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Culture Type: The Month in Black Art, Here's What Happened in November 2022
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Culture Type: The Month in Black Art, Here’s What Happened in November 2022

by Victoria L. Valentine on Dec 10, 2022 • 2 Comments
  November highlights include Courtney Willis Blair heading White Cube gallery in New York, Alonzo Davis archives go to Driskell Center, first Black board chair at Florida’s Ringling Museum of Art, Mariane Ibrahim gallery opening in Mexico City   < APPOINTMENTS | Nov. 4: John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation in Sarasota, Fla.,...
Princeton Professor Imani Perry is Selling 'Welfare Queen' by Amy Sherald: 'It Was the First Significant Piece of Art I Ever Owned'
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Princeton Professor Imani Perry is Selling ‘Welfare Queen’ by Amy Sherald: ‘It Was the First Significant Piece of Art I Ever Owned’

by Victoria L. Valentine on Nov 14, 2021 • No Comments
  AN AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES PROFESSOR, Imani Perry is selling a portrait by Amy Sherald, that depicts a Black woman looking regal, poised, and dignified. The subject is wearing a jeweled crown, pearl necklace, and an elegant, navy blue gown with white opera-length gloves and a violet sash á la a beauty queen. Her red...

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