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Belinda Tate Leaves Indianapolis Museum of Art

Glasgow Arts Community Launches Campaign to Save CCA

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Belinda Tate Leaves Indianapolis Museum of Art

After three years in the role, Belinda Tate has departed her position as executive director of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, according to a report in the Mirror Indy. Her departure marks the end of a tenure during which she focused on diversifying exhibition programming. The museum released a statement regarding her exit, noting her contributions to the institution’s strategic direction.

During her time at the museum, Tate established a reputation for prioritizing women and artists of color in her curatorial choices. She oversaw exhibitions such as “Future Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting-Edge Kicks” and “The Message is the Medium.” These projects reflected a specific institutional focus on contemporary voices and emerging mediums within the collection.

One of the most prominent initiatives under her leadership involved the invitation of Alicia Keys to showcase her personal collection at the museum. This resulted in the exhibition titled “Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Kasseem ‘Swizz Beatz’ Dean and Alicia Keys.” The inclusion of a high-profile celebrity collector brought significant attention to the institution’s programming strategy during her final years.

In a statement released by the museum, Tate expressed pride in her role in advancing the Indianapolis Museum of Art. She noted that her efforts helped position the institution for its next chapter. The departure concludes a three-year period of leadership that emphasized specific demographic and cultural priorities in the museum’s public-facing exhibitions.

Meanwhile, in Glasgow, the arts community has responded to a series of crises affecting local institutions. Two fires at the Glasgow School of Art and the announcement earlier this year that the city’s Centre for Contemporary Arts would shutter have sparked organized resistance. The Art Newspaper reports that the community is in uproar over these developments, which threaten the infrastructure of the city’s cultural sector.

Local stakeholders have launched a “Save Our CCA” campaign to oppose the closure of the Centre for Contemporary Arts. A second effort aims to save Trongate 103: Centre for the Arts and Creativity, an organization encompassing seven arts groups. These groups face a potential rent increase of 400 percent in their shared building. Local artist Mark Leckey described the CCA as part of the core heart of Glasgow’s arts ecology. The CCA’s archive is currently being put up for sale, a prospect that a spokesperson for the Save Our CCA campaign described as sickening. It remains unclear whether these campaigns will succeed in preserving the institutions.

Takeaway: The Centre for Contemporary Arts archive is currently available for purchase.

Source: ArtNews