Latest News in Black Art features updates and developments in the world of art and related culture Ibrahim Said. | Photo by Dhanraj Emanuel, Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery AWARDS & HONORS Maxwell | Hanrahan Awards in Craft Announced Five artists received 2024 Maxwell | Hanrahan Awards in Craft: Cristina Córdova, Ibrahim Said, Nisha Bansil, Raul De Lara, and Thea Alvin. Each winner was awarded $100,000 in unrestricted funds from the Maxwell | Hanrahan Foundation, which is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Said is an Egyptian ceramicist, who divides his time between North Carolina and Cairo, Egypt. According to the announcement, Said’s practice “recognizes the rich cultural heritage, techniques and the history of the pottery industry from his hometown of Fustat, Egypt. Combining wheel throwing, hand-building and surface adornment, including carving, glazing and finials, Said pushes the physical limits of clay while engaging, respecting and building upon a lineage of Egyptian pottery.” A solo exhibition of new works by the artist (“From Thebes to Cairo,”) is on view at Yossi Milo Gallery in New York through June 15. (5/22) | More APPOINTMENTS Walters Art Museum Names Interim Leaders The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Md., announced […]
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