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A New Leaf Gallery / Sculpturesite, A.E. “Bean” Backus Gallery & Museum, A.M.S. Malborough Gallery, A/D Gallery, David Aaron, Joan Aaronson, Pacita Abad, Srboohie Abajian, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Eduardo Abaroa, Leo Antonio Abaya, Hamra Abbas, Berenice Abbott, Debe Abbott, Emily Abbott, ABC Modern, Samia Abdel Wahed, Douglas Abdell, Ebtisam Abdul-Aziz, Ian Abdulla, Dawit Abebe, Jenny Abell, Virginia Abernethy, Tony Abeyta, Tony Abeyta, Christian Abrahamsen, Marina Abramovic, Benjamin Abramowitz Trust, Ronald and Anne Abramson, Ben Abril, Zuheir Abu Omar, AC Project Room, ACA Galleries, Carla Accardi, Ace Gallery, Katherine Ace, Zoa Ace, William Acheff, Keith Achepohl, Alice Acheson, Peter Acheson, Lac Achigan, Yvette Achkar, William Acker, ACME Fine Art and Design, Acquavella Galleries, Inc., Adair Margo Gallery, William Adair, Alice Adams, Ansel Adams, B.J. Aiston, Doug Aitken, Abe Ajay, Betty Ajay, Samuel Akainyah, Haluk Akakce, Bernice Akamine, Estelle Akamine, Ann Aker, Gary Akers, Norman Akers, Dmitriy Akhunbabayev, Mary Beth Akre, Lee Aks, Akwesasne Cultural Center, Yumna Al Arashi, Ammar Al Attar, Hussein Al Mohasen, Maryam Al Qassimi, Fatma Al Shebani, Nahad Al Turk, Nihad Al Turk, Jide Alakija, Miguel Alamilla, Alan Avery Art Company, Alaska Native Ar
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Civitella Ranieri Group 3, 2019
August 8th – September 17th, 2019 Fellows and Director’s Guests:
Hamra Abbas, Fellow, (Visual Arts, Kuwait/Pakistan)
Hamra Abbas’s artistic practice draws from a myriad of sources and takes on a diversity of forms and media. Her investigative approach produces a diverse and holistic body of work addressing notions of cultural history, sexuality, violence, ornamentation, devotion and faith. She is the recipient of the Jury prize at Sharjah Biennial 9 I 2009, the Abraaj Capital Art Prize in 2011 and was shortlisted for the Jameel Prize in 2009. Her most recent exhibitions have been at Lahore Art Gallery, Pakistan, 2018; Canvas gallery, Karachi, Pakistan, 2017; Lawrie Shabibi, Dubai, UAE, 2016; and at PILOT, Istanbul, Turkey, 2015.
Kurt Andersen, Director’s Guest, (Writing, USA)
Kurt Andersen is the author of many critically acclaimed bestselling books, including four novels and, most recently, Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History. He has also written for television and the theater. In addition, he’s host and co-creator of Studio 360, the Peabody Award-winning weekly public radio show, and contributes regularly to The New York Times and Vanity Fair. Previously, he was a columnist for The New Yorker
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