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Lorraine O’Grady. Art Is … , Float in the African-American Day Parade, Harlem, September 1983. “Over the course of more than three decades, artist and cultural critic Lorraine O’Grady has won acclaim for her installations, performances and texts addressing the subjects of diaspora, hybridity and Black female subjectivity. Born in Boston in 1934 and trained…

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Max Waldman. Judith Jamison in “Cry”, 1976. “This 1976 portrait by Max Waldman shows Judith Jamison dancing her signature role in “Cry,” a ballet described as “a hymn to the sufferings and triumphant endurance of generations of black matriarchs.” – Smithsonian. Legendary dancer Judith Jamison died on Nov 9, 2024. She was incredible to watch!…

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Chakaia Booker. Romantic Repulsive, 2019. ” The artist first emerged in the early 1990s, creating striking outdoor public sculptures made from discarded industrial materials, namely rubber tires, which she transformed through a laborious process of machine and physical labor, into sensual, tendril-filled, texture-rich sculptures. In 2000, she garnered international attention for It’s So Hard to…