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Tuesday, February 11

Museum of Modern Art Adds Gordon Parks Photos to Collection
The Museum of Modern Art in New York has acquired 56 photos—including 55 color prints and one gelatin silver print—from Gordon Parks’s 1957 series “The Atmosphere of Crime.” The series accompanied articles in Life magazine about crime in the United States, and the images will go on view at MoMA in May 2020. The works, which were captured in police precincts, hospitals, prisons, and other locations, examine notions of criminality in America.

The Bass Reveals New Acquisitions, Exhibitions
The Bass in Miami Beach has added to its collection works by Lara Favaretto, Jim Hodges, Adrián Villar Rojas, and Haegue Yang, which will go on view alongside John Akomfrah’s six-channel video installation Purple in spring 2020. The institution also announced that it will present the first joint museum show for artists Rafael Domenech and Ernesto Oroza in May.

Desert X 2021 Names Curator
César García-Alvarez has been tapped to co-curate the 2021 edition of Desert X, which is slated to open next February 6 and continue through April 11 in Coachella Valley, California. García-Alvarez is the founder and current executive and artistic director of The Mistake Room, a nonprofit contemporary art space in Los Angeles. García-Alvarez has also served as associate director of the Culver City nonprofit LAXART as well as a curator of the Hammer Museum’s 2012 inaugural “Made in L.A.” biennial.

NADA Reveals Exhibitors for New York Gallery Open 2020
The New Art Dealers Alliance has named the participants in the second edition of its New York Gallery Open, a series of events established by the organization last year after canceling its New York fair. Running from March 5 to 8, New York Gallery Open will bring together over 60 local galleries, nonprofits, and alternative spaces, including 56 Henry, Mitchell Algus Gallery, Canada, Foxy Production, Martos Gallery, Pioneer Works, Printed Matter, Sargent’s Daughters, and Van Doren Waxter. The full list of exhibitors can be found here.

Monday, February 10

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Sets Opening Date
At last night’s Academy Awards, Tom Hanks announced that the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles will open its doors on December 14, 2020. The institution, which is dedicated to the history and future of filmmaking, will occupy a Renzo Piano–designed building adjoining a historic landmark on the city’s Miracle Mile.

Rothko Chapel to Reopen June 2020
The Rothko Chapel, a nondenominational spiritual site in Houston erected in 1971 by art patrons John and Dominique de Menil, will reopen in June 2020 following a renovation. The space, which draws more than 100,000 visitors annually, has been closed since March 2019 to accommodate the first phase of “Opening Spaces,” a $30 million restoration and campus expansion that includes a new lighting system in the chapel’s ceiling designed to protect the 14 large-scale Rothko paintings from Houston’s intense daylight.

TEFAF Appoints Interim Managing Director
Sofie Scheerlinck has been named the interim managing director of the European Fine Arts Foundation, effective April 1. Scheerlinck has served as managing director of TEFAF New York since March 2018. In her new role, she will divide her time between New York and Amsterdam while developing TEFAF’s global integration strategy.

Städelschule Academy of Fine Art Names New Leadership  
Yasmil Raymond has been appointed the rector of the Städelschule Academy of Fine Art in Frankfurt, Germany, and director of Portikus, an exhibition hall affiliated with the art school. She succeeds Philippe Pirotte, who will step down as director at the end of March. Currently, Raymond serves as an associate curator in the painting and sculpture department at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Prior to joining MoMA, she held curatorial positions at the Dia Art Foundation in New York and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.