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LIC’s SculptureCenter names longtime MoMA curator as new leader
BY BILL PARRY
bparry@schnepsmedia.com
@QNS
SculptureCenter in Long Island City
appointed Christian Rattemeyer as its
new director aft er 12 years as the associate
curator at the Museum of Modern Art.
Rattemeyer will oversee all exhibitions
and programming and continue to lead
the institution that is respected for its
independent vision, intellectual rigor and
dedication to commissioning new work
by emerging and established artists.
“SculptureCenter was established by
artists and continues to foster and promote
living artists working all over the
world,” Rattemeyer said. “Th e museum
leads the conversation in contemporary
art and has been a cultural pioneer in
Long Island City. Its outstanding program
has served and inspired a unique community
of artists and colleagues. As a curator
who has worked globally and values international
dialogue, I hope to work with the
museum’s dedicated team and board to
strengthen our partnerships and engagement
abroad, and deepen the opportunities
we provide for our artists and our
audiences.”
SculptureCenter was originally founded
in 1928 and moved into an old trolley car
repair factory on Purves Street in 2001. In
2013 it underwent an expansion and renovation
under Director Mary Ceruti, who
is now executive director of the Walker
Arts Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
“All of us at SculptureCenter are very
pleased to have Christian Rattemeyer as
our new director and truly excited about
what lies ahead under his leadership,”
SculptureCenter Board Chair Andreas
Beroutsos said. “Christian’s deep and
geographically broad roots in art history
and contemporary art, his curatorial
record of creative and insightful choices
as well as insatiable interest into artistic
innovation, the respect he commands
among his peers, his institutional leadership
qualities, and genuine focus on teamwork
and people-and-artist development,
made Christian the logical choice to lead
SculptureCenter into the future.”
Rattemeyer began his career as an
artists’ assistant at the ninth edition of
Documenta in his hometown of Kassel,
Germany, in 1992. In 1997, he founded
and served as gallery director of Osmos,
a contemporary project space in Berlin,
which is now located in New York, and
he was co-curator of the third and fourth
International Biennials for Film and
Architecture in Berlin. He relocated to
New York in 2003 and joined Artists
Space as curator, where he worked for
four years.
“Christian has been a friend and supporter
of SculptureCenter for nearly two
decades, and we are so thrilled that he
will be our new director,” SculptureCenter
Board President Carol Bove said. “He is a
passionate idealist who also brings practical
institution-building skills and strategic
insight to reinforce our strength as a
platform for radical thought and practice.
From his experiences gathered around
the world, his long tenure in New York,
and his solid history championing distinct
art, he will be a unifying force allowing
SculptureCenter’s artistic energy to reverberate
in a pivotal moment in our culture,
as well as foster our mission to protect a
free space for creativity unencumbered by
market forces.”
Rattemeyer takes over SculptureCenters
on Nov. 1.
Foreclosures drop in Queens, but remain high in southeast
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
edavenport@qns.com
@QNS
A recent report found that the number
of foreclosures in Queens are slowly
decreasing throughout the second quarter
of 2019.
PropertyShark recently released their
their Residential Foreclosure Report for
Q2 2019. Overall, New York City as a
whole saw a 4 percent decrease in fi rsttime
foreclosures year-over-year.
Queens followed suit with the rest of
the city, with a 9 percent decrease in fi rsttime
foreclosures. Despite the decrease
overall, Queens had the highest number
of fi rst-time foreclosures in the city with
324 recorded cases.
Compared to the fi rst quarter of 2019,
foreclosure rates in Queens only rose 3
percent.
Th e highest number of foreclosed
properties in Queens this quarter were
listed in the 11434 ZIP code (covering
parts of South Jamaica, St. Albans
and Springfi eld Gardens), the 11433
ZIP code (Jamaica) and the 11412 ZIP
code (St. Albans) with 21 foreclosures
each. Following close behind was the
11413 ZIP code (Laurelton, Springfi eld
Gardens) with 20 foreclosures.
While the number of pre-foreclosures
spiked 13 percent year-over-year and 31
percent quarter-to-quarter in New York
City overall, Queens only saw a 4 percent
increase year-over-year and 17 percent
quarter-to-quarter with 1,050 cases
registered.
Photo via Getty Images
To read the full report, visit www.
propertyshark.com/Real-Estate-Reports/
NYC-Foreclosure-Report.
Courtesy of SculptureCenter
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