As The Armory Present prepares to carry its thirtieth anniversary version in two months (6-8 September), the truthful has introduced on veteran gallery chief Kyla McMillan to be its new director. Her first day on the job was Monday (8 July).
“My aim is to empower collectors and emphasise the truthful’s function as a platform for artists, galleries and artwork fanatics,” McMillan stated in a press release. “The Armory Present has lengthy been celebrated as a foundational truthful for New York and the US artwork market. I look ahead to constructing on The Armory Present’s achievements, whereas additionally championing new voices and creating alternatives for numerous views in up to date artwork.”
McMillan beforehand served as a director at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise (2016-20) and David Zwirner (2020-21). In 2021 she based the globetrotting consultancy and gallery Saint George Tasks, which has organised initiatives in New York, Miami, Johannesburg, Berlin, Los Angeles and elsewhere. She beforehand held positions on the gallery Alexander Grey Associates and the general public relations agency Resnicow and Associates, and served as an intern within the workplace of the director of the Studio Museum in Harlem. She holds an artwork historical past diploma from the College of Maryland, the place she minored in journalism.
McMillan is The Armory Present’s first new director because it was acquired by the London-based truthful and media firm Frieze final summer season. She succeeds Nicole Berry, the truthful’s govt director from 2017 till earlier this 12 months, when she left for a improvement function on the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. In her new function, McMillan will oversee each aspect of the truthful’s operations, from relations with sellers and collectors to partnerships and total imaginative and prescient.
“Her wide-ranging expertise and inventive drive will undoubtedly take the truthful to new heights, fostering an inclusive and dynamic atmosphere,” Kristell Chadé, Frieze’s govt director for festivals, stated in a press release. “Her previous initiatives have demonstrated a expertise for reaching new audiences and forging significant connections with artwork.”
The upcoming version of The Armory Present can be certainly one of its largest to this point, with 235 exhibitors unfold all through the Javits Middle in Midtown Manhattan.
