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Five Artists in the News: Amy Sherald Makes History, Why Everyone Loves Alvin Ailey and the Fashionable Wes Lang

3 min read  ·  26 Sep 2024

Inspired by Alvin Ailey, Lorna Simpson, Momentum (2011). Copyright the artist. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

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New York: Works by Lorna Simpson and Carrie Mae Weems are among the 80 artists featured in the Whitney’s show celebrating choreographer and activist Alvin Ailey, reports W Magazine.

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Washington, DC: In 2025, Amy Sherald will become the first contemporary Black artist to have a solo exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, reports Rolling Out.

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London: As Wes Lang unveils "The Black Paintings" at Damien Hirst's Newport Street Gallery, his dark works have inspired a fashion shoot by GQ magazine.

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London: Doris Salcedo has been named the Whitechapel Gallery’s 2025 Art Icon. HENI News

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Moves: Salman Toor has joined Thomas Dane Gallery, which will co-represent the artist with Luhring Augustine, New York. HENI News

In other news

Market: Sotheby's is pushing off payments while it awaits a financial lifeline from an Abu Dhabi fund, reports the Wall Street Journal.

New York: Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Jhumpa Lahiri declined an award from the Noguchi Museum after it fired three employees for wearing keffiyehs as a protest, The Times reports.

"‘Everybody has an Ailey story.’ Whitney curator Adrienne Edwards on choreographer Alvin Ailey’s influence on many artists, such as Lorna Simpson."

- W Magazine