| Details | During her pathbreaking career, Lois Mailou Jones traversed diverse cultural landscapes and artistic styles. Her engagement with the arts of Africa and the Caribbean began in 1930s Paris, a theme of the current Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900–1939. Jones’s art and legacy will be the focus of a conversation moderated by the exhibition curator, Robyn Asleson, with guest speakers Carol Rhodes Dyson, adjunct professor of art history at Howard University; Alicia Knock, curator in the Contemporary Creation and Prospective Department at the Centre Pompidou; and Kelly-Christina Grant, former Smithsonian American Art Museum fellow and Villa Albertine resident. This event is a joint program of the National Portrait Gallery and the Embassy of France. |
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