During her pathbreaking career, Lois Mailou Jones traversed diverse cultural landscapes and artistic styles. Her engagement with the arts of Africa and the Caribbean began in 1930s Paris, which is highlighted in the current exhibition “Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900–1939.” Jones’s art and legacy will be the focus of a conversation moderated by Robyn Asleson, the exhibition curator, with guest speakers Melanee Harvey, associate professor of art history at Howard University; Alicia Knock, curator in the contemporary creation and prospective department at the Centre Pompidou; and Christina-Kelly Grant, former Smithsonian American Art Museum fellow and Villa Albertine resident. This event is a joint program of the National Portrait Gallery and the Embassy of France.

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