OPENING THIS MONTH, art museums across the United States are presenting the vision and works of a broad array of Black artists—historic figures, mid-career practitioners, and rising talents. Among them are important women artists including Simone Leigh, Betye Saar, Faith Ringgold, Billie Zangewa, Grace Wales Bonner, and Elizabeth Talford Scott (1916-2011). Traveling exhibitions featuring Leigh, Ringgold, Stephen Burks, and Kehinde Wiley are bringing the artist’s works to new audiences. Highlights also include “Unnamed Figures: Black Presence and Absence in the Early American North” at the America Folk Art Museum in New York City and “Elegy,” showcasing photographs by Dawoud Bey at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Va. A selection of November exhibitions, listed in the order of their opening dates, follows: SIMONE LEIGH, Detail of “Cupboard,” 2022 (bronze and gold, 88 1/2 x 85 x 45 inches / 225 x 216 x 114.3 cm). | Courtesy the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery Photo by Timothy Schenck © Simone Leigh Simone Leigh @ Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. | Nov. 3-March 3, 2023 The singular practice of Simone Leigh centers Black feminist thought and the experiences of Black women. Her sculptures combine the […]
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