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Richter and El Anatsui at Edward Tyler Nahem for Art Basel Edward Tyler Nahem has two very different abstract works leading its booth at Art Basel: Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art (ETNFA) will present a selection of painting and sculpture from distinguished European and American masters to preeminent contemporary artists.

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By @edwardtnahemfineart " #ETNFA held an enlightening discussion with the artists of #NOSUCHPLACE: Contemporary African Artists in America this past Monday. Be sure to stop by the exhibition before it closes this Friday, April 3rd! #edwardtylernahem #57thstreetgallery #nycgallery #regram "

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Thanks to @UPTOWNMagazine for the thoughtful piece on NO SUCH PLACE: Contemporary African Artists in America. http://uptownmagazine.com/2015/03/no-such-place-ew-narrative-about-african-art/#.VQhmrUAlR_Y.twitter #edwardtylernahemfineart #ETN #ETNFA #edwardnahem #NYCgallery #gallery #art #57thstreetgallery #nosuchplace

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#contemporaryafricanartist #artlife #artfeedsthesoul #thingstodoinnyc regram @youngglobal Happy Snowday! Here is another sneak peek of the artists in the #NoSuchPlace exhibition co-curated by #DexterWimberly and #LarryOsseiMensah on view at @edwardtnahemfineart opening Feb. 26th. By @edwardtnahemfineart "Here is ruby onyinyechi amanze. http://rubyamanze.com/ #rubyonyinyechiamanze is a Brooklyn based artist of Nigerian birth and British upbringing. her drawings and works on paper have been influenced greatly by this cultural hybridity, as well as textile design, photography, print-making and architecture. #edwardtylernahemfineart #ETN #ETNFA #edwardnahem #NYCgallery #gallery #art #57thstreetgallery #nosuchplace #rubyamanze " #Nigeria #naijagirl #Africa #africanart #drawing #edwardtylernahemfineart

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#ETNFA gallery director Spring Dautel at Bass Museum of Art's "A Night at the Museum" this past Wednesday. #bassnatm #bassmuseum #edwardtylernahem #etnfa #nycgallery

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Art Basel Hong Kong opens to the public this Sunday! Previews are happening today and tomorrow. Please stop by- Stand 3D33. #abhk2015 #artbaselhongkong #etnfa #edwardtylernahemfineart #nycgallery #warhol

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Thanks to Arise Entertainment 360 for their TV interview with NO SUCH PLACE co-curator Dexter Wimberly and two of the artists, Adejoke Tugbiyele and Brendan Fernandes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goJAT4oXmKo #edwardtylernahemfineart #ETN #ETNFA #edwardnahem #NYCgallery #gallery #art #57thstreetgallery #nosuchplace

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Gallery Director Spring Dautel getting a sneak peek of the "Tàpies: From Within" exhibition at the Pérez Art Museum Miami. #edwardtylernahemfineart #ETN #ETNFA #edwardnahem #NYCgallery #gallery #art #57thstreetgallery #tapies (at Pérez Art Museum Miami)

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In London? Be sure to stop by Alison Jacques Gallery before the #GrahamLittle exhibition closes on February 14th. #ETNFA facilitated the loan of one of the works to the exhibition. http://www.alisonjacquesgallery.com/exhibitions/current/ #edwardtylernahemfineart #ETN #ETNFA #edwardnahem #NYCgallery #gallery #art #57thstreetgallery

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Last night, Secretary of State John Kerry presented Kehinde Wiley with the US State Department Medal of Arts. The medal is awarded for substantive commitment to the US State Department's cultural diplomacy outreach through the visual arts. http://art.state.gov/Projects.aspx Kehinde Wiley will be the subject of a major survey exhibition, Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic, at the Brooklyn Museum from February 20 - May 24, 2015. The gallery has facilitated the loan of one of the works to the exhibition. #edwardtylernahemfineart #ETN #ETNFA #edwardnahem #NYCgallery #gallery #art #57thstreetgallery #kehindewiley

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Today's NO SUCH PLACE: Contemporary African Artists in America artist is Modou Dieng. The exhibition opens on February 26th. Senegalese Born, Living in the USA. Modou Dieng is a multidisciplinary artist working in mixed-media, painting, photography and installation. Dieng’s interests lie in conceptualizing visions of domestic life constituted by a mix of archival sources, topography, and combinations of materials and forms. The work deals with historical issues of race, social status, gender, cosmopolitanism, and belonging. Modou Dieng received his BFA from Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts (Senegal), and his MFA from San Francisco Art Institute. Dieng is Associate Professor at Pacific Northwest College of Art. #edwardtylernahemfineart #ETN #ETNFA #edwardnahem #NYCgallery #gallery #art #57thstreetgallery #nosuchplace #modoudieng

