b. 1960, United States

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Glenn Ligon Conversation Glenn Ligon By Robert Ayers, St. Louis, Missouri, 27 July 2017 Ligon achieved a particular kind of renown when 'Black Like Me #2' (1992) was selected to hang in Barack and Michelle Obama's private quarters at the White House in 2009. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Lawrence Weiner’s Cross-Generational Tribute in L.A. Distills to a ‘Portrait’ Insight Lawrence Weiner’s Cross-Generational Tribute in L.A. Distills to a ‘Portrait’ By Nicholas Nauman, Los Angeles, 28 September 2022 The late artist's tribute exhibition includes works by his contemporaries and the generations he influenced. Contemporary art copy fade Read More A Monumental Show in Athens Raises Questions about Scale Feature A Monumental Show in Athens Raises Questions about Scale By Despina Zefkili, Athens, 1 December 2021 Despina Zefkili navigates the vast group exhibition Portals at NEON at the former Public Tobacco Factory in Athens. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Hauser & Wirth Snaps Up Global Representation of Gary Simmons News Hauser & Wirth Snaps Up Global Representation of Gary Simmons By Sam Gaskin, Los Angeles, 26 March 2021 Gary Simmons and Cindy Sherman both signed with the mega gallery after departing Metro Pictures. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Black Lives Matter Tops ArtReview Power 100 in 2020 News Black Lives Matter Tops ArtReview Power 100 in 2020 By Sam Gaskin, London, 3 December 2020 The list remains overwhelmingly dominated by people, institutions and movements in the Western world. Contemporary art copy fade Read More What Sold for Over $1 Million at Art Basel Online? News What Sold for Over $1 Million at Art Basel Online? By Sam Gaskin, London, 23 June 2020 Prices didn't reach the heights of the physical fair in 2019, but over a dozen works exceeded the million dollar mark. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Hauser & Wirth’s First VR Exhibition Introduces Menorca Space Insight Hauser & Wirth’s First VR Exhibition Introduces Menorca Space By Sam Gaskin, Menorca, 8 May 2020 Hauser & Wirth's first Virtual Reality exhibition is a simulacrum of the gallery's forthcoming space in Menorca. Contemporary art copy fade Read More In a Rebuke to Power Lists, Collecteurs Announces Substance 100 News In a Rebuke to Power Lists, Collecteurs Announces Substance 100 By Sam Gaskin, New York, 10 April 2020 Digital Museum Collecteurs has announced its list of the top 100 artists and activists making global change. Contemporary art copy fade Read More 16th Istanbul Biennial Collapses Culture-Nature Divide Feature 16th Istanbul Biennial Collapses Culture-Nature Divide By Stephanie Bailey, Istanbul, 20 September 2019 The Seventh Continent 'acknowledges and addresses the end of the division between nature and culture'. Contemporary art copy fade Read More
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