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White Gloves, Black Gaze: Lorraine O’Grady’s Artful Disruptions in American Museums

Lorraine O’Grady turned the art world’s blind spots into her stage, donning a gown stitched from 180 white gloves to crash gallery openings as her alter ego, Mlle Bourgeoise Noire. O’Grady’s performances and collages didn’t just critique—they upended the usual scripts about race, gender, and who gets to be seen. Her landmark essay, “Olympia’s Maid,” spotlighted Laure, the overlooked Black figure in Manet’s iconic painting, demanding art history make room for more than just the usual muses. Born to Jamaican immigrants in Boston, O’Grady’s journey wound through economics, music criticism, and literature before she claimed her space in visual art. Her legacy is a blueprint for creative rebellion—each piece a reminder that museums and galleries are richer when every story gets a seat at the table. #LorraineOGrady #BlackWomenArtists #ArtHistory

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White Shoes on Wall Street and the Shadows They Refuse to Leave

Nona Faustine’s photographs stopped time in its tracks, placing her own body at the center of America’s forgotten histories. Her most striking series, “White Shoes,” finds her standing nearly nude in white heels at sites across New York City where enslaved people were once bought and buried—a jarring reminder that Wall Street’s foundations are far from innocent. Faustine’s work didn’t just revisit the past; it forced a confrontation with the ways Black women’s stories have been sidelined in public memory. By cropping or obscuring landmarks like the Statue of Liberty, she challenged the idea that freedom and history belong to just one narrative. Even her earliest projects, focused on the women in her own family, hinted at a larger mission: to make visible what history tries to erase. In every frame, Faustine asked the city—and the country—to look again, and not look away. #NonaFaustine #BlackWomenArtists #ArtAndHistory #Culture

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