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at home: Artists in Conversation Join us for lively and inspiring conversations with some of today’s most notable artists.  at home: Artists in Conversation brings together curators and artists to discuss various artistic practices and insights into their work. About Duro Olowu Olowu is a Nigerian-born British fashion designer and curator who lives and works in London and New York. Launched in 2004, his eponymous womenswear label is known for its innovative combinations of colors and patterns, harmonious juxtapositions of vintage textiles with custom fabrics, and impeccably tailored sil...

A New Era for a Modern Museum: The Guggenheim Names Naomi Beckwith Its New Deputy Director and Chief Curator Photo: Nathan Keay for MCA Chicago, Heather Shimmin (Shutterstock) For 84 years, New York’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum has represented the vanguard of modern art, an early champion of artists today, its nautilus shell-inspired structure houses artworks from generations of the world’s most visionary and experimental artists. Yet like many fine arts museums, for decades, the Guggenheim’s iconic spiral of galleries have proved a primarily Eurocentric domain in both artists and inf...