Van Dyke in St. Louis: New Pulitzer Director Still a Curator at Heart
Former Menil curator Kristina Van Dyke is settling into her new role as director of the Pulitzer Foundation; in an interview with Nancy Fowler of the St. Louis Beacon, she tells a little about her specialization in African art, her plans for the upcoming “Love and Africa” show she was working on at the Menil [...]
Van Dyke move discussed, Helfenstein takes revolving door philosophically
Steven Thomson discusses Kristina Van Dyke’s move to the Pulitzer Foundation, the Menil’s role as a training ground for hot young curators, and the future of African art at the Menil with Director Josef Helfenstein on Culturemap, pointing out that Van Dyke follows Franklin Sirmans and Susan Davidson to bigger and better things following a [...]
Menil curator Kristina Van Dyke takes new job as Director of the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts in St. Louis
Kristina Van Dyke, Curator for Collections and Research at The Menil Collection has been named the new Director of the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts in St. Louis, MO; she begins work on November 7. At The Menil Collection since 2005, Van Dyke co-managed the Curatorial Department; supervised the Exhibition Department, Archives, and Library; initiated [...]
Brown Foundation Fellows at Dora Maar: new crop of artists in the South of France
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has announced the next ten Brown Foundation Fellows who will take up residence at the Dora Maar House during the Fall 2011 term (July to November): visual artist Jane Boyd; composer David Chaillou; visual artist Lisa Corrine Davis; composer Chia-Yu Hsu; writer, director and media artist John Jesurun; sculptor [...]