The FLAG Art Foundation and The Contemporary Austin are pleased to co-present the launch of the publication Lubaina Himid: Make Do and Mend, which accompanies the artist’s solo exhibition, currently on view at FLAG through February 8, 2025. Himid is the 2024 recipient of the Suzanne Deal Booth / FLAG Art Foundation Prize. To mark the occasion, Lubaina Himid, David Breslin (Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY), and Christina Knight, PhD (Assistant Professor of Art History and the Mellon Assistant Professor of Global Racial Justice at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ) will participate in a roundtable discussion.

The publication is designed by ELLA and co-published by Dancing Foxes Press, The Contemporary Austin, and The FLAG Art Foundation, and features contributions by Lubaina Himid, Dorothy Price (Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art and Critical Race Art History, The Courtauld, London, UK), Zoé Whitley (Director, Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK), Alex Klein (Head Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, The Contemporary Austin, TX), Julie Le (Assistant Curator, The Contemporary Austin, TX), Jonathan Rider (Director, The FLAG Art Foundation), and Caroline Cassidy (Director of Exhibitions, The FLAG Art Foundation).

The Suzanne Deal Booth / FLAG Art Foundation Prize selects each recipient based on their outstanding merit, strong record of international exhibitions, and the transformational impact the award stands to have on their career and the Austin and New York communities. A rotating independent advisory committee made up of curators and art historians of contemporary art selects each year’s recipient. The prize includes an unrestricted $200,000 award, a full museum solo exhibition that premieres at The Contemporary Austin and travels to The FLAG Art Foundation in New York, an accompanying publication, and related public programming.

Lubaina Himid: Make Do and Mend was on view at The Contemporary Austin from March 1 – July 21, 2024.

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