Introducing the MacArthur Foundation’s 'geniuses' of 2016

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in Chicago has named the 23 recipients of its annual genius grants, an award of $625,000 paid over five years recognising creative individuals in a variety of disciplines.
The 2016 list includes several awardees who are artists or involved in the visual arts: the Olivebridge, New York-based video artist Mary Reid Kelley, whose satirical black and white videos use history, mythology and cultural references to explore womens roles in society; the