Those conversations helped fuel Mr. Kordansky’s decision to hire seven more people of color over the last year (there had been 3 out of a staff of 35). He also contributed toward a fellowship established this month by the artist Charles Gaines to fund the tuition of Black art students in the renowned M.F.A. program at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), where Mr. Kordansky studied with Mr. Gaines. And Los Angeles has been developing a strong network of Black art professionals at places like The Underground Museum, Mark Bradford’s Art + Practice and the California African American Museum. Some Black art professionals view as paternalistic the dealer David Zwirner’s recent decision to give Ebony L. Haynes, a Black gallerist, her own space to run, however well-intentioned.

Source: New York Times October 20, 2020 15:22 UTC