Newfields Director Charles Venable Has Resigned After Posting a Job Ad That Sparked Allegations of Racism
The museum came under fire for describing its traditional core, white art audience.”
Newfields director Charles Venable. Photo courtesy of Newfields.
Charles Venable has resigned as director and CEO of Newfields after the Indianapolis museum posted a job listing that sparked widespread criticism.
The post said the candidate for the director job should seek to “attract a broader and more diverse audience while maintaining the museum’s traditional core, white art audience.”
After immediately coming under fire, the museum apologized for the language and edited the description to refer instead to a “traditional core art audience.” Venable told the
Call it a transcontinental battle of illuminated Van Goghs.
Starting next year, audiences on both shores of the US, as well as in the heartland, will be able to immerse themselves in lush, Instagram-friendly environments created through high-resolution, glowing digital renditions of works by masters such as the famed Post-Impressionist, courtesy of no fewer tmhan three different companies.
Let’s compare the three battling visions coming to a city near you.
On the East Coast, Parisian company Culturespaces is bringing illuminated versions of the Dutch master’s works to New York. The French outfit, whose light shows have drawn millions in France, is supported in this effort by IMG, the Los Angeles talent agency that backs the tony Frieze art fair as well as glitzy events like New York Fashion Week.