By
endowing curatorial positions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and at Tate Modern in London, the couple is working to change the profile of Latin American art in the United States and Europe.
According to a statement from the High, the creation of the Merrie and Dan Boone Curator of Folk and Self - Taught Art gives the museum its seventh
endowed curatorial position, reflecting its seven collecting departments.
Not exact matches
Today the museum announced a $ 2.5 - million gift from board member Dan Boone and his late wife Merrie Boone to support and expand the department's art initiatives, and, crucially,
endow a permanent, full - time
curatorial position to head the department.
Those funds will
endow a permanent
curatorial position in photography and support ongoing programs and acquisitions.
With these gifts, ICA now has four of its key leadership
positions endowed, including the museum's director and all three of its senior
curatorial positions.
Their donation of $ 3 million will
endow the Chief Curator
position held by Anthony Elms, who joined ICA in 2011 from Performa where he was part of the organizational team behind the 2011 visual art performance biennial in New York, along with other independent
curatorial projects.
The museum also announced the endowment of photography and folk art chairs, thus completing its goal of
endowing all its
curatorial positions.
In 2014, the High was given $ 2.5 million by Atlanta - based patrons Dan Boone and his late wife Merrie Boone to
endow a permanent, full - time
curatorial position and grow the collection.
Atlanta - based patrons Dan Boone and his late wife Merrie Boone to
endow a permanent, full - time
curatorial position and grow the collection.