Lorraine O'Grady (1934 - 2024)

We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of the extraordinary artist, Lorraine O'Grady (1934 - 2024), at 90 years old, today, Friday, December 13, 2024. 
 
Throughout her four-decade career, Lorraine O’Grady’s comprehensive concept-based practice and cultural criticism have positioned her as one of the art world’s leading intellectual voices. Her ability to work across media and disciplines––including writing, photography, performance, curating, installation, and video––was remarkable, and will continue to challenge artistic and cultural conventions through her incisive critique of the binary logic inherent in Western thought.  
 
“Lorraine O’Grady was a force to be reckoned with. Lorraine refused to be labeled or limited, embracing the multiplicity of history that reflected her identity and life’s journey. Lorraine paved a path for artists and women artists of color, to forge critical and confident pathways between art and forms of writing. Our lives, though shaped by different histories, mirrored in ways that connected us to each other. Lorraine legacy will live on, a force that continues to echo through everything she created, touching all who encounter her work with the same power and depth she embodied.” – Mariane Ibrahim  
 
“People tell me my world looks as if it could have been made yesterday. To me, this is a sign that little has fundamentally changed. Even our successes stay safely bracketed. My tasks in art remain the same: to find ways to develop and maintain a rich inner life while standing firm in the attempt to overturn the depredations of the outer world.” – Lorraine O’Grady
Diciembre 14, 2024