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DABA, 2021

In his critically-acclaimed book, and second ‘anti-canonical reader’ Pasts, Futures, and Aftermaths (2021), Adam Pendleton interviews Lorraine O’Grady. The text compiles writings in radical experimental thought and is proceeded by Pendleton’s Black Dada Reader (2017).

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WGBH, 2018

Lorraine O’Grady’s career began with bold disruption. Her 1980 performance Mlle Bourgeoise Noire, storming New York galleries in a gown of white gloves and demanding, “Black art must take more risks!”, set the tone for decades of boundary-pushing work. Her recent resurgence includes the 2017 Wellesley Alumnae Achievement Award and the solo exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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