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An array of hanging sculptures and a glass vitrine holding three objects against a white gallery wall

Ancestral Relics: A Conversation with Nick Cave

A conversation with the artist Nick Cave about the historic, familial, and personal perspectives in early works in the museum’s collection

COLLECTION, EXHIBITIONS
Photo of an intersection with a red brick building flanked by trolley tracks and wires above

The Ghosts of Route 23

A photographic journey to unearth the relics of a defunct streetcar that once ran the length of the city

IN THE WORLD
Sculpture of Emmett Till's face in plaster

Clarence Lawson’s Prayer for Emmett Till

How the sculptor created an indelible memorial to a young man and a symbol of the fight for Civil Rights

COLLECTION
A green space with a vertical screen featuring an image of an African American woman, mounted on vertical metal bars

Being a Black Girl in a Digital World

Martine Syms’s installation Neural Swamp is an intriguing display of variations within millennial Black womanhood

EXHIBITIONS
Abstract painting with mustard yellow background with splatters of maroon, green, pink, blue and other colors

The Audacity of Sam Gilliam

On discovering a work of art online, and the shock of encountering it later in person

STAFF PICKS
American Girl, 1974, by Emma Amos (American, 1937–2020), 2018-145-1 © Emma Amos; Courtesy RYAN LEE Gallery, New York

Look Closely: Emma Amos and the Perfect Print

How American artist Emma Amos pushed etching to its limits—and brought American Girl to life.

EXHIBITIONS

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