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Jefferson and Bollock were among a large group of young African Americans who volunteered to have their likenesses cast in hydrocal plaster as part of community art project sponsored by the Washington Project for the Arts</p><p><span class="text-gray-400 block">Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Gift of the artists, 2021.1.1</span></p><p></p></div></figcaption></figure></div><div class="mb-2xl grid-in-series grid-in-series"><div class="xs:flex xs:max-w-col-4 border-t border-b border-gray-300 py-lg"><div class="w-full max-w-col-1/2 rtl:ml-gutter ltr:mr-gutter mb-base xs:mb-0"><img alt="" srcSet="https://cdn.sanity.io/images/cxgd3urn/production/84f6d0223dd282ab391b4b42689c074084af9d70-1000x1000.jpg?rect=172,244,701,476&w=256&h=174&fit=crop&auto=format 1x, https://cdn.sanity.io/images/cxgd3urn/production/84f6d0223dd282ab391b4b42689c074084af9d70-1000x1000.jpg?rect=172,244,701,478&w=640&h=436&fit=crop&auto=format 2x" src="https://cdn.sanity.io/images/cxgd3urn/production/84f6d0223dd282ab391b4b42689c074084af9d70-1000x1000.jpg?rect=172,244,701,478&w=640&h=436&fit=crop&auto=format" width="200" height="136.27450980392157" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" loading="lazy" style="color:transparent;height:auto;width:100%;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http%3A//www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 200 136.27450980392157'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeComponentTransfer%3E%3CfeFuncA type='discrete' tableValues='1 1'/%3E%3C/feComponentTransfer%3E%%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage preserveAspectRatio='none' filter='url(%23b)' x='0' y='0' height='100%25' width='100%25' href='data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/2wBDAAYEBQYFBAYGBQYHBwYIChAKCgkJChQODwwQFxQYGBcUFhYaHSUfGhsjHBYWICwgIyYnKSopGR8tMC0oMCUoKSj/2wBDAQcHBwoIChMKChMoGhYaKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCj/wAARCAAUABQDASIAAhEBAxEB/8QAFwABAQEBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYFCP/EACEQAAICAgEEAwAAAAAAAAAAAAABAgMEBQYRExQhQXGh/8QAFQEBAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL/xAAbEQACAgMBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgEREiFBkf/aAAwDAQACEQMRAD8A6pfpE3Zy3Ehsa8LtWvIss7ail+/RsbVZLxJeG+lvX0TNXGHPa07JxcLpSUrYt/ILRlWJyW55uvSyAAIAAAAAAP/Z'/%3E%3C/svg%3E")"/></div><div><a class="font-sans-bold text-lg sm:text-base text-gray-700 leading-tight mb-sm inline-block shadow-underline hover:text-red-900 transition-colors duration-default" href="/series/the-week-in-art">The Week in Art</a><div class="series-description font-sans-regular text-base sm:text-sm text-gray-700 leading-snug"><p class="pt-dp-p font-text-light text-lg leading-normal tracking-wide mb-base last:mb-0" itemProp="text">From breaking news and insider insights to exhibitions and events around the world, the team at The Art Newspaper picks apart the art world’s big stories with the help of special guests. An award-winning podcast hosted by Ben Luke.</p></div></div></div></div><div class="grid-in-content"><div style="height:auto"><div class="ad-container mb-xl" id="material_body_slot_1" style="min-height:250px"></div></div><div><div class="w-full"><div class="mb-2xl" itemProp="articleBody"><div><p class="pt-dp-p font-text-light text-lg leading-normal tracking-wide mb-base last:mb-0" itemProp="text">Shortly after the US election on 5 November, the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington opens <em class="font-text-light-italic italic">The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture</em>, a radical new perspective on the history of the discipline from 1792 to now. Ahead of its opening, Ben Luke speaks to Karen Lemmey, a curator of sculpture at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and co-curator of the exhibition. </p><figure class="w-full mt-xl mb-xl first:mt-0 last:mb-0 relative max-w-2xl"><img alt="" srcSet="https://cdn.sanity.io/images/cxgd3urn/production/e67672c5f570111f73ded0bc0cbf2845199b2569-7396x5667.jpg?rect=2,0,7392,5667&w=750&h=575&fit=crop&auto=format 1x, https://cdn.sanity.io/images/cxgd3urn/production/e67672c5f570111f73ded0bc0cbf2845199b2569-7396x5667.jpg?rect=0,0,7396,5666&w=1920&h=1471&fit=crop&auto=format 2x" src="https://cdn.sanity.io/images/cxgd3urn/production/e67672c5f570111f73ded0bc0cbf2845199b2569-7396x5667.jpg?rect=0,0,7396,5666&w=1920&h=1471&fit=crop&auto=format" width="644" height="493.4488912925906" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" loading="lazy" style="color:transparent;height:auto;width:100%;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http%3A//www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 644 493.4488912925906'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeComponentTransfer%3E%3CfeFuncA type='discrete' tableValues='1 1'/%3E%3C/feComponentTransfer%3E%%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage preserveAspectRatio='none' filter='url(%23b)' x='0' y='0' height='100%25' width='100%25' href='data:image/jpeg;base64,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'/%3E%3C/svg%3E")"/><figcaption class="mt-sm max-w-full"><div class="font-sans-regular text-base sm:text-sm leading-tight text-gray-700"><p>Emanuel Martinez, <em class="font-text-light-italic italic">Farm Workers' Altar</em> (1967). Martinez created this altar to celebrate breaking a 25-day fast he had taken part in as a protest against unfair employment practices and unsuitable work