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Njideka Akunyili Crosby

Njideka Akunyili Crosby, "The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born” Might Not Hold True For Much Longer (detail), 2013. Acrylic and transfers on paper, 64 × 82 7/8 inches (162.6 × 210.5 cm). Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Gift of Marjorie (P’16, P’19, P’19) and Michael Levine (B.S.’84, P’16, P’19, P’19), 2016.21.1. © Njideka Akunyili Crosby.
View MacArthur ‘Genius’ Paints Nigerian Childhood Alongside Her American PresentNjideka Akunyili Crosby paints in her Los Angeles studio in September 2017. JOHN D. AND CATHERINE T. MACARTHUR FOUNDATION
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MacArthur ‘Genius’ Paints Nigerian Childhood Alongside Her American Present

Visual artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby, 34, is having a moment. In 2017, she won a so-called MacArthur "genius" grant, and over the past few months her work has been shown in Baltimore, New Orleans and upstate New York.

view article on NPR | Published January 02, 2018

View In Prospect New Orleans, a Curator Guides 73 Artists Toward Higher GroundTrevor Schoonmaker near Jennifer Odem’s Rising Tables
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In Prospect New Orleans, a Curator Guides 73 Artists Toward Higher Ground

Trevor Schoonmaker turns the Big Easy into a giant gallery, with Rashid Johnson, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Mark Dion and more across 17 venues.

view article on The New York Times | Published November 26, 2017

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