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Washington Citypaper, 2025

Lorraine O’Grady’s landmark series Miscegenated Family Album, on view at Spagnuolo Gallery, juxtaposes photographs from the artist’s family archive with images of Egyptian artifacts, creating what she described as an “unresolvable conversation.” Through these pairings, O’Grady explores themes of race, ancestry, family history, and memorialization.

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Georgetown University Art Galleries, 2025

In Miscegenated Family Album (1994), Lorraine O’Grady pairs images of Queen Nefertiti with photographs of her late sister Devonia Evangeline O’Grady Allen, drawing parallels across mixed-race identity, family history, and cultural legacy. Originating from a 1980 performance, the work probes the complexities of belonging while serving as an elegy for a sister lost before reconciliation.

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