{"id":1939105,"date":"2026-05-15T10:00:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T07:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1939105"},"modified":"2026-05-15T10:00:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T07:00:40","slug":"mary-lovelace-oneal-leaves-her-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1939105","title":{"rendered":"Mary Lovelace O\u2019Neal Leaves Her Mark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><main class=\"gh-main\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"gh-article post tag-daily-newsletter tag-newsletter no-image\">\n<header class=\"gh-article-header gh-canvas\">\n<p>                Daily Newsletter<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"gh-article-title is-title\">Mary Lovelace O\u2019Neal Leaves Her Mark<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">The artist and Civil Rights activist dies at 84, The Met and Neue Galerie merge, and NADA is back with \u201cabstracted horniness.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta\">\n<div class=\"gh-article-author-image instapaper_ignore\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-profile-image\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w160\/2025\/11\/hyperallergic-favicon-d-blank-r-g-s-500.png\" alt=\"Hyperallergic\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta-wrapper\">\n<h4 class=\"gh-article-author-name\">Hyperallergic<\/h4>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta-content\"><time class=\"gh-article-meta-date\" datetime=\"2026-05-15\">May 15, 2026<\/time><span class=\"gh-article-meta-length\"><span class=\"bull\">\u2014<\/span> 3 min read<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"gh-content gh-canvas is-body\">\n<p>Abstract mixed-media painter Mary Lovelace O\u2019Neal, who passed away this past Sunday, grew up in Jackson, Mississippi. At that time, cultural institutions like art museums were segregated: Black people were permitted to visit only on certain days of the month. How much has changed since those days \u2014\u00a0not least thanks to Lovelace O\u2019Neal herself, who was active in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s under the mentorship of the likes of Stokely Carmichael and Jacob Lawrence. \u201cI can mark,\u201d she often said. So she did, in every sense of the word.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Lisa Yin Zhang, associate editor<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/met-merger.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Ronald S. Lauder and Max Hollein (photo courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"manhattan%E2%80%99s-neue-galerie-to-merge-with-met-museum\">Manhattan\u2019s Neue Galerie to Merge With Met Museum<\/h3>\n<p>Cosmetics billionaire Ronald Lauder\u2019s private museum has a vast collection of Austrian and German art. | Isa Farfan <\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-immersive  kg-cta-has-img  \" data-layout=\"immersive\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>SPONSORED<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/01c7f9d2-4fcd-11f1-89de-de097870deb9.jpeg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x628\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><span>With hands-on, interdisciplinary coursework; high-level networking opportunities; and an engaging internship, the three-semester MA in Art Market Studies at FIT prepares students to shepherd artists in their careers, buy and sell artworks, and succeed at the business of art.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"art-up-close\">Art Up Close<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/NADA-newsletter.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>A visitor passes through ADA Gallery\u2019s solo presentation of works by Ryan Browning. (photo Rhea Nayyar\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"between-tropes-and-treats-at-nada-new-york\">Between Tropes and Treats at NADA New York<\/h3>\n<p>In a sea of zany little sculptures and assemblages, shiny stuff\u2122, abstracted horniness, and kitschy vibrancy, there were works I did enjoy. | Rhea Nayyar<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"todd-gray-reframes-black-diasporic-history\">Todd Gray Reframes Black Diasporic History<\/h3>\n<p>His installations of layered photos drawn from an expansive Black heritage entice viewers to keep looking, find connections, and ask questions. | David S. Rubin<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-immersive  kg-cta-has-img  \" data-layout=\"immersive\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>SPONSORED<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/lehman.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"2000x1125\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Lehman College Art Gallery Presents the 2026 Thesis Exhibition<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>On view May 20 to 28, the show brings together over thirty undergraduate and graduate artists, reflecting a broad spectrum of conceptual inquiry and material experimentation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"community\">Community<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/mary-lovelace.