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Nona Faustine’s Family Album

Avatar photo by Julia Curl June 26, 2021June 25, 2021

Faustine’s depiction of household shared by three generations of Black women presents matriarchy as a source of power.

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As Debates Over Monuments Continue, Artists Erect Their Own at a Sculpture Park in Queens

Avatar photo by Dessane Lopez Cassell June 30, 2020November 5, 2020

Starting in July, Socrates Sculpture Park will unveil works by Nona Faustine, Jeffrey Gibson, and more, injecting fresh energy into current debates surrounding public monuments in the US.

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Once More Into the Culture Wars

by Jason Stopa February 22, 2020February 21, 2020

To assert one’s inner life in a time of reactionary politics is a radical act.

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Harvard’s Complicit History with Slavery

by Robert Moeller February 26, 2019March 20, 2019

Slavery in the Hands of Harvard is a small but remarkably effective look at the historical ties and intersections between the school and the varied institutions of slavery.

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An Attempt to Redefine Feminist Art Has Some Surprises

by Julia Friedman February 25, 2019

With over 125 pieces on view, Half the Picture could have been refined, showing fewer works without compromising its curatorial punch.

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Capturing Fragments of Identity

by Michael Valinsky August 4, 2017

A group show at Westbeth Gallery examines how identities are formed, transmuted, distorted, and displayed in the social sphere.

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A Curated Section Brings Body Politics to Volta NY

by Jillian Steinhauer March 3, 2017March 3, 2017

Wendy Vogel’s curated section at Volta NY reminds us that we carry our identities with us always — even inside the artificial environment of an art fair.

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When You Want to Be Part of the Nation, but It Won’t Let You In

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney January 9, 2017March 3, 2017

What is a nation, and who gets to belong?

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An Exhibition About Black Lives, with a Gendered Focus

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney May 13, 2016May 13, 2016

I Can’t Breathe, now on view at the Art Gallery at the College of Staten Island, is a dissonant show.

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An Artist Poses Nude at Former Slave Sites

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney August 4, 2015May 13, 2016

Recently the artist Nona Faustine kicked up some ruckus with her White Shoes photography series, which consists of images of the artist posing nude at former sites of slave trading in New York City.

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After a Call for Change, Artists Respond

by Jillian Steinhauer February 13, 2015February 17, 2015

What kind of painting do you make in the face of the killing of an unarmed civilian by a police officer? What type of drawing sums up the pain of more than a century of institutional racism?

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