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The Week in African American Art: LACMA Acquisitions Include Works by Julie Mehretu, Betye Saar & More
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The Week in African American Art: LACMA Acquisitions Include Works by Julie Mehretu, Betye Saar & More

by Victoria L. Valentine on Apr 29, 2018 • No Comments
  ACQUISITIONS | Julie Mehretu, “Epigraph, Damascus,” 2016. | Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Kelvin Davis and Hana Kim through the 2018 Collectors Committee, © Julie Mehretu, Photo by Malcolm Varon   The following review of the past week presents a snapshot of the latest news in African American art and related...
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by Victoria L. Valentine on Dec 27, 2017 • 4 Comments
THE ART, EXHIBITIONS, AND PROGRAMMING featured in museums and cultural institutions are largely shaped, guided and decided upon by curators, an elite group lacking racial and ethnic diversity. A recent survey from the Mellon Foundation found that representation for black curators (and conservators, educators and leaders) in the museum sector is dismal—just 4 percent. To...

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