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Review: 'We Believed in the Sun' sheds light on overlooked aspects of Oklahoma history John Brandenburg © THE OKLAHOMAN FILE Oklahoma Contemporary is at NW 11 and Broadway. "We Believed in the Sun" is the title of a show of photos by Ron Tarver and paintings by Ebony Iman Dallas at Oklahoma Contemporary, 11 NW 11. Co-curated by Christina Beatty and Pablo Barrera, the exhibit is on view in the third floor Mary LeFlore Clements Gallery at Oklahoma Contemporary. Born in Fort Gibson, Tarver is a former 32-year photographer at the Philadelphia Inquirer, who shared a 2012 Pulitz...

- Advertisement - The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, presents "Soutine/de Kooning: Conversations in Paint," an exhibition organized by the Barnes and Musées d’Orsay et de l’Orangerie, Paris, exploring the affinities between the work of Lithuanian artist Chaïm Soutine (1893–1943) and Dutch-American abstract expressionist Willem de Kooning (1904–1997). On view in the Barnes’ Roberts Gallery through Aug. 8., this presentation considers how Soutine’s paintings, with their built-up surfaces and energetic brushwork, served the art of de Kooning and helped shape...