"Allen's former galleries, Mendes Wood and Olney Gleason, reportedly dropped the artist after he accepted the State Department's nomination. Look, when Trump calls for art that promotes "American exceptionalism" and censors exhibitions that confront this country's violent legacy, it says something about Allen's work that it was deemed acceptable - namely, that it is antiseptic and probably politically vacant."
"The Brooklyn Museum announced Keisha Scarville as the recipient of its 2026 UOVO Prize, which celebrates emerging Brooklyn-based artists. The prize comes with a $25,000 unrestricted cash grant and two commissions, one for the facade of UOVO's Bushwick facility and another for the Brooklyn Museum's Iris Cantor Plaza."
Alma Allen, a Utah-born sculptor based in Mexico, has joined the roster of Perrotin, a major French gallery with locations in Paris and New York. Allen's representation by the gallery follows his controversial agreement to represent the United States at the Venice Biennale under the Trump administration's selection process, which led his former galleries to drop him. Separately, the Brooklyn Museum announced Keisha Scarville as the 2026 UOVO Prize recipient, an award celebrating emerging Brooklyn-based artists. The prize includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant and two commissions: one for UOVO's Bushwick facility and another for the Brooklyn Museum's Iris Cantor Plaza, titled "Where Salt Meets Black Water," opening May 8.
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