Margot Norton and Jamillah James to Curate 2021 New Museum Triennial

In 2021, Margot Norton and Jamillah James will curate the fifth New Museum Triennial, which will highlight emerging artists from around the globe. Norton has been a curator at the New Museum since 2011 and has experience from the Whitney Museum of American Art, where she curated Sequences VIII in Reykjavik. Her notable projects include The Keeper, NYC 1993, and an upcoming survey of Sarah Lucas set to open on September 26, 2018. James, currently a curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, has previously worked at the Hammer Museum, Studio Museum in Harlem, and Queens Museum. She has organized exhibitions featuring artists like Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Sarah Cain. The Triennial, which began in 2009, aims to showcase early-career artists and has featured editions such as 2018's Songs of Sabotage and 2015's Surround Audience.