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Art Review

The Queer Surrealists Who Fought Nazis With Paper Bullets

Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore shared a magnificent life as both romantic and creative partners, one in which gender proved as mercurial as the political climate of World War II.

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Derek Fordjour Considers the Precariousness of Shelter

As many grapple with the tension between confinement and the privilege of security, Fordjour’s artworks offer opportunities for relief from, and for contemplation of the uncertainty that lies beyond.

Interview

Amy Sherald on Her "Gentle Presentation of Black Identity" and More

Sherald, who has a solo show at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, shares her reasons for painting and what's next for her career.

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Mickalene Thomas Makes Black Women the Protagonists of Their Own Stories

Positioning black women — artists, actresses, characters, and her own family — as mentors and muses, and as heroic figures in a lineage of their own, Thomas overrides oppressive narratives.

Installation view of 'Basil Kincaid / Audrey Simes: R3clamation : Inward Quest' at Hoffman LaChance Contemporary

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After Museum Controversy, St. Louis Artists Focus on Community Building

During meetings in which local artists of color and allies gathered to strategize in response to the controversy at the Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis, two possible approaches emerged: reprimand and correct the museum, or elevate the good work happening beyond its walls.

In Brief

Embattled Curator Jeffrey Uslip Leaves Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Today, CAMSTL announced that Chief Curator Jeffrey Uslip will be leaving for an as-yet-unnamed institution.

News

St Louis Museum Embroiled in Controversy as Staff Member Reputedly Attacked, Boycott Underway [UPDATED]

Two incidents this week at the Contemporary Art Museum St Louis suggests the controversy around the current Kelley Walker exhibition continues to escalate.

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In the Face of White Male Privilege Run Amok, a Plea for Artistic Responsibility

ST. LOUIS — What does accountability look like in a world where no one is accountable?

News

Appropriated Images of Black People Spark Boycott of St. Louis Museum [UPDATED]

Kelley Walker's solo exhibition at the Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis features photographs of black men and women smeared with chocolate and toothpaste that have triggered a public boycott of the institution.

Interview

Thank God It's Not Abstract: A Ridykeulous Interview

ST. LOUIS — Nicole Eisenman and A.L. Steiner’s current exhibition Readykeulous by Ridykeulous: This is What Liberation Feels Like™, at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, is a heady riot of neon, smut, Sharpie scribbles, editorial angst, lesbian supremacist propaganda, and impassioned ink-on-pape