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Spring 2024

Art In May; Haiku

Cracking spring in may
Help me with better input
whilst watching the art

by atlas brown

  • Exhibit: Went Looking for Beauty: Refashioning Self, a fine art photography exhibition

    From the August Wilson Center: The August Wilson Center presents Went Looking for Beauty: Refashioning Self, a fine art photography exhibition by Deborah Willis, Ph.D. Through the exploration of two main themes, My Friends’ Closets and Street Views, Willis’ photos reconstruct an imagined past through images depicting its beauty, identity, and cultural memory. This project…

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  • Exhibit: Toyin Ojih Odutola: To Wander Determined

    From Whitney Museum of American Art: For her first solo museum exhibition in New York, Toyin Ojih Odutola presents an interconnected series of fictional portraits, chronicling the lives of two aristocratic Nigerian families. Ojih Odutola (b. 1985) creates intimate drawings that explore the complexity and malleability of identity. Depicted in her distinctive style of intricate…

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  • Exhibit: “Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon”

    From the New Museum: “Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon” investigates gender’s place in contemporary art and culture at a moment of political upheaval and renewed culture wars. The exhibition features an intergenerational group of artists who explore gender beyond the binary to usher in more fluid and inclusive expressions of identity. The…

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  • Archived Exhibit: Jimmy’s Thrift of New Davonhaime

    From Knockdown Center: View Archived Exhibit This fall (2017) at Knockdown Center, artist Azikiwe Mohammed stages a performative installation of his fictional thrift store, Jimmy’s Thrift of New Davonhaime. New Davonhaime – a location conceived by Mohammed – is an amalgamation of the names of the five most densely populated Black cities in America: New…

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  • Art Talks: BAIA Talks | Dr. Halima Taha on the African American Art Market

    About BAIA Talks: BAIA Talks: Dr. Halima Taha on the African American Art Market since the 80’s and the impact of the best selling book Collecting African American Art: works on paper and canvas. Interviewed by Najee Dorsey. HALIMA TAHA is recognized throughout the United States as a leading authority on collecting African American art and…

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