New York: NYC Awards $47.1 Million in Grants and Pandemic Relief to Arts Organizations

There's some good news in sight. The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs has just awarded gr

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There’s some good news in sight. The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs has just awarded grants to more cultural nonprofits than ever before, including additional support that will extend into 2022. In the galleries, there’s a rich crop of shows closing soon—including brilliant presentations of work by Thornton Dial, Jesse Krimes, Etel Adnan, and Derek Fordjour. Don’t forget your mask, and with the storm ahead, your snow boots.– Dessane Lopez Cassell, Editor, Reviews

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Arts Organizations Get Millions in Grants

The Dance Theatre of Harlem is among this year's DCLA grant recipients. (photo via Flickr)

The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs has announced that it will distribute $47.1 million in funds to more than 1,000 cultural nonprofits – the largest number of recipients ever for the annual program.The grants are focused on organizations serving BIPOC communities, among the hardest hit by the health crisis, and those providing art education programs.

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Closing Soon

Eric Fischl: Meditations on Melancholia at Skarstedt, through December 18Fischl finds a visual bond between the seclusion of the affluent white world and the pandemic’s enforced isolation. – John Yau Etel Adnan: Seasons at Galerie Lelong, through December 19Etel Adnan once described memory as a “sanctuary of infinite patience.” Looking at her new work, it’s easy to see why. – Billy Anania Theaster Gates: Black Vessel at Gagosian, through December 19Gates reminds us of the many hidden, unacknowledged, and under-recognized histories of Black culture in America. – John Yau

What's Happening?

Leaders in arts education are calling for the resignation of senior executives at Americans for the Arts, citing failures to address racial equity and claims of harassment within the organization. Artist Reggie Black is projecting a message about the history of slavery in New York City on the façade of the ​Dyckman Farmhouse Museum in Manhattan, where six people were enslaved. The 150-year-old Endale Arch in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park was reopened after a five-year restoration that cost $500,000.

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