Art Movements, published every Thursday afternoon, is a roundup of must-know news, appointments, awards, and other happenings in today’s chaotic art world.
Mary Deleary to Lead IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts
The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) has appointed Mary Deleary (Chippewas of the Thames First Nation) as the new director of its Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, effective October 19. Currently heading the university’s Research Center for Contemporary Native Arts, Deleary graduated from IAIA with a BFA in Museum Studies in 2010 and later earned a PhD in Native American Art History from the University of Oklahoma. She holds a deep expertise in Anishinaabe leadership practices, Indigenous research methodologies, and archives and collection development. Many years ago, Deleary was a student intern at the museum she will now lead, an early experience she said illuminated “the important role museums play in supporting Indigenous artists, students, and communities.”
Kinosaito Names Fall 2026 Artists in Residence
Left: Natsuki Takauji (photo Chika Kobari, courtesy Kinosaito); right: Tsuyu Bridwell (courtesy the artist)
Tsuyu Bridwell and Natsuki Takauji will participate in the month-long fall residency program at Kinosaito in Verplanck, New York, a partnership with the Art Students League. Bridwell’s practice draws on her Korean and Japanese heritage to examine ancestral beliefs through traditional craft, sculpture, and installations inspired by nature. Takauji creates a range of work, from metal sculpture and multimedia pieces to public art, engaging motifs such as memory, sexuality, and trauma.
What Else Happened?
- The Boston Public Art Triennial has announced its curatorial team for the 2028 edition, led by Risa Puleo as artistic director and chief curator. She will be joined by curator Sam Rauch, Boston-based special projects curators Jeffrey De Blois and Audrey N. Lopez, and assistant curator Jasper Sanchez.
- Lebanese art historian Souraya Noujaim has been named director of the Louvre Abu Dhabi.
- Adam de Boer is now represented by Jane Lombard Gallery.
- Denzil Forrester is now represented by Thaddaeus Ropac gallery.
Mariah Carey x Leonardo
Mariah Carey’s blurry selfie with Leonardo da Vinci’s “Last Supper” (1494–98) in the background is on track to reach the ranks of a religious icon, or at least a viral meme. The candidly uncentered picture of the impeccably coiffed diva on one side and a cropped group of visitors on the other may not have the perspectival depth or emotional tension of the High Renaissance masterpiece. But this compositional simplicity belies a deeper humanistic message, perhaps on the increasingly undignified experience of visiting well-attended cultural landmarks in the modern age. And the caption! “The Last Supper ✨ ❤️” — such concision, such poetry.
