August 29 | Lisa Cooley Gallery closes its doors

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After eight years in New York’s Lower East Side — first at 34 Orchard Street and then at 107 Norfolk St — Lisa Cooley Gallery is closing the doors of its 4,800 square foot space.

In a press release, Cooley has thanked the artists, curators and collectors who have worked with the gallery over the last eight years, and added that ‘although this chapter is ending, another one is right around the corner—more sustainable, more rewarding, and more interesting. In my mind, this change will continue and extend the direction of the recent gallery program”. The gallery’s last show, “Jeff Witscher: August” closed last Friday. More on Art News.

Following the institution’s involvement with two major Cuban art projects, six trustees — Chair Laura Blanco, vice chairwoman Mary Beth Mandanas, as well as Jeanna Hussey, Isabella Hutchinson, Jonathan Plotkin, and Jason Silverman — have resigned from their posts at the Bronx Museum of Arts. The high-profile exits have allegedly been caused by  the museum’s president, Holly Block’s “lack of transparency” and by the nature of the projects, which, according to Blanco, “betrayed” the museum’s local mission. More information on The New York Times.

According to “Double Jeopardy”, a survey conducted by the National Union of Students, (NUS) only 42% of the creative arts graduates in the UK are employed full-time a year after the end of their degree. Even more worryingly, their average earnings are the lowest compared to other graduates. According to the survey, following the introduction of the “Browne” fee system in 2012 — which increased the existing cap on yearly fees from £3,290 to £9,000 — only 3 out of 10 UK students believe that their degree is “worth” what it cost them. Read more on The Guardian.

Artist collective Guerrilla Girls — whose first European solo exhibitions will debut in Paris and London this Fall — have taken their feminist project to Cologne. On the occasion of the group exhibition “We Call It Ludwig. The Museum is turning 40!,” at the Museum Ludwig, the New York-based collective have unfurled a banner on the museum’s façade, lamenting its lack of diversity, (the works are 89 percent male, and 97 percent white) as well as the status quo of today’s international art market. In a video released by the group, the activists have affirmed: “Unless the art in the museums is as diverse as the culture it’s supposed to represent it isn’t telling the http://www.happening.media/happening-media/admin/userhistory of art. It’s telling the history of money and power”. More information via artnet News.