\u00a0in New York before continuing at the\u00a0Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, working across both museums\u2019 archives and exhibitions.\u00a0The open call for fellows will begin this fall.<\/p>\n

\n\tFor Chanel, the fellowship is less a one-off than part of a broader strategy. \u201cWhat we\u2019re trying to do is build an ecosystem of support\u2014of infrastructure, of scholarship, of long-term investment in human intelligence,\u201d said Yana Peel, the company\u2019s president of arts, culture, and heritage. \u201cCulture is made by artists, of course, but not by artists alone. It\u2019s also the curators, the researchers, the institutions that make that cultural life possible.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThat emphasis on people rather than just programming runs through the structure of the fellowship itself. It is designed as a transatlantic complement to the Peggy Guggenheim Collection\u2019s long-running International Fellowship, which immerses recent graduates in the daily life of the museum and has produced a notable list of alumni, including\u00a0Nicholas Cullinan,\u00a0Thomas Campbell, and\u00a0Nathan Clements-Gillespie. One of those alumni,\u00a0Flavia Frigeri, now serves as Chanel Curator for the Collection at London\u2019s National Portrait Gallery.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe new program operates at a more advanced level, targeting scholars already pursuing postgraduate research, while linking the Guggenheim\u2019s New York and Venice venues into a single curatorial track. Each fellow will receive a stipend and travel support as part of the yearlong placement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tFor Peel, Venice is not just a backdrop but a testing ground. \u201cThere\u2019s this incredible concentration of people and ideas during the Biennale, but what happens after everyone leaves?\u201d she said. \u201cWe were interested in leaving something behind\u2014something that continues, that invests in the city as a place of scholarship and exchange, not just a moment every two years.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe partnership also draws a quieter historical line between\u00a0Gabrielle Chanel\u00a0and\u00a0Peggy Guggenheim\u2014contemporaries who never met but shared a commitment to supporting artists working at the edge of their time. Both operated outside traditional structures, backing experimental work and building networks that outlasted them. The fellowship, in that sense, reads as a continuation of that ethos, translated into institutional form.<\/p>\n

\n\tFor the Guggenheim, it is also a way to extend its own mission. \u201cThis unique fellowship program will offer emerging curators opportunities to pursue original research, make new discoveries, and contribute fresh insights at the Guggenheim New York and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice,\u201d director Mari\u00ebt Westermann said. \u201cIt\u2019s designed to benefit both art history and our visitors.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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