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Mary Lovelace O\u2019Neal (photo courtesy Jenkins Johnson Gallery New York and San Francisco)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"mary-lovelace-o%E2%80%99neal-painter-and-civil-rights-luminary-dies-at-84\">Mary Lovelace O\u2019Neal, Painter and Civil Rights Luminary, Dies at 84<\/h3>\n<p>The beloved artist was best known for monumental canvases and inventive, gestural \u201clampblack\u201d works. <\/p>\n<h3 id=\"art-movements-michelle-millar-fisher-heads-to-cooper-hewitt\">Art Movements: Michelle Millar Fisher Heads to Cooper Hewitt<\/h3>\n<p>The New York museum hires a new chief curator, Getty grants $1.8M for Black visual art archives, and an artist\u2019s cheeky plea on the High Line.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"required-reading\">Required Reading<\/h3>\n<p>This week: artists\u2019 antidote to AI slop, Kimberl\u00e9 Crenshaw\u2019s new memoir, New Orleans and climate change, an Art Deco train, and what do sex workers think about \u201cEuphoria\u201d?<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"icymi\">ICYMI<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/ML.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>O\u2019Neal in her studio in M\u00e9rida (photo Karen Jenkins-Johnson)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"beer-with-a-painter-mary-lovelace-o%E2%80%99neal\">Beer With a Painter: Mary Lovelace O\u2019Neal<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cAt this marvelous hard-won age, the days of jumping and dancing with the paintings are over. But I don&#8217;t feel limited,\u201d says the artist, educator, and Civil Rights luminary. | Jennifer Samet<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-tags\">\n<li>\n                        Daily Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<li>\n                        Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/main><\/p>\n<article class=\"gh-article post tag-daily-newsletter tag-newsletter no-image\">\n<header class=\"gh-article-header gh-canvas\">\n<p>                Daily Newsletter<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"gh-article-title is-title\">Mary Lovelace O\u2019Neal Leaves Her Mark<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">The artist and Civil Rights activist dies at 84, The Met and Neue Galerie merge, and NADA is back with \u201cabstracted horniness.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta\">\n<div class=\"gh-article-author-image instapaper_ignore\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-profile-image\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w160\/2025\/11\/hyperallergic-favicon-d-blank-r-g-s-500.png\" alt=\"Hyperallergic\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta-wrapper\">\n<h4 class=\"gh-article-author-name\">Hyperallergic<\/h4>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta-content\"><time class=\"gh-article-meta-date\" datetime=\"2026-05-15\">May 15, 2026<\/time><span class=\"gh-article-meta-length\"><span class=\"bull\">\u2014<\/span> 3 min read<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"gh-content gh-canvas is-body\">\n<p>Abstract mixed-media painter Mary Lovelace O\u2019Neal, who passed away this past Sunday, grew up in Jackson, Mississippi. At that time, cultural institutions like art museums were segregated: Black people were permitted to visit only on certain days of the month. How much has changed since those days \u2014\u00a0not least thanks to Lovelace O\u2019Neal herself, who was active in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s under the mentorship of the likes of Stokely Carmichael and Jacob Lawrence. \u201cI can mark,\u201d she often said. So she did, in every sense of the word.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Lisa Yin Zhang, associate editor<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/met-merger.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Ronald S. Lauder and Max Hollein (photo courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"manhattan%E2%80%99s-neue-galerie-to-merge-with-met-museum\">Manhattan\u2019s Neue Galerie to Merge With Met Museum<\/h3>\n<p>Cosmetics billionaire Ronald Lauder\u2019s private museum has a vast collection of Austrian and German art. | Isa Farfan <\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-immersive  kg-cta-has-img  \" data-layout=\"immersive\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>SPONSORED<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/01c7f9d2-4fcd-11f1-89de-de097870deb9.jpeg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x628\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><span>With hands-on, interdisciplinary coursework; high-level networking opportunities; and an engaging internship, the three-semester MA in Art Market Studies at FIT prepares students to shepherd artists in their careers, buy and sell artworks, and succeed at the business of art.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"art-up-close\">Art Up Close<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/NADA-newsletter.