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The Ford Foundation has awarded the Studio Museum in Harlem a grant of $10 million to endow its director and chief curator, a position held for the last 20 years by Thelma Golden.
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 31 Oct 2024
The Ford Foundation has awarded the Studio Museum in Harlem a grant of $10 million to endow its director and chief curator, a position held for the last 20 years by Thelma Golden.
Ford’s president, Darren Walker, announced the grant on Monday at the museum’s annual gala, which honored Golden and promoted plans for the institution’s new home in fall 2025.
“The Studio Museum is the only one of New York’s great museums that does not have an endowed director position, which in my view has to be rectified,” Walker said in an interview.
“Thelma has elevated this position through her unwavering commitment to excellence and that her position is not endowed is a glaring problem in my view,” Walker added. “Black and brown cultural institutions have always been under-resourced and this is another such example.”
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