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NYC: Bearden’s centennial

The bold, visionary artist Romare Bearden was born 100 years ago, and the U.S. art world is marking the occasion. But institutions in the city, from the Schomburg to the Met, are celebrating the collagist’s centenary with vibrant retrospectives. “In Bearden’s embracing art all borders are down — between personal and universal, town and country, history and myth,” writes Holland Cotter in The New York Times. “Africa, Europe and the Americas too are borderless. Bearden is artist in chief of the modern cosmopolis, griot in residence of the global village. All hail.” More in Art

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