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2026 Driskell Prize Goes to Spelman Scholar Cheryl Finley, Recognized for Investing in Next Generation of Visual Arts Leaders
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2026 Driskell Prize Goes to Spelman Scholar Cheryl Finley, Recognized for Investing in Next Generation of Visual Arts Leaders

by Victoria L. Valentine on May 27, 2026 • No Comments
THE HIGH MUSEUM OF ART in Atlanta, Ga., announced art historian Cheryl Finley is the recipient of the 2026 David C. Driskell Prize. Finley is the Walton Endowed Professor and Director of the Atlanta University Center Art History + Curatorial Studies Collective at Spelman College. The Driskell Prize is the first and foremost national prize...
Amy Sherald Exhibition Headed to High Museum in Atlanta in Spring 2026, News Follows Artist Withdrawing Show From Smithsonian Due to Censorship Concerns
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Amy Sherald Exhibition Headed to High Museum in Atlanta in Spring 2026, News Follows Artist Withdrawing Show From Smithsonian Due to Censorship Concerns

by Victoria L. Valentine on Sep 25, 2025 • No Comments
Installation view of “Amy Sherald: American Sublime,” Whitney Museum of American Art (April 9-Aug. 10, 2025). Shown from left, “Ecclesia (The Meeting of Inheritance and Horizons)” (2024) and “Trans Forming Liberty” (2024). | Photo by Tiffany Sage/BFA.com. © BFA 2025   ANOTHER VENUE HAS BEEN ADDED to the touring schedule of “Amy Sherald: American Sublime.”...

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