This week the big news is the appointment (PDF) of Dorothy Kosinski as the new Director of The Phillips Collection. She’s currently the Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Dallas Musuem of Art, and comes with an impressive résumé that include extensive curating, acquisitions, and teaching experience. Kosinski will officially take over next spring, to replace retiring Director Jay Gates, just in time to take the reins on a five-year strategy the Board of Trustees recently implemented to increase the Phillips’ endowment and their educational outreach programs.
In other art announcements, the Smithsonian Latino Center recently signed a “memorandum of understanding” with the Mexican philanthropic organization Fundación Carso. The groups will work together to organize exhibitions, events and educational programming revolving around Latino culture, and may eventually develop fellowships for scholars and artists.
>> All dressed up and no where to go? Take that cocktail attire over to ARTrageous, the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s annual benefit event, being held tonight in the new Kogod Courtyard from 7:30 to 11 p.m. Tickets, which run $125, are still available, and include a dinner buffet and open bar, along with music and dancing under that pretty canopy. Though you can purchase tickets online, since it’s last minute, you might want to call (202) 633-4550 instead.
>> Another holiday art sale can be found at the Corcoran College of Art + Design this weekend, where the art students, faculty and alumni are holding Off the Walls. All sales of fine art, jewelry and other items go to benefit the Student Activities Programming Board. Admission is free and the fair is open tonight, 5 to 9 p.m., and Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Photo of The Phillips Collection by zachstern.
