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Exhibition: Masters of Sculpture

Exhibition: Masters of Sculpture

Bill Hodges Gallery: Masters of Sculpture, the gallery’s first exhibition devoted entirely to sculpture, draws from its more than 40-year collection, to display more than 150 years of Black history, from emancipation to the present day. Featured are works by French sculptors Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux and Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier, along with works by African American masters Melvin...
Conversation: An Evening with Artist Lorraine O'Grady

Conversation: An Evening with Artist Lorraine O’Grady

Brooklyn Museum: Debut screening of Lorraine O’Grady’s video “Greetings and Theses,” which documents the artist’s 2021 performance at the Brooklyn Museum as part of the retrospective “Lorraine O’Grady: Both/And.” The film is followed by a panel discussion with O’Grady, artist Sydney E. Vernon, and curators Danielle A. Jackson, Catherine Morris, and Jenée-Daria Strand. *Check directly...
Exhibition: Working Together: The Photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop

Exhibition: Working Together: The Photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop

Working Together: The Photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop is the first major exhibition about the Kamoinge Workshop, a collective of Black photographers formed in New York in 1963. Members of the group produced powerful images, sensitively registering Black life in the mid-20th century. *Check directly with venue to confirm scheduling/dates and any visitor requirements/protocols
Isolde Brielmaier Named Deputy Director of New Museum in New York

Isolde Brielmaier Named Deputy Director of New Museum in New York

  THE NEW MUSEUM IN NEW YORK announced today that Isolde Brielmaier has been named deputy director. Brielmaier brings more than two decades of museum, academic, and private sector experience to the New Museum. She is currently serving as curator at large at the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York. Her new appointment...