Armitage fused East African histories, mythology, sexuality, violence, and colonial memory into lush, unstable compositions that felt simultaneously intimate and epic.
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Thomas Rom,
ARTnews.com,
8 June 2026
Considering that universities have a mixed record of preserving their histories, let’s hear it for the University of Chicago.
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The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2026
The show focuses on various themes, among them, Revolutionary Textiles, which documents the Homespun movement that arose to boycott British imports; Across the Atlantic centers on continental influences on Colonial fashion; The Business of Sea chronicles Sag Harbor’s maritime past.
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Catherine Sabino,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Named one of the Ten Best Books of 2024 by the New York Times, this masterpiece of self-revelation chronicles the author’s gender transition in her late 60s.
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