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Collaborative painting by nine Australian Aboriginal women artists from the APY Lands #WomensArt https://t.co/poL9fjoUJf

Sam Gilliam, whose draping, color-drenched canvases insisted on the radical potential of abstraction, has died at 88. https://t.co/253uB2rHuq

We are saddened by the news of the passing of Sam Gilliam. His 1968 work "Carousel State"—a generous gift from the artist himself in 2018—has become a beloved feature of The Met’s permanent collection galleries. https://t.co/U0J4jFK6OU

Painter Sam Gilliam, celebrated for his boldly colored draped canvasses, has died at 88: https://t.co/c6JLDVLNo7 https://t.co/7bP427FNoI

FBI agents raided the Orlando Museum of Art on Friday and seized 25 paintings with a contested attribution to Jean-Michel Basquiat. https://t.co/dNn1aGw7zv

"For women poetry is not a luxury. It's a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of the light within which we predicate our hopes & dreams toward survival and change, first made into language, then into idea,then into more tangible action." Audre Lorde #WomensArt https://t.co/YNuE5cdiyc

A stunning example of what #SamGilliam initially termed "sculptural paintings" or "suspended paintings," the work is now best known as a "drape painting" and marked a breakthrough in his practice. ⁣ ⁣ © Estate of Sam Gilliam https://t.co/cEGozQd1JC

The Orlando Museum of Art’s Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibition was forced to close early after the FBI seized all 25 of the show’s paintings amid questions about their authenticity https://t.co/5g1DTdFZCA

"My drape paintings are never hung the same way twice. The composition is always present, but one must let things go, be open to improvisation, spontaneity, what’s happening in a space while one works." Remembering #SamGilliam (1933–2022) with this 1970 work from our collection. https://t.co/uGVtxs5s03

Discover the curatorial collaborations critical to the exhibition “Lee Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse” at the the Eighth R.L. Shep Triennial Symposium on Textiles and Dress. RSVP for this free online talk Tue. Jun. 28, 10 am PT: https://t.co/yumcbUGrdy https://t.co/0kkEIJpEd6

Elizabeth Shippen Green (1871-1954), US illustrator who worked on children's books and for various publications #WomensArt https://t.co/1W8Tu6rHbL

"Carousel State" and Gilliam's other works in The Met’s collections will continue to be a testament to how he expanded the possibilities of painting and charted a new course for abstraction. https://t.co/g0aqKy8O4V

Sam Gilliam, the abstractionist known for his paintings on unstretched canvases and for being the first Black artist to represent the US at the Venice Biennale, has died, aged 88 https://t.co/CNeyNAFjGv

Two dissident Cuban artists have been slapped with lengthy prison sentences for speaking out against the state: https://t.co/eDKJs14Mnq https://t.co/j8a5RAAe5s

“If you are concerned about whatever it is you want to do, you dream about it. You wake up in the morning and you’ve got a solution… There is always tomorrow.” — Sam Gilliam https://t.co/FvgGBISO9O https://t.co/UP6iJkrxoI