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Tracking the throughlines — in art and everywhere else

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Things I Saw This Week — Friday, Dec. 1

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Dec 01, 2023
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In Memphis, there are at least eight exhibitions now on view centered on either an individual Black artist or group of Black artists.

That shouldn’t feel notable in a city with a population that is greater than 60% Black. 

It does, though. 

Besides the overt commonality — Blackness — there are multiple linkages between these shows. Shared artists, shared t…

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