Tavares Strachan and Amanda Williams have also received the award, which increased from $625k to $800k, no strings attached.
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Jeff Koons Doesn’t Get It
While Koons may be a man on the moon, he’s looking back at Earth, oblivious to the vastness behind him, if only he would turn around.
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An Artist’s Tribute to First African American Astronaut Launches into Space
Tavares Strachan is sending Robert Henry Lawrence Jr.’s “soul” into space — fulfilling the astronaut’s dream that was cut off by his death in a trading accident in 1967.
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The Ghosts of Our Future Climate at Storm King
A group exhibition featuring almost 20 artists suggests directions for visual art in response to climate change.
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Overlooked African-American Explorer at Center of Bahamian Venice Pavilion
The Bahamas is making its Venice Biennale debut this year with a look at one of history’s overlooked Arctic explorers, a man who may have even been the first to set foot on the North Pole.
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Going Contemporary at the Armory
If the art world has been about globalism for quite a while I can say that is more true now than ever — if that’s possible.