Norissa Bailey to join Art Institute of Chicago as Senior Vice President People and Culture
Norissa Bailey. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago.
CHICAGO, IL
.-The Art Institute announced today that the museum has appointed Norissa Bailey as senior vice president, People and Culture.
Bailey joins the Art Institute from Navy Pier, where she served as vice president, People and Culture, since 2019 and directed the human resources team since 2014.
At Navy Pier, Bailey proved a thought leader, evolving organizational culture grounded in values of excellence, inclusion, integrity, and stewardship. She transformed the employee experience and made Navy Pier an employer of choice. Her focus included initiatives such as emphasizing leadership and management accountability through employee learning and development; promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion; and creating a rigorous and structured approach to talent management. Bailey also played a key role in activating an effectiv
St. John s University opens two art exhibitions about 2020 s unprecedented challenges
Azikiwe Mohammed, Sites of Continuance #4, 2021, embroidered quilt, 23 x 29 inches. Image courtesy the artist.
QUEENS, NY
.- St. Johns Universitys Dr. M.T. Geoffrey Yeh Art Gallery announced the opening of two new art exhibitions about the historic challenges of the year 2020: Azikiwe Mohammed: 11439 - 39202 and Unprecedented: Posters from a World on Pause. Azikiwe Mohammed: 11439 - 39202 on view at the Yeh Art Gallery from Feb. 10 - April 25 and Unprecedented: Posters from a World on Pause is an online exhibition on view at www.sjuartgallery.org from Feb. 1 - March 30.
The Final Cut: The ASU Art Museum opens the first solo exhibition of José Clemente Orozco in Arizona
José Clemente Orozco, 40..and with great shouts and screams.., 1947, Opaque watercolor, 14 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches, image courtesy of the Orozco Family.
TEMPE, AZ
.- The ASU Art Museum presents José Clemente Orozco: The Final Cut the first solo exhibition of this important artist in Arizona. José Clemente Orozco (18831949) was a pioneering artist who is known as one of Los Tres Grandes (The Three Greats) of Mexican 20th century art. The Final Cut focuses on Orozcos later years and presents several artworks never before seen in the United States.
The best and brightest urban artists from around the globe hit the streets at Heritage Auctions
RETNA (b. 1979), Untitled, diptych, early 21st century Acrylic on aluminum 92-1/2 x 44 inches.
DALLAS, TX
.- Fresh off a record-setting Banksy sale, a KAWS retrospective event and the groundbreaking DKE Toys Archive auction, Heritage Auctions goes big in the Urban art world by getting small. The Dallas-based house s March 11 Urban Art event features only 43 lots. Yet the upcoming auction is a best-of-the-best sale highlighting some of the finest works by many of the biggest and brightest names on the global contemporary-art landscape.
Heritage Auctions in recent months has met the increased demand of contemporary-art collectors by expanding its offerings to include retrospective auctions and sales spotlighting single artists. As a result, Heritage has been able clear the canvas for these significant pieces by such singular futurists.