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Mavis Pusey

View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.
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Artist Spotlight: Mavis Pusey
Posted: January 18, 2018
Category: Mavis Pusey
Magnetic Fields: Expanding American Abstraction, 1960s to Today places abstract works by multiple generations of black women artists in context with one another—and within the larger history of abstract art—for...
A group of women with a dark medium skin tone are standing in a gallery looking at a large abstract painting and gesturing towards it, discussing the painting. The women look very interested and are having a lively conversation. The painting is a large abstract painting featuring geometric shapes in red, brown, and black.