Michelle Millar Fisher Named Cooper Hewitt Chief Curator; Getty Awards $1.8M for Black Art Archives
Michelle Millar Fisher has been named the chief curator of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, taking over from Matilda McQuaid, who will retire this spring after 24 years of service. In 2019, Fisher co-founded the Art + Museum Transparency initiative. The Getty has distributed $1.8 million in grants to eight organizations as part of its Black Visual Arts Archive initiative, bringing the total to over $4.5 million since 2022. Other notable appointments include Jamie Blosser at Harvard and Graham C. Boettcher at the Norman Rockwell Museum. The Sam Gilliam Lecture Series at Johns Hopkins University will feature artists Coco Fusco and Jeffrey Gibson. Claudia Hart has been honored with the Distinguished Artist Award, while Susan Fisher Sterling is set to retire in December. Gōzō Yoshimasu is the recipient of the inaugural Serpentine × FLAG Art Foundation Prize.
Key facts
- Michelle Millar Fisher named chief curator at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
- Fisher was previously curator of Contemporary Decorative Arts at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
- She co-founded Art + Museum Transparency in 2019.
- Matilda McQuaid retiring after 24 years at Cooper Hewitt.
- Getty awarded $1.8M in grants to eight institutions for Black Visual Arts Archive.
- Grants went to Berkeley Art Museum, Charles H. Wright Museum, David C. Driskell Center, and others.
- Since 2022, Getty initiative has awarded over $4.5M to more than 20 institutions.
- Jamie Blosser appointed curator of Loeb Fellowship at Harvard Graduate School of Design.
- Graham C. Boettcher appointed director and CEO of Norman Rockwell Museum.
- Coco Fusco and Jeffrey Gibson named speakers for Sam Gilliam Lecture Series.
- Claudia Hart received Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement in Digital Art.
- Jennifer Rappaport named director of Collections & Registration at Cafesjian Art Trust Museum.
- Susan Fisher Sterling to retire from National Museum of Women in the Arts in December.
- Gōzō Yoshimasu received inaugural Serpentine × FLAG Art Foundation Prize.
- Nora Turato unveiled billboard 'GIVE US MOM!!!' near High Line.
Entities
Artists
- Michelle Millar Fisher
- Matilda McQuaid
- Jamie Blosser
- Graham C. Boettcher
- Coco Fusco
- Jeffrey Gibson
- Claudia Hart
- Jennifer Rappaport
- Susan Fisher Sterling
- Gōzō Yoshimasu
- Nora Turato
- Lois Mailou Jones
- Maria Nicanor
Institutions
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Getty
- Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
- Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
- David C. Driskell Center at the University of Maryland
- Harvard Graduate School of Design
- Loeb Fellowship
- Norman Rockwell Museum
- Birmingham Museum of Art
- Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center
- Sam Gilliam Lecture Series
- Association for Computing Machinery
- Cafesjian Art Trust Museum
- National Museum of Women in the Arts
- Serpentine
- FLAG Art Foundation
- High Line
- Hyperallergic
- MoMA
Locations
- Manhattan
- New York
- Boston
- Detroit
- Michigan
- University of Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Washington, DC
- Shoreview
- Minnesota
- Amsterdam
- Netherlands
- New York City
- United States
- Philadelphia