‘You think youāve been hired because youāre the right person. But once youāre inside, you realise youāre not the right fit,’ curator eunice bĆ©lidor tells Hyperallergic.
In 2020 and 2021, as critiques about the lack of support for Black culture and life in the US grew, art institutions around the world responded by inviting unprecedented numbers of Black people to art leadership positions. Since then, however, thereās been a steady drain as people realise these positions are unsustainable. Some have burned out. Others were ‘let go’. Others willingly, or not, joined the Great Resignation.