Good morning. ☀️ Today, the new (and only) national award for disabled artists in the US has been announced, New York-based artist Simone Leigh will be the first Black woman to represent the US at the Venice Biennale, and reviews of Julia Phillips, Joan Witek, and Rosalba Carriera, the original “Queen of Pastel.”

As part of “Art for Action,” works by artists including Jeffrey Gibson, Jenny Holzer, Tomashi Jackson, and Carrie Mae Weems are on display on 350 digital screens in 16 cities across the US through Election Day.

Approximately 3.34 million people will see them every day, making it the largest non-partisan voter awareness public art campaign.

The Ford Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation are launching the national award “Disability Futures,” which will provide twenty disabled artists across the US with a $50,000 grant.

A cohort of activists were fined for staging a noteworthy intervention at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris to protest its collection of looted African objects.

A history museum in western France has postponed an exhibition about the Mongol emperor Genghis Khan for three years, citing censorial interference by the Chinese government.

Simone Leigh will represent the US at the 2021 Venice Biennale, becoming the first Black woman to do so.