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On View: 'Beverly McIver: Entangled' at Berry Campbell Gallery in New York Presents Emotional, Truth-Telling Portraits
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On View: ‘Beverly McIver: Entangled’ at Berry Campbell Gallery in New York Presents Emotional, Truth-Telling Portraits

by Victoria L. Valentine on Nov 14, 2024 • No Comments
BEVERLY MCIVER, Entangled #1, 2024 (oil on canvas, 60 x 96 inches / 152.4 x 243.8 cm). | © Beverly McIver   On View presents images from noteworthy exhibitions   ARTISTS OFTEN SPEAK about the need be seen, represented, and have a voice. Beverly McIver (b. 1962) takes it a step further. She is candid...
Lots to Watch: Quilts by Sarah Mary Taylor and Other African American Quilters Featured in North Carolina Folk Art Auction
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Lots to Watch: Quilts by Sarah Mary Taylor and Other African American Quilters Featured in North Carolina Folk Art Auction

by Victoria L. Valentine on Sep 22, 2023 • No Comments
Rare art, fascinating objects, and significant collections can be found at local auction houses, from California to North Carolina   THREE-DOZEN HANDS seemingly waving this way and that create a joyful pattern on a large, undated quilt by Sarah Mary Taylor (1916-2000) of Yazoo City, Miss. Known for her appliqué style and laying her quilts...
Coming Soon: Career-Spanning Survey of Beverly McIver Opens at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art in February 2022
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Coming Soon: Career-Spanning Survey of Beverly McIver Opens at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art in February 2022

by Victoria L. Valentine on Oct 27, 2021 • No Comments
  NEARLY 25 YEARS AGO, the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA) presented an emerging artist exhibition dedicated to Beverly McIver, her first-ever solo show. Next year, the Arizona museum plans to revisit the artist’s work with a career-spanning survey chronicling the arc of her ongoing practice. “Beverly McIver: Full Circle” is guest-curated by Kim...

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