Today, we remember the inimitable Lorraine O’Grady, who passed away in New York on Friday at age 90. Wielding photography, performance, and words as her tools, she brought a Black feminist methodology to her sharp critiques of the art world and paved the way for the next generation of artists. Read Staff Writer Rhea Nayyar’s reflection on her practice, life, and immense impact. Also in this edition, Reviews Editor Natalie Haddad pens a thoughtful piece on Palestinian artist Samia Halaby’s canvases, teeming with energy, in her latest exhibition at Michigan State University’s Broad Art Museum.
We also bring you Cecilia Vicuña’s visual poetry suspended in mid-air, Samantha Box and Sheida Soleimani’s reconstructions of home and diaspora, the winners of the wildlife comedy photo contest, and more, including a peek into Leonardo da Vinci’s secret medium: scent. — Lakshmi Rivera Amin, Associate Editor
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From her newspaper collages to her performance persona Mademoiselle Bourgeoise Noire, O’Grady subverted hierarchies from a Black feminist perspective. | Rhea Nayyar
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The trailblazing artist’s abstract paintings, on view in her first US museum retrospective, are luxurious fields of color and form, each one pulsating with its own energy. | Natalie Haddad
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The artist suggests that like her fragile assemblages, peace demands care, balance, and the resolve to hold together what might otherwise fall apart. | Clara Maria Apostolatos
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Samantha Box constructs altars to the interconnection between plant and human life while Sheida Soleimani creates collages imbued with familial memory. | Irene Lee
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Teresa Baker and Felix Quintana’s recently unveiled commissions make visible some of the city’s overlooked communities and places. | Matt Stromberg
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The proceeds from Love Asheville From Afar will benefit artists impacted by Helene, which tore through the city's River Arts District. | Rhea Nayyar |
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A new catalog invites us into the artist’s interest in smell and the role of perfumes during the Renaissance, with bonus recipes for those with a nose for fragrance. | Maya Pontone
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See Italian photographer Milko Marchetti's top-scoring submission and other winners of the 2024 competition. | Rhea Nayyar
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FROM OUR ARCHIVE
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From the John Singer Sargent frontal nude painting of McKeller in Boston’s MFA, I’d imagined Thomas as tall and slender. Looking more closely, I can see that even 100 years ago a body like Thomas’s was not accidental. | Lorraine O'Grady
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TRANSITIONS
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Nora Lawrence was appointed executive director of the Storm King Art Center.
Madi Murphy was appointed associate curator at FotoFest, a contemporary arts organization in Houston.
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AWARDS & ACCOLADES
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Gabriel Barcia-Colombo, Singha Hon, Caitlyn McCain, and Immanuel Oni were named the 2024–25 New York City Public Artists in Residence.
Kristin Boyer, LaShonda Cooks, Dizzy Orbit,and Javier Sandoval were selected as the 2025 Carter Community Artists at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. Anita Fields, Laura Veles Drey, and Lorena Molina were named the Spring 2025 Artists-in-Residence at Artpace.
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