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In the Time of Social Distance, Galleries Go Digital

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Jasmine Weber and Dessane Lopez Cassell March 20, 2020March 25, 2020

As galleries transfer programming online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve noted exhibitions worth checking out.

Posted inIn Brief

How the Legal System Left Artist Purvis Young’s Beneficiaries Empty-Handed

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia January 10, 2020January 10, 2020

Young left nearly 2,000 works of art to his close friend and her family. An article in the Washington Post Magazine explains how, after Young’s death, a group of lawyers kept the works instead.

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Purvis Young’s Unbounded Histories

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia May 11, 2019May 11, 2019

Young’s works tell the stories of individuals and communities, of dreams and disillusionment, and of the abysses between life, death, and eternity.

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History and Myth Emanate in the Art Made in the Sunshine State

Avatar photo by Monica Uszerowicz December 27, 2018December 28, 2018

Interlopers and transplants convey the decay and loveliness of a place in works from 1750 – 1969.

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