Landmarks Features: A Conversation with Simone Leigh

A celebration of "Sentinel IV" with Simone Leigh. Hosted by Landmarks, the public art program of The University of Texas at Austin, 15 July 2021.
Many thanks to our panelists for joining our virtual celebration: curatorial contributor Dr. Stephanie Sparling Williams; Chair of UT's African and African Diaspora Studies Department and Professor of Art and Art History Dr. Cherise Smith; Landmarks director and founder Andrée Bober; and College of Fine Arts Dean Ramón Rivera-Servera.

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Hetep! I'm an interdisciplinary artist and independent curator who lives in Austin with close connections to the Black Studies and art departments. I'm extremely surprised and upset that Black artists in the community were left out of this talk and "landmark" acquisition. I'm literally on campus at least once a month (now that I no longer work at UT) and never knew that Simone Leigh has one of her pieces on UT campus. Of course, it's in a location that the public/communities folks can't access.
I admire Simone Leigh and have mad luv for her work. It's a shame Austin's Black artists and community were left out of this talk and milestone. Just sayin...