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How art gives shape to cultural change - Thelma Golden

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Thelma Golden, curator at the Studio Museum in Harlem, talks through three recent shows that explore how art examines and redefines culture. The "post-black" artists she works with are using their art to provoke a new dialogue about race and culture -- and about the meaning of art itself.

What are the series of exhibitions Golden refers to that set out to discover and define how the young black artist works in the 21st century?

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