A report by Kaelen Wilson-Goldie for Art Forum. When the Haitian artist Myrlande Constant was a teenager in Port-au-Prince, she went to work with her mother in a factory making elaborately beaded wedding dresses. When she left, she began using the beads to make extremely unorthodox versions of drapo vodou the small embroidered and sequined flags that…
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Opening on Thursday, September 21, 2023, at 7:30pm, the Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery (Galería Lyle O. Reitzel Arte Contemporáneo), celebrates its 28th anniversary by presenting the newest double bill exhibition, with two simultaneous solo shows: “Manifesto,” by Cuban artist Gustavo Acosta (Room A), and “Vistas y Placeres” (Room B) the solo-show debut of Colombian-Dominican artist…