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Latest News in Black Art: Roxane Gay Named Board President at Performance Space, Alexis Assam Joins Virginia Museum of Fine Arts as Assistant Curator, Emma Amos Catalog Wins Gold Medal & More
Latest News in Black Art features news updates and developments in the world of art and related culture Author and Art Collector Roxane Gay is the new board president at Performance Space New York. | Photo by Reggie Cunningham Appointments BESTSELLING AUTHOR and art collector Roxane Gay is the new president of the board at Performance Space New York. Located in the East Village, the nonprofit describes itself as “the birthplace of contemporary performance as it is known today.” Gay’s books include “Hunger,” “Difficult Women,” and “Bad Feminist.” A contributing opinion writer at The New York Times, she announced a new publishing imprint in May, Roxane Gay…
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Meet theo tyson, the MFA’s new fashion curator
Escalating up in Germany, Georgia, South Carolina, Texas, California and Alabama, theo tyson learned swiftly that trend was both of those a way to assimilate into a tradition, and mark your one of a kind identity. “When I was in Germany in center college, I’m sporting shiny sneakers, harem pants. When I bought to the States, I was just strange,” tyson says with a laugh. theo tyson (Courtesy Frances Neyra Claudio) Tyson started their new purpose as the Penny Vinik Curator of Style Arts at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts this 7 days, in which they hope to engage people who may well have never stepped foot into a museum,…
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