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Photo Credit: Dr. Kellie Jones. Photos by Daniel Jackson for Embassy: Interactive.

2025 Distinguished Critic Lecture
Dr. Kellie Jones
Body/Knowledge


Art historian and curator Dr. Kellie Jones delivered the 19th annual AICA-USA Distinguished Critic Lecture at The New School, co-presented with the VLC. In this lecture, Jones reflects on the theoretical legacy and cultural production of Black women in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, raising questions of intellectual lineage and material knowledge. 

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2025 Art Critic Fellowship Publication:

Featuring:
Emily Alesandrini
Francess Archer Dunbar
May Howard
Amy Kennedy
Kit Xiong

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AICA's membership card is recognized for entrance to museums around the world. Members are invited to attend the annual AICA International Congress, hosted each year by a different member nation, and the AICA-USA annual meeting.

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