Welcome back to Art Movements, our weekly Thursday afternoon roundup dedicated to tracking the essential news, major appointments, prestigious awards, and captivating happenings across today’s dynamic and often chaotic international art world. This week brings significant career milestones for emerging and established creators alike, ranging from newly minted residencies in the heart of Harlem to major institutional accolades in Paris and provocative conceptual culminations in Venice.
Studio Museum in Harlem Names Three Artists-in-Residence
The Studio Museum in Harlem has officially announced its next generation of creative talent, selecting multidisciplinary artist Turiya Adkins, artist and curator Timothy Yanick Hunter, and photographer and filmmaker Clifford Prince King as its yearlong artists-in-residence for the 2026–2027 cohort.
Beginning this November and running through October 2027, the three selected practitioners will be provided with individual, dedicated studio spaces located within the institution’s newly constructed building on West 125th Street. Beyond physical workspace, the prestigious residency program is designed to offer comprehensive professional development training, hands-on material support, and crucial institutional backing. The immersive experience will ultimately culminate in a group exhibition showcasing their newly developed bodies of work in one of the museum’s primary galleries.
This announcement arrives as the institution continues to celebrate its vibrant programming, with an exhibition featuring the previous cohort’s work currently on view to the public through January 3. The Studio Museum’s residency program has long served as a critical launchpad for contemporary practitioners, fostering experimental approaches and providing a supportive ecosystem for artists whose practices engage deeply with cultural identity, community, and representation.
Brognon Rollin Wins Prix Duchamp
Across the Atlantic, the prestigious Prix Duchamp—widely recognized as France’s premier contemporary art award—has been awarded to Brognon Rollin, the celebrated artist duo formed by David Brognon and Stéphanie Rollin.
As the winners of the coveted prize, the duo will receive a €35,000 cash award, equivalent to approximately $39,200. Their victory also secures their prominent inclusion in an ongoing group exhibition featuring works by all four nominees for this year’s prize. The exhibition is currently open to the public and will remain on view through February 7 at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris.
Fabrice Hergott, the director of the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, offered high praise for the winning duo’s conceptual framework. He characterized Brognon Rollin’s practice as a quiet yet deeply tenacious statement on human vulnerability. Furthermore, Hergott noted that their artistic output successfully gives tangible, visible form to intangible human experiences that typically escape our daily gaze, specifically highlighting the prolonged passage of time spent waiting, the heavy burden of addiction, and the quiet power of inner resilience.
Brognon Rollin triumphed over a formidable shortlist of fellow nominees this year, which also featured Joël Andrianomearisoa, Laura Henno, and Josèfa Ntjam, each bringing distinct and vital perspectives to the contemporary French and international art spheres.
Acquisitions and Institutional Milestones
As museums and libraries continue to strengthen their permanent holdings, major archival developments often shape the landscape of art historical research. Among the notable institutional updates this season is the acquisition of a significant trove of prints by renowned artist Kiki Smith, which is officially heading to the New York Public Library (NYPL).
Known for her deeply visceral, emotionally resonant, and conceptually rich explorations of the human body, mortality, and the natural world, Smith’s printmaking practice has long been celebrated for its technical mastery and poetic depth. This newly secured body of work enriches the library’s extensive holdings, offering researchers, students, and art enthusiasts unprecedented access to the evolution of Smith’s graphic arts output. The incorporation of these prints into the NYPL’s collection underscores the library’s ongoing commitment to preserving contemporary artistic legacies and making masterworks of printmaking available to the broader public for study and inspiration.
Wildcard: The Final Chapter of Florentina Holzinger’s Venice Biennale Installation
Concluding this week’s roundup with a decidedly provocative and unforgettable project, Austrian artist Florentina Holzinger is preparing a striking coda for Seaworld Venice, her critically discussed installation for the Austrian Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale.
For the final act of her conceptual project, Holzinger will host a specialized "final dinner" that incorporates all the bodily waste collected from visitors over the course of the seven-month-long international art exhibition. Titled "Closing Étude," the event is scheduled to take place at the historic Scuola Grande della Misericordia in Venice.
The upcoming event serves as an extension of the pavilion’s central and highly unconventional conceit. Throughout the run of the Biennale, the installation involved filtering human urine collected from on-site portable toilets directly into a functional dunk tank. According to an official statement released regarding the project, these distilled remains will serve as a monument for the future. The resulting substance and its symbolic implications will be presented just outside the closed pavilion doors on November 22, bringing a startling, bodily, and thoroughly unshakeable conclusion to one of the most talked-about national presentations of the Venice Biennale season.
