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Latest News in Black Art: Gaëtane Verna Will Lead Wexner Center, Chakaia Booker Now Repped by David Nolan Gallery, Salary Transparency, What is a Museum? & More
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Latest News in Black Art: Gaëtane Verna Will Lead Wexner Center, Chakaia Booker Now Repped by David Nolan Gallery, Salary Transparency, What is a Museum? & More

by Victoria L. Valentine on Aug 29, 2022 • No Comments
  Latest News in Black Art features news updates and developments in the world of art and related culture   Gaëtane Verna is joining the Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University as executive director, effective Nov. 15. | Photo by Tyrell Gough   Appointments Art historian and administrator Gaëtane Verna (above)...
Black Women in the Art World, Taking Stock on International Women's Day
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Black Women in the Art World, Taking Stock on International Women’s Day

by Victoria L. Valentine on Mar 8, 2017 • No Comments
Artists Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Julie Mehretu, Museum director Belinda Tate   WOMEN ACCOUNT FOR 51 PERCENT of visual artists working today, according to the National Endowment for the Arts. The figure mirrors women’s representation in the U.S. population, which was 50.8 percent in 2015, based on Census statistics. The parity ends there. The National...

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