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HFASM
HARLEM FINE ARTS SHOW Magazine
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CONTENTS
FOR THE HUB OF ART pg 9
Exploring Washington’s web of galleries and museums hosting fine art
9 MASTER CURATOR pg 11 11 How Lonnie Bunch’s grandfather’s
musings inspired the birth of a living monument to African American history
FIRST FRAMER pg 16
Kehinde Wiley makes history with epic portrait of nation’s first Black president
16 ART AS MEDICINE pg 20 20 Consensus grows over art’s capacity
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to heal mind and spirit
BEST PRACTITIONERS pg 22
An honor roll of Washington’s finest physicians
SUPERHERO FOR HEALTH pg 24
Dr. Griffin Rodgers is one of sickle cell
disease’s most fearsome foes 30
ART OF AFRICA pg 28
South African masterpieces drop anchor at HFAS extravaganza in DC
A COLLECTION TO ENVY pg 32 Danny Jenkins’ Memphis gallery draws first-rate works and serious collectors
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COVER ART
UNINHIBITED CELLO by Leroy Campbell PHOTO: COURTESY OF THE ARTIST