Struggling New York Museums Get Rockefeller Bailout Grants for Showcasing Underrepresented Artists

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund announced today $1.5 million in grants to support initiatives at New York City museums dedicated to providing visibility to artists from overlooked and underrepresented groups. The first-round of grant recipients are the Africa Center, the Bronx Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, MoMA PS1, El Museo del Barrio, the Museum of the City of New York, the Queens Museum, and the Studio Museum in Harlem, each of which will receive six-figure grants to develop new projects or furt