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Gerard Ortiz

African designers are producing a splash, from vogue months in Dakar and Lagos, to Paris runway reveals by South African Thebe Magugu. In this article in the U.S., the designers Busayo, Telfar, and Hanifa infuse their collections with aesthetics from their residence countries of Nigeria, Liberia, and Congo. When many […]

21 Questions With Textile Artist Qualeasha Wood

Gerard Ortiz

New York’s “21 Questions” is back with an eye on creative New Yorkers. Qualeasha Wood is a textile artist who explores Black identity and cyberculture, often through woven selfies. She’s a 2021–22 resident artist at the Studio Museum in Harlem. The Met acquired her weaving The [Black] Madonna/Whore Complex in […]