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United States Artists Announces Deana Haggag As President and CEO Joins as $20,000,000 Endowment Campaign Nears Finish Line Photograph by Olivia Obineme CHICAGO — January 26, 2017  —  United States Artists ( USA)  is pleased to announce the hiring of  Deana Haggag  as its new President and CEO. She will officially assume the position on  April 3rd . “I’m honored to have been chosen to lead this incredible organization,”  said Haggag . “USA’s mission is more important now than ever. USA Fellows embody the creativity, passion, diversity, and talent of this country, and the incredible heights American artists are capable of. It will be a privilege to support them in their future efforts, and to celebrate what they’ve already accomplished.” Haggag has been the Executive Director of The Contemporary, a nomadic, non-collecting art museum based in Baltimore, MD, since 2013. Prior to that she was the Curator-in-Residence at Baltimore’s Gallery CA. In ad

Rental Gallery Reopens in East Hampton The collaborative gallery has previously existed  in Los Angeles and New York City New York (January 16, 2017)  — Rental Gallery is proud to announce its new location at 87 Newtown Road in East Hampton, New York. Owned and directed by artist-dealer Joel Mesler, the nomadic and collaborative Rental has existed in earlier iterations in Los Angeles (2004-2007) and New York City (2007-2010). The inaugural show will be a Rental retrospective, gathering artists who have shown in the space over the years. It will open in May 2017. Rental will remain open throughout the year, presenting longer-run exhibitions, often of an experimental character, supplemented by a robust, monthly exhibition calendar during the summer season. The move to the Hamptons responds to systemic shifts in the art market. A decade of rising rents in art centers, combined with a global move towards an art fair-driven calendar, has left brick-

Red Bull Arts New York Presents Its Inaugural Exhibition Under New Moniker Bjarne Melgaard: The Casual Pleasure of Disappointment February 16 – April 9, 2017 Preview — By Invitation Only: February 15, 2017    6-9PM Red Bull Arts New York 220 W 18th Street, New York “Bjarne Melgaard is really a ‘bad dad.’ Though as much as this is truly his character and not some contrived act, he knows, too, that ‘bad dad’ is also a canonic artist subjectivity— an art world meme that remains in circulation because it allows in social violence and public transgression, elements that those who reside in the protected, connectionist culture sphere seem to love or at least love to hate.”  — Caroline Busta,  In The Name of The Father Above: © Bjarne Melgaard, muppet in collaboration with Jim Henson Company and Babak Radboy, 2016. Image courtesy of Red Bull Arts New York. (NEW YORK - January 10, 2016) —  Red Bull Arts New York  is pleased to ann

Announcing Red Bull Arts New York Red Bull’s contemporary arts platform continues its programming in Chelsea as Red Bull Arts New York. Exhibition view,  DISown–Not For Everyone , 2014. (NEW YORK, NY - January 5, 2017)  —  Red Bull Arts New York  is proud to announce the official renaming of their contemporary arts program. An experimental, non-commercial arts space, Red Bull Arts New York is dedicated to offering new opportunities to local and international artists by supporting bold ideas and ambitious projects. Founded in 2013, Red Bull’s art program shared the space with Red Bull Studios New York, a recording studio and broadcast center created on the occasion of the 2013 Red Bull Music Academy in New York City. The renaming reflects a commitment to advancing the contemporary discourse as well as a long-term dedication to redefining the role of corporate patronage in the arts. Red Bull Arts New York will continue to operate at the same location a

THE UNDERLINE ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS   Miami-Dade’s 10-mile linear park will be activated by four participatory artworks from January 14 – April 1, 2017 . Rendering of The Underline, James Corner Field Operations Opening Reception & Performances: Saturday January 14,  2-5pm Brickell Metrorail Station, Downtown Miami Free and Open to the Public RSVP The Underline, Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Department and Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs’ Art in Public Places program are pleased to announce the inaugural public art program for The Underline, a planned world-class linear park designed to transform the underutilized land below Miami-Dade’s Metrorail into an urban trail and art destination. These projects include four commissions by Miami-based artists  Bhakti Baxter ,  Naomi Fisher ,  Nicolas Lobo , and  Agustina Woodgate  and will take place throughout a 9.7-mile corridor which includes