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Mickalene Thomas makes art that 'gives Black women their flowers'
In Mickalene Thomas' art work, Black women are front and center. Her subjects are often at leisure, resting on couches and ...
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The Trailblazing Black Woman Who Shaped the Morgan Library Gets Her Due
An exhibition focuses on Belle da Costa Greene, librarian and first director of the Morgan Museum & Library—a Black woman ...
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Lorraine O'Grady, Conceptual Artist Who Advocated for Black Women's Perspectives, Dies at 90
Lorraine O'Grady, an artist who bravely used her conceptual pieces and performance art to critique systems of power, ...
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Koyo Kouoh Is Named 1st African Woman to Curate Venice Biennale
She will be the first African woman to curate the Biennale. In a telephone interview from Miami, where she is attending the Art Basel fair, Kouoh, 56, said she was “ecstatic” about the ...
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Koyo Kouoh Will Be the First African Woman to Curate the Venice Biennale
Koyo Kouoh has been chief curator and executive director of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town since 2019. Photo by MARCO LONGARI/AFP via Getty Images “It is a once-in-a ...