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Latest News in Black Art: Francis Kéré Designing Las Vegas Museum, Ashley James Curating Kingston Biennial, Deana Lawson Guest-Edited Aperture Magazine & More
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Latest News in Black Art: Francis Kéré Designing Las Vegas Museum, Ashley James Curating Kingston Biennial, Deana Lawson Guest-Edited Aperture Magazine & More

by Victoria L. Valentine on Sep 11, 2024 • No Comments
Latest News in Black Art features updates and developments in the world of art and related culture   Concept design for Las Vegas Museum of Art. | Kéré Architecture   MUSEUMS Francis Kéré Designing Forthcoming Las Vegas Museum Las Vegas, Nev., is getting an art museum designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Francis Kéré. Elaine Wynn,...
'Ronald Moody: Sculpting Life,' First Major Exhibition of Jamaican British Modernist Charts His Place in Art History
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‘Ronald Moody: Sculpting Life,’ First Major Exhibition of Jamaican British Modernist Charts His Place in Art History

by Victoria L. Valentine on Jun 20, 2024 • No Comments
Ronald Moody working on “Johanaan,” 1963 (shown below). | © Val Wilmer. Photoby Val Wilmer   AN EXPANSIVE LOOK at the work of Ronald Moody (1900-1984) opens this weekend at The Hepworth Wakefield in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK. Moody is one of Britain’s most highly regarded modernist sculptors. He spent time in Paris and was...

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Moving On Up: 24 Museum Curators and Arts Leaders Who Took on New Appointments in Second Half of 2024

Moving On Up: 35 Museum Curators and Arts Leaders Who Took on New Appointments in First Half of 2024

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