‘You think you’ve been hired because you’re the right person. But once you’re inside, you realise you’re not the right fit,’ curator eunice bĂ©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, there’s 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.