October 19 | Artists in New York will soon work with former inmates

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In New York, artists will contribute to the rehabilitation of former prisoners through three new residencies within the criminal justice system, and the Met appoints its new senior vice president. In London, the Southbank Centre’s Hayward Gallery has two new senior curators.

New York City launches new artist residencies within the criminal justice system

In New York, artists will help inmates and young people on probation to get a fresh start through a new series of artist residencies at the the Department of Corrections, the Department of Probation and the Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic Violence.

Artists will be based in one of the three agencies for a minimum of a year, and in addition to creating art, they will collaborate with the agencies to work with at-risk New Yorkers. The move, part of a wider effort to bring art into the public sector, has been saluted by the Department of Probation Commissioner Ana Bermúdez as an admirable way of rehabilitating former prisoners: “It’s being smart on crime in a very effective way.” The residencies will be partly founded by the city of New York, with additional support from private donors. More via Wall Street Journal.


 

 

Vincent Honoré and Cliff Lauson will be senior curators at Hayward Gallery

Following the resignation of chief curator Stephanie Rosenthal earlier this March, Hayward Gallery has appointed Vincent Honoré and Cliff Lauson as its senior curators. Honoré has served as curator of the David Roberts Art Foundation since 2007, and he will also be responsible for the upcoming “Baltic Triennial”. Lauson, who has been at Hayward Gallery since 2009, has previously curated major exhibitions of work by Martin Creed, Ernesto Neto, Tracey Emin, Ron Terada and David Shrigley. Lauson and Honoré will take up their new posts in November and December, respectively. More via ARTnews.

 

Hayward Gallery

 

 

The Metropolitan Museum of Art appoints new senior vice president

The New York institution has announced that Lauren A. Meserve, formerly its chief investment officer, was appointed as new senior vice president. Meserve succeeds Met veteran Suzanne Brenner, who was at the institution for 18 years. Meserve joined the museum in 2002, and will continue to oversee the management of the museum’s $3.1 billion investment portfolio. Read more on ARTnews.

 

The Metropolitan Museum