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On the occasion of the publication of museum strategist András Szántó’s new book,  The Future of the Museum: 28 Dialogues, the author will speak with Sandra Jackson-Dumont, director of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, and Marie-Cécile Zinsou, president and founder of Benin’s Zinsou Foundation, about new models for what a museum can be. Brooklyn Museum director Anne Pasternak will also speak with Victoria Noorthoorn, director of the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Franklin Sirmans, director of the Pérez Art Museum Miami, about how their institu...

Born into a German Jewish family, Hesse was about three years old when her parents left their extended family behind and fled the Nazi regime, arriving in New York City in 1939. Her parents divorced in 1945, and her mother committed suicide a year later. Despite her traumatic and tragic early life, Hesse was an accomplished student. As an adolescent, she already wanted to pursue art, and she attended the School of Industrial Art (now the High School of Art and Design). She went on to study at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn (from September 1952 to December 1953), Cooper Union (1954–57), and...

Mixed-up media: North Jersey gallery exhibits works made by repurposed materials Updated Jan 08, 2021; The West Orange Arts Council will present “Objet Trouvé, An Exhibit of Found Objects” online beginning tomorrow, Saturday, Jan. 9, with in-person visits available by appointment starting a week later. Curated by WOAC vice-chair Carol Black-Lemon, the exhibit will showcase works constructed from unorthodox materials by 19 artists. Objet trouvé is a French term describing art created from undisguised, modified or ordinary materials elements or substances not normally considered to creat...