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Today's NO SUCH PLACE: Contemporary African Artists in America artist is Adejoke Tugbiyele. The exhibition opens on February 26th. http://www.adejoketugbiyele.com/ Adejoke Tugbiyele is a Nigerian-American sculptor and experimental video artist. She works in various mediums including wire, natural fibers, fabric, and wood. The themes in her work range from sexual identity and human rights to leadership and governance. Tugbiyele’s work has been exhibited and screened at reputable institutions both in the United States and internationally including the The Center for Contemporary Art in Lagos Nigeria, the Museum of Arts and Design, The Jewish Museum of New York, The Centre for Contemporary Art in Warsaw Poland, The Museum of Biblical Art, The James E. Lewis Museum of Art, The Reginald F. Lewis Museum, Spelman College Museum of Art and The United Nations Headquarters. She has also shown at Art Dubai 2014, the 6th Annual Joburg Art Fair in 2013, Johannesburg, South Africa and the 2014 video art fair, LOOP Barcelona, Spain and the Goethe Institute in Lagos, Nigeria. After studying and practicing as an architect, Tugbiyele went on to receive a Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture from Maryland Institute College of Art (2013). She is the recipient of several awards including the Fulbright U.S. Student Fellowship 2013-14, The Amalie Rothschild Award (2013) and the William M. Phillips Award for best figurative sculpture (2012) at Maryland Institute College of Art. She has appeared/published as an artist and queer activist on CNN international, The Feminist Wire and the Huffington Post. Her work has been featured in numerous publications including Metropolis M magazine in the Netherlands and Omenka Magazine in Lagos, Nigeria. #AdejokeTugbiyele #edwardtylernahemfineart #ETN #ETNFA #edwardnahem #NYCgallery #gallery #art #57thstreetgallery #nosuchplace

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Today's NO SUCH PLACE: Contemporary African Artists in America artist is Wura-Natasha Ogunji. The exhibition opens on February 26th. http://wuraogunji.com/home.html Wura-Natasha Ogunji is a visual artist and performer. Her works includedrawings stitched into paper and performance-based videos. Selected exhibitions include Owambe (David Dale Gallery, Glasgow), Six Draughtsmen (MOCADA, New York) and The Progress of Love (Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos; The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis; The Menil Collection, Houston). Her videos have screened at such places including Instituto Camões, Luanda; RAVY Festival, Yaounde; and 5th Festival Les Instants Vidéo, Beirut and Marseille. Ogunji has received a number of awards, including a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (2012) and grants from the Dallas Museum of Art (2010), the Idea Fund, Houston (2010), and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation (2005). She has a BA from Stanford University (Anthropology) and an MFA from San Jose State University (Photography). She lives in Austin and Lagos. #edwardtylernahemfineart #ETN #ETNFA #edwardnahem #NYCgallery #gallery #art #57thstreetgallery #nosuchplace #wuraogunji

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Today's NO SUCH PLACE: Contemporary African Artists in America artist is Vivienne Koorland. The exhibition opens on February 26th. http://www.viviennekoorland.com/ Born in Cape Town in 1957, first child to a South African industrial chemist with communist leanings and a Polish Jewish mother smuggled out of the Warsaw Ghetto in 1943, she was largely brought up by her Afrikaner grandmother with strong ties to the farmland and by her Russian violinist grandfather, concertmaster of the Cape Town City orchestra. Koorland studied Fine Art and Art History at the University of Cape Town, Michaelis school of Art, in the 1970’s under the architect/ photographer Neville Dubow, and the painter Stanley Pinker. #edwardtylernahemfineart #ETN #ETNFA #edwardnahem #NYCgallery #gallery #art #57thstreetgallery #nosuchplace #viviennekoorland

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Today's NO SUCH PLACE: Contemporary African Artists in America artist is Sherin Guirguis. The exhibition opens on February 26th. http://www.sheringuirguis.com/ Egyptian-born artist Sherin Guirguis introduces Arabic ornamentation and calligraphy to Minimalist language. Her paintings incorporate a variety of materials such as watercolors, ink, and copper leaf, blending colorful abstraction with repetitive geometric patterns. #SherinGuirguis #edwardtylernahemfineart #ETN #ETNFA #edwardnahem #NYCgallery #gallery #art #57thstreetgallery #nosuchplace

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Today's NO SUCH PLACE: Contemporary African Artists in America artist is Derek Fordjour. The exhibition opens on February 26th. http://derekfordjour.com/ Derek Fordjour is an artist working in variety of media, primarily drawing and painting and sculpture. He studied at Pratt Institute and the Art Student's League in New York City. He is a graduate of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, earned a Master's Degree in Art Education from Harvard University and is currently pursuing an MFA in painting at Hunter College in New York City. His work is in several collections throughout the United States and Europe. #edwardtylernahemfineart #ETN #ETNFA #edwardnahem #NYCgallery #gallery #art #57thstreetgallery #nosuchplace #derekfordjour