How Simone Leigh’s Sculptures Centering Black Women Brought Her to the Venice Biennale
A guide to her art, career, and the ideas that guide her work.
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Controversy Over Genghis Khan Exhibition in France, Simone Leigh at Venice Biennale, and More: Morning Links from October 14, 2020
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Sculptor Simone Leigh Picked to Represent United States at 2022 Venice Biennale
The Institute of Contemporary Art Boston will act as the commissioning institution.
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Kerry James Marshall, Barkley Hendricks Bring Sotheby’s ‘Contemporary Curated’ Sale to $30.7 M.
Records for Ed Clark, Simone Leigh, Titus Kaphar, and Romare Bearden were achieved.
Simone Leigh Creates Limited-Edition Bronze Sculptures to Benefit Racial Justice Organization Color Of Change
The work is available in an edition of 25, for $25,000 each.
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Simone Leigh, Sculptor with a Focus on ‘Black Female Subjectivity,’ Heads to Hauser & Wirth
She will no longer work with David Kordansky and Luhring Augustine galleries.
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New York City Picks Artist to Replace Monument That Honored Doctor Who Experimented on Slaves, After Another Proposal Is Withdrawn
The city's Department of Cultural Affairs said that Leigh withdrew her proposal "in recognition of the community's preference for Bagwell's proposal."
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9 Art Events in New York This Week: Simone Leigh, Firelei Báez, Tim Rollins and K.O.S., and More
A guide to the next seven days.
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Resistance, Rebellion, and Culture: Exhibitions Around London Renew Questions About a So-Called Black Aesthetic
On 'Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power,' Lubaina Himid, Thick/er Black Lines, and more.
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