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Mickalene Thomas Makes the White Cube a Domestic Oasis

Avatar photo by Megan N. Liberty May 2, 2020May 4, 2020

Thomas’s Femmes Noires reframes the gallery space, allowing viewers to alter their behavior from what’s expected in an art institution.

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Channeling the Nuances of Motherhood Into Art

by Coco Picard April 29, 2020April 29, 2020

The debut exhibition at New Mexico State University explores the nuances of labor — in birth, in childrearing, and in intergenerational collaboration.

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Black Women Artists Stage a Performative Dinner at the Art Gallery of Ontario

by Eunice Bélidor April 5, 2019April 8, 2019

Black Wimmin Artist hosts a historical gathering that aptly reflects forgotten Canadian art.

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Deconstructing Race in Western Painting

by David Carrier December 1, 2018November 30, 2018

The most interesting part of this excellent exhibition is its presentation of black modernists, for here we enter relatively unfamiliar territory.

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Mickalene Thomas Makes a Muse of Cardi B

Avatar photo by Jasmine Weber October 10, 2018October 16, 2018

Mickalene Thomas revealed a unique side of Cardi B, photographing the rap superstar for W Magazine’s “Art Issue.”

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In Rihanna Photoshoot for Vogue Paris, Juergen Teller Cribs Imagery from Mickalene Thomas

Avatar photo by Zachary Small July 24, 2018

What’s stranger is that the two artists are both represented by Lehmann Maupin and listed side-by-side on the gallery’s online roster.

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Artificial Childhoods, Fading Innocence, and Black Panthers at the Photography Show

by Alissa Guzman April 6, 2018April 6, 2018

Portraiture and history dominates this year’s The Photography Show, and there are many stand out works by Osamu Yokonami, Julie Blackmon, Ryan Vizzions, and others.

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Mickalene Thomas Makes Black Women the Protagonists of Their Own Stories

by Rikki Byrd November 27, 2017November 27, 2017

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.

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Artists Embrace the Grayscale

by Sarah Rose Sharp July 20, 2017July 21, 2017

Gray Matters, featuring 37 artists working almost exclusively in shades of gray, is a dazzling exhibition.

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Which Artist Should Create Obama’s Official Presidential Portrait?

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney July 3, 2017July 3, 2017

In a perfect world, who would be the artist that captures the likeness of Obama for his official portrait?

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The Queer Art that Helped Define Post-Blackness

by Alicia Eler March 1, 2017March 3, 2017

In his collection of essays, Derek Conrad Murray explores questions of post-blackness by drawing on the artworks of Glenn Ligon, Kehinde Wiley, Mickalene Thomas, and Kalup Linzy.

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A Sprawling Show of Artists as Social Critics

by Sarah Rose Sharp March 16, 2016March 31, 2016

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Spanning several media, much of the work in Us Is Them makes social commentary from the perspective of underrepresented populations. Notably, the show features some of the biggest names in contemporary African-American art, bringing the focus on the fraught nature of black existence in the US.

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