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>A visitor passes through ADA Gallery\u2019s solo presentation of works by Ryan Browning. (photo Rhea Nayyar\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"between-tropes-and-treats-at-nada-new-york\">Between Tropes and Treats at NADA New York<\/h3>\n<p>In a sea of zany little sculptures and assemblages, shiny stuff\u2122, abstracted horniness, and kitschy vibrancy, there were works I did enjoy. | Rhea Nayyar<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"todd-gray-reframes-black-diasporic-history\">Todd Gray Reframes Black Diasporic History<\/h3>\n<p>His installations of layered photos drawn from an expansive Black heritage entice viewers to keep looking, find connections, and ask questions. | David S. Rubin<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-immersive  kg-cta-has-img  \" data-layout=\"immersive\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>SPONSORED<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/lehman.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"2000x1125\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Lehman College Art Gallery Presents the 2026 Thesis Exhibition<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>On view May 20 to 28, the show brings together over thirty undergraduate and graduate artists, reflecting a broad spectrum of conceptual inquiry and material experimentation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"community\">Community<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/mary-lovelace.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Mary Lovelace O\u2019Neal (photo courtesy Jenkins Johnson Gallery New York and San Francisco)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"mary-lovelace-o%E2%80%99neal-painter-and-civil-rights-luminary-dies-at-84\">Mary Lovelace O\u2019Neal, Painter and Civil Rights Luminary, Dies at 84<\/h3>\n<p>The beloved artist was best known for monumental canvases and inventive, gestural \u201clampblack\u201d works. <\/p>\n<h3 id=\"art-movements-michelle-millar-fisher-heads-to-cooper-hewitt\">Art Movements: Michelle Millar Fisher Heads to Cooper Hewitt<\/h3>\n<p>The New York museum hires a new chief curator, Getty grants $1.8M for Black visual art archives, and an artist\u2019s cheeky plea on the High Line.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"required-reading\">Required Reading<\/h3>\n<p>This week: artists\u2019 antidote to AI slop, Kimberl\u00e9 Crenshaw\u2019s new memoir, New Orleans and climate change, an Art Deco train, and what do sex workers think about \u201cEuphoria\u201d?<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"icymi\">ICYMI<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/ML.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>O\u2019Neal in her studio in M\u00e9rida (photo Karen Jenkins-Johnson)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"beer-with-a-painter-mary-lovelace-o%E2%80%99neal\">Beer With a Painter: Mary Lovelace O\u2019Neal<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cAt this marvelous hard-won age, the days of jumping and dancing with the paintings are over. But I don&#8217;t feel limited,\u201d says the artist, educator, and Civil Rights luminary. | Jennifer Samet<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-tags\">\n<li>\n                        Daily Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<li>\n                        Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<section class=\"gh-content gh-canvas is-body\">\n<p>Abstract mixed-media painter Mary Lovelace O\u2019Neal, who passed away this past Sunday, grew up in Jackson, Mississippi. At that time, cultural institutions like art museums were segregated: Black people were permitted to visit only on certain days of the month. How much has changed since those days \u2014\u00a0not least thanks to Lovelace O\u2019Neal herself, who was active in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s under the mentorship of the likes of Stokely Carmichael and Jacob Lawrence. \u201cI can mark,\u201d she often said. So she did, in every sense of the word.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Lisa Yin Zhang, associate editor<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/met-merger.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Ronald S. Lauder and Max Hollein (photo courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"manhattan%E2%80%99s-neue-galerie-to-merge-with-met-museum\">Manhattan\u2019s Neue Galerie to Merge With Met Museum<\/h3>\n<p>Cosmetics billionaire Ronald Lauder\u2019s private museum has a vast collection of Austrian and German art. | Isa Farfan <\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-immersive  kg-cta-has-img  \" data-layout=\"immersive\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>SPONSORED<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/01c7f9d2-4fcd-11f1-89de-de097870deb9.jpeg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x628\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><span>With hands-on, interdisciplinary coursework; high-level networking opportunities; and an engaging internship, the three-semester MA in Art Market Studies at FIT prepares students to shepherd artists in their careers, buy and sell artworks, and succeed at the business of art.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"art-up-close\">Art Up Close<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/NADA-newsletter.