Lunch + Learn with Nicola Vassell & Mariane Ibrahim

Join us for a private lunch to welcome Nicola Vassell and Mariane Ibrahim in advance of their evening conversation.

This intimate lunch will give students, faculty and staff the unique opportunity to speak with our guests about their journeys in Art, Art History, Art Business and more!

*This is an intimate lunch for AUC Art Collective students only and invited guests*

About Mariane Ibrahim

French-Somali gallerist, Mariane Ibrahim has established herself as a leading Chicago and international art dealer through her spotlight of artists of the African diaspora. Mariane first opened her flagship space in Seattle in 2012 before relocating to Chicago in 2019 to open a new 5,000 square-foot space in West Town. In 2021, she opened her inaugural European location, a three-floor space on Avenue Matignon in Paris, and in 2023 in Mexico City. In 2021, Ibrahim was awarded The Ordre des Arts et des Lettres on behalf of the Ministry of Culture in France. She has been featured in Architectural Digest, CNN, Artnet News, and Surface Magazine, among others.

About Nicola Vassell

Nicola Vassell is Founder of Nicola Vassell Gallery, a contemporary art gallery committed to discourse that widens the lens of the history and future of art. Its focus is on developing an inter-generational, cross-disciplinary program of artists and thinkers. From 2013 to 2021, Vassell led Concept NV, an advisory and curatorial platform specialized in collection building and exhibitions rooted in cultural phenomenology. She is an editor of books, whose publications include, Uman: I Want Everything Now; Jean-Michel Basquiat 1981: The Studio of the Street; Francesco Clemente: Works 1971-1979 and Kehinde Wiley: Black Light. Vassell was a Director at Deitch Projects and Pace Gallery, New York. She is a member of New Museum’s Artemis Council.

Images: Nicola Vassell with the photographs of Ming Smith (top) and Mariane Ibrahim with the photos of Spelman College alumna, Ayana V. Jackson (bottom)

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