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Lorraine O’Grady in “What’s Left: Artworks Made by a Public”

Current Exhibition
What’s Left: Artworks Made by a Public
19 February – 13 March 2010
Inaugurating Alexander Gray Associates’ new gallery space on the second floor of 508 West 26 Street, What’s Left: Art Made by a Public showcases four significant artworks made since the 1960s that are activated by public engagement. Situated between conceptualism, performance, intervention and [...]

Lorraine O’Grady at Art Basel Miami Beach

Lorraine O’Grady
Art Is . . .
Art Basel Miami Beach 2009, Art Nova
Booth H27
December 3 – 6, 2009

For Art Basel Miami Beach 2009, Alexander Gray Associates is proud to present a solo exhibition of veteran performance artist, Feminist theorist and cultural critic Lorraine O’Grady. Central to the presentation is the premiere of a new [...]

The New York Times reviews Lorraine O’Grady

We are pleased to share Holland Cotter’s review of the Lorraine O’Grady exhibition at Alexander Gray Associates in today’s New York Times. We are also delighted to congratulate O’Grady on receiving a 2008 Anonymous Was A Woman grant.
Read the review
Lorraine O’Grady: Miscegenated Family Album is on view at Alexander Gray Associates through October [...]

  • CARLAGIRL PHOTO was founded on 14 February 1999 by Carla Willliams, a photographer, writer, and editor, born, raised and heading back to (yea!) Los Angeles, California.

    It was established with two goals: to be able to make my own work widely available for free, and to make accessible my research about artists of the African Diaspora, especially photographers, and in particular women. As it developed it grew to also include GLBTQ artists.

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      Site visitors will probably notice that I haven’t updated here frequently. I am taking a break from my site(s) for at least the summer. I’ve been working in this field for 25 years and I’m burned out on photography and art, the site(s) are in need of major updates/ revamping/ retooling, social media is exhausting, [...] […]
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