Closely Watched Curator Legacy Russell to Direct The Kitchen in New York

The Kitchen, a New York alternative space with a reputation for showing cutting-edge performance, video, and sound art over the past 50 years, has picked Legacy Russell as its next executive director and chief curator. Russell, who is currently associate curator of exhibitions at the Studio Museum in Harlem, joins the Kitchen in September.
Since starting as an associate curator at the Studio Museum in 2018, Russell has accrued a following as one of the leading scholars focused on Black and queer