Goodman Cape lets Emma Bedford Go
Friday, September 25, 2009
Goodman Cape loses it head
Lisa Essers cites recession for ushering in new changes at the Goodman Gallery Cape.
Effective Friday, Emma Bedford who, under Linda Givon, established the Goodman’s Cape branch in 2007, is no longer with the gallery. According to new owner Lisa Essers, the former Director took ‘voluntary retrenchment’ as part of measures taken by the gallery to address the growing recession.
‘The Cape Town market has seen some difficult times recently and we are all doing what we have to’ commented Essers further. Cape curator of the Goodman, Storm Janse Van Rensburg said that Bedford’s retrenchment comes as ‘huge shock and loss’ saying that she will be sorely missed.
Before her involvement in the private sector with the Goodman Gallery, Bedford played an unparalleled role as curator of the Iziko National Gallery. With some 25 years experience in the field of curating and championing contemporary African art, a particularly notable achievement of Bedford’s was her involvement in an exhibition for the Forum for African Arts hosted by the 49th Venice Biennale in 2001.
When she moved to the Goodman Gallery in 2007 her announcement was greeted with international interest with Annie Coombes saying that the Goodman ‘couldn’t find a better equipped individual to get the gallery started in Cape Town’.
Bedford’s contribution, not only to the Goodman Gallery, but also to the development South African art locally and internationally has been unparalleled, with her standing as a luminary figure in the artistic landscape.
posted by Robert Sloon at 2:10 PM
9 Comments:
cooooooooooooooooooooool
another one bites the dust...just love capitalism..err
can someone tell me what "voluntary retrenchment" is? like whats the alternative? and if gallery is so cash strapped (i can see why with all their non-selling concept shows) how come they are appointing new directors like stern? hmmmmmm ... plot thickens.
Who's Stern?
not irma i hope
Kim Stern is the new director of Goodman. She worked as a curator for YDEsire, and then worked in America for some big museum.
keep it stern
dodgy. They lost a brilliant person with that move.
Goodman had her on the cutting edge
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