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>A visitor passes through ADA Gallery\u2019s solo presentation of works by Ryan Browning. (photo Rhea Nayyar\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"between-tropes-and-treats-at-nada-new-york\">Between Tropes and Treats at NADA New York<\/h3>\n<p>In a sea of zany little sculptures and assemblages, shiny stuff\u2122, abstracted horniness, and kitschy vibrancy, there were works I did enjoy. | Rhea Nayyar<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"todd-gray-reframes-black-diasporic-history\">Todd Gray Reframes Black Diasporic History<\/h3>\n<p>His installations of layered photos drawn from an expansive Black heritage entice viewers to keep looking, find connections, and ask questions. | David S. Rubin<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-immersive  kg-cta-has-img  \" data-layout=\"immersive\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>SPONSORED<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/lehman.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"2000x1125\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Lehman College Art Gallery Presents the 2026 Thesis Exhibition<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>On view May 20 to 28, the show brings together over thirty undergraduate and graduate artists, reflecting a broad spectrum of conceptual inquiry and material experimentation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"community\">Community<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/mary-lovelace.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Mary Lovelace O\u2019Neal (photo courtesy Jenkins Johnson Gallery New York and San Francisco)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"mary-lovelace-o%E2%80%99neal-painter-and-civil-rights-luminary-dies-at-84\">Mary Lovelace O\u2019Neal, Painter and Civil Rights Luminary, Dies at 84<\/h3>\n<p>The beloved artist was best known for monumental canvases and inventive, gestural \u201clampblack\u201d works. <\/p>\n<h3 id=\"art-movements-michelle-millar-fisher-heads-to-cooper-hewitt\">Art Movements: Michelle Millar Fisher Heads to Cooper Hewitt<\/h3>\n<p>The New York museum hires a new chief curator, Getty grants $1.8M for Black visual art archives, and an artist\u2019s cheeky plea on the High Line.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"required-reading\">Required Reading<\/h3>\n<p>This week: artists\u2019 antidote to AI slop, Kimberl\u00e9 Crenshaw\u2019s new memoir, New Orleans and climate change, an Art Deco train, and what do sex workers think about \u201cEuphoria\u201d?<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"icymi\">ICYMI<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/ML.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>O\u2019Neal in her studio in M\u00e9rida (photo Karen Jenkins-Johnson)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"beer-with-a-painter-mary-lovelace-o%E2%80%99neal\">Beer With a Painter: Mary Lovelace O\u2019Neal<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cAt this marvelous hard-won age, the days of jumping and dancing with the paintings are over. But I don&#8217;t feel limited,\u201d says the artist, educator, and Civil Rights luminary. | Jennifer Samet<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-tags\">\n<li>\n                        Daily Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<li>\n                        Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/05\/Option2RISDGradShow25JBS023--1-.jpeg\" alt=\"RISD Grad Show 2026\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">RISD Grad Show 2026<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Graduate student work representing 19 advanced degree programs will be on view online and in person at the Rhode Island Convention Center starting May 21.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Rhode Island School of Design<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/05\/At-the-Winter-Palace--MD.JPG\" alt=\"Lucid Perturbations: The Sewn Drawings and Books of China Marks\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Lucid Perturbations: The Sewn Drawings and Books of China Marks<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">This exhibition at Zane Bennett Contemporary Art marks the first major solo exhibition of the artist\u2019s hypnagogic artworks.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Zane Bennett Contemporary Art<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/05\/hyperallergic.jpg\" alt=\"Lehman College Art Gallery Presents the 2026 Thesis Exhibition\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Lehman College Art Gallery Presents the 2026 Thesis Exhibition<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">On view May 20 to 28, the show brings together over thirty undergraduate and graduate artists, reflecting a broad spectrum of conceptual inquiry and material experimentation. <\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Lehman College Art Gallery<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/05\/ART-BUSAN-2025_Fair-view-05.jpg\" alt=\"Art Busan Is Building a More Sustainable Art Market\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Art Busan Is Building a More Sustainable Art Market<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Held from May 21 to 24, this year\u2019s edition brings together over 110 galleries from 18 countries and proposes a more balanced and resilient collecting ecosystem.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Art Busan<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/mary-lovelace-oneal-leaves-her-mark\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; 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