conditions for migrant labourers</p><p><span class="text-gray-400 block">Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the International Bank of Commerce in honor of Antonio R. Sanchez, Sr., 1992.95</span></p></div></figcaption></figure><p class="pt-dp-p font-text-light text-lg leading-normal tracking-wide mb-base last:mb-0" itemProp="text">In Warsaw, the Museum of Modern Art—a project 20 years in the making—has partially opened. We speak to its director, Joanna Mytkowska, about the long road to the unveiling and the upheavals in Polish politics along the way. </p><figure class="w-full mt-xl mb-xl first:mt-0 last:mb-0 relative max-w-2xl"><img alt="" srcSet="https://cdn.sanity.io/images/cxgd3urn/production/9df30e3239faedb7d7d187b2d55d05ac325bd059-1273x849.jpg?w=750&h=500&fit=crop&auto=format 1x, https://cdn.sanity.io/images/cxgd3urn/production/9df30e3239faedb7d7d187b2d55d05ac325bd059-1273x849.jpg?w=1920&h=1281&fit=crop&auto=format 2x" src="https://cdn.sanity.io/images/cxgd3urn/production/9df30e3239faedb7d7d187b2d55d05ac325bd059-1273x849.jpg?w=1920&h=1281&fit=crop&auto=format" width="644" height="429.5019638648861" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" loading="lazy" style="color:transparent;height:auto;width:100%;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http%3A//www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 644 429.5019638648861'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeComponentTransfer%3E%3CfeFuncA type='discrete' tableValues='1 1'/%3E%3C/feComponentTransfer%3E%%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage preserveAspectRatio='none' filter='url(%23b)' x='0' y='0' height='100%25' width='100%25' href='data:image/jpeg;base64,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'/%3E%3C/svg%3E")"/><figcaption class="mt-sm max-w-full"><div class="font-sans-regular text-base sm:text-sm leading-tight text-gray-700"><p>The exhibition spaces in the MSN Warsaw’s new building</p><p><span class="text-gray-400 block">Photo: Marta Ejsmont; courtesy of MSN Warsaw</span></p></div></figcaption></figure><p class="pt-dp-p font-text-light text-lg leading-normal tracking-wide mb-base last:mb-0" itemProp="text">And this episode’s Work of the Week is <em class="font-text-light-italic italic">The Lamentation over the Dead Christ</em> (early 1620s) by Jusepe de Ribera. It features in the first survey of the Spanish-born Baroque artist ever staged in France, at the Petit Palais in Paris. The museum’s director, Annick Lemoine, tells us more.</p><figure class="w-full mt-xl mb-xl first:mt-0 last:mb-0 relative max-w-2xl"><img alt="" srcSet="https://cdn.sanity.io/images/cxgd3urn/production/7ae126192d5220bb389fe4b59e36a50c2ba89ca9-800x571.jpg?w=750&h=535&fit=crop&auto=format 1x, https://cdn.sanity.io/images/cxgd3urn/production/7ae126192d5220bb389fe4b59e36a50c2ba89ca9-800x571.jpg?w=1920&h=1370&fit=crop&auto=format 2x" src="https://cdn.sanity.io/images/cxgd3urn/production/7ae126192d5220bb389fe4b59e36a50c2ba89ca9-800x571.jpg?w=1920&h=1370&fit=crop&auto=format" width="644" height="459.655" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" loading="lazy" style="color:transparent;height:auto;width:100%;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http%3A//www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 644 459.655'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur 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Lamentation over the Dead Christ</em> (early 1620s)</p></div></figcaption></figure><ul class="ltr:ml-lg rtl:mr-lg mb-lg text-black last:mb-0 font-text-light text-lg leading-normal tracking-wide list-circle list-disc"><li><a class="transition-colors duration-default shadow-externalLink hover:text-blue-900" href="https://americanart.si.edu/exhibition/67675/sculpture-shape-of-power" target="_blank"><strong class="font-text-medium"><em class="font-text-light-italic italic">The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture</em></strong><span class="inline-block text-blue-900" style="height:0.6em;margin-left:0.2em;width:0.6em"><svg class="" fill="currentColor" stroke="none" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" viewBox="0 0 24 24" x="0px" y="0px"><g><path d="M22.8,0h-7.6c-0.6,0-1.1,0.5-1.1,1.1s0.5,1.1,1.1,1.1h5.1L9.4,13.1c-0.4,0.4-0.4,1.1,0,1.6c0.2,0.2,0.5,0.3,0.8,0.3s0.6-0.1,0.8-0.3L21.7,3.9v4.8c0,0.6,0.5,1.1,1.1,1.1S24,9.4,24,8.8V1.1C24,0.5,23.5,0,22.8,0z"></path><path d="M19,11.2c-0.6,0-1.1,0.5-1.1,1.1V21c0,0.4-0.3,0.7-0.7,0.7H3c-0.4,0-0.7-0.3-0.7-0.7V6.9c0-0.4,0.3-0.7,0.7-0.7h8.8c0.6,0,1.1-0.5,1.1-1.1s-0.5-1.1-1.1-1.1H3c-1.6,0-3,1.3-3,3V21c0,1.6,1.3,3,3,3h14.1c1.6,0,3-1.3,3-3v-8.8C20.1,11.7,19.6,11.2,19,11.2z"></path></g></svg></span></a>, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., 8 November-14 September 2025</li><li><strong class="font-text-medium">The Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw</strong> is open now; its full programme will be unveiled in February 2025</li><li><a class="transition-colors duration-default shadow-externalLink hover:text-blue-900" href="https://www.petitpalais.paris.fr/en/expositions/ribera" target="_blank"><em class="font-text-light-italic italic"><strong class="font-text-medium">Ribera: Shadows and Light</strong>,</em><span class="inline-block text-blue-900" style="height:0.6em;margin-left:0.2em;width:0.6em"><svg class="" fill="currentColor" stroke="none" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" viewBox="0 0 24 24" 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