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Art In America, 2025

In this reflection, Chloë Bass remembers Lorraine O’Grady’s generosity, mentorship, and intellectual clarity. Through personal correspondence and encounters over the years, Bass highlights O’Grady’s enduring concept of “both/and”—a rejection of rigid binaries—and her ability to articulate ideas about race, power, and culture that continue to shape generations of artists and thinkers.

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A-M Journal, 2024

In A-M Journal, Lorraine O’Grady reflects on her life’s work and her “both/and” philosophy, rejecting binary thinking through the symbolic use of the diptych. Paired with Mariane Ibrahim’s insights on her gallery ecosystem, the article illuminates two influential figures reshaping contemporary art through innovation, inclusivity, and critical dialogue.

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