Pursuits
Anderson Cooper, Steve Martin Hit Armory as Black Artists Dazzle
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Dana Lixenberg's portraits of residents of the Imperial Courts housing project in Los Angeles at the Armory Show.
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A pair of 7-foot-tall collages depicting room interiors and a pensive-looking black woman in a yellow sleeveless dress caught the attention of Armory Show visitors such as CNN anchor Anderson Cooper on Wednesday afternoon.
The 2016 diptych by Nigerian-born artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby, the centerpiece of Victoria Miro gallery’s booth at the New York show, was priced at $75,000 and sold to a museum.