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Tsherin Sherpa, Muted Expressions
Using traditional Nepalese metalworking techniques, Sherpa creates a distinctly contemporary sculpture.
Richard Prince, Nurse Elsa
Prince's bubblegum pink painting is an incredible testament to media culture.
Shahzia Sikander, Pleasure Pillars
Sikander models acts of transformation—of the self, of a community, of cultures, and of history—in this small watercolor painting.
Ilana Savdie, Thirty-Seven Counts and Trismus
Abstracted human, animal, and parasitic forms create both an alluring and grotesque image.
Elizabeth Catlett, Invisible Man
Celebrating the novelist Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man also testifies to Catlett’s lifelong artistic commitment to the struggles of Black Americans.
Linda Vallejo, The Brown Dot Project
Using the language of minimalism and conceptual art, Vallejo brings to light the impact of Latinx people in the U.S.
Rashid Johnson, Stacked Heads
From Johnson's hollow, scarred bronze sculpture, nature is bursting forth.
Rina Banerjee, commerce out of the Earth
Using found objects, Rina Banerjee illuminates the obscured histories of Black and South Asian populations in New Orleans.
Ellen Gallagher, DeLuxe
Based on magazines dating from the 1930s to the 1970s aimed at African-American audiences, Gallagher's witty and sophisticated interventions emphasize the complex construction of identity.
Amy Sherald, Precious Jewels by the Sea
This monumental painting of Black people at the beach speaks to a dearth of Black figures in the art history canon
Michelle Browder, Mothers of Gynecology
This memorial honors three women who were victims of medical experimentation by the "father of gynecology."