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Allison Hewitt Ward

Kara Walker and the New History Painting

By Allison Hewitt Ward

Her offering this fall, “Sikkema Jenkins and Co. is Compelled to present the most Astounding and Important Painting show of the fall Art Show viewing season!...,” (the title is too long to reproduce in full) presents a set of new and urgently drawn canvases and works on paper.

Kara Walker, <em>Slaughter of the Innocents (They Might be Guilty of Something)</em>, 2017. Cut paper on canvas, 79 x 220 inches. © Kara Walker, courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York.
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JUNE 2023

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