Academy Museum of Motion Pictures wins 2018 Sotheby’s Prize for Regeneration: Black Cinema 1900–1970
By Sotheby’S| Dec 4, 2018
Today, Sotheby’s announces the winner of the 2018 Sotheby’s Prize, which, in its second year, continues to celebrate curatorial excellence and champion the work of innovative institutions who strive to break new ground and challenge our understanding of art today.
Presented to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures (opening in Los Angeles in late 2019), the $250,000 award will support their exhibition, Regeneration: Black Cinema 1900–1970 which opens in Fall 2020. The first exhibition of its kind, Regeneration will reveal the important and under-recognized history of African American filmmakers in the development of American cinema. It will explore African American representation in motion pictures from its advent to just beyond the Civil Rights era.
The Sotheby’s Prize is an annual award of up to $250,000 to support and encourage museums to break new ground. The grant aims to recognize curatorial excellence,...
By Sotheby’S| Dec 4, 2018
Today, Sotheby’s announces the winner of the 2018 Sotheby’s Prize, which, in its second year, continues to celebrate curatorial excellence and champion the work of innovative institutions who strive to break new ground and challenge our understanding of art today.
Presented to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures (opening in Los Angeles in late 2019), the $250,000 award will support their exhibition, Regeneration: Black Cinema 1900–1970 which opens in Fall 2020. The first exhibition of its kind, Regeneration will reveal the important and under-recognized history of African American filmmakers in the development of American cinema. It will explore African American representation in motion pictures from its advent to just beyond the Civil Rights era.
The Sotheby’s Prize is an annual award of up to $250,000 to support and encourage museums to break new ground. The grant aims to recognize curatorial excellence,...
- 12/5/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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