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The late artist fiercely reckoned with the status quo, leaving the art world better than she found it through a rich legacy of Black feminist activism and artmaking.
As she makes her posthumous debut at the Venice Biennale and her work appears at MoMA PS1, Abad, who died in 2004, seems finally to be finding her audience.
As part of its 200th anniversary, the museum — which has mounted blockbuster fashion exhibits on Dior, Mugler and Africa Fashion — will also unveil multiple "transformative" acquisitions, said director Anne Pasternak, as well a "Museum on Wheels."
Of no coincidence, the first series of the show in a mint green room is the “American People” series from early on in Ringgold’s career. Chosen as the exhibition’s namesake, the “American People” series stands out and has many works unique to the Chicago presentation curated by Manilow Senor Curator Jamillah James and Assistant Curator Jack Schneider.