One of the first exhibitions to be terminated as a result of Trump’s attacks on DEI has found a new home in Fairfax, Virginia. On Saturday, September 13, “Before the Americas,” initially slated for the Art Museum of the Americas in Washington, DC, officially opened its doors at the Gillespie Gallery at George Mason University School of Art. Featuring the work of 39 artists representing 17 countries, including Amy Sherald, Alma Thomas, and Elizabeth Catlett, the show explores ancestral memory, migration, and interconnectivity in African American, Afro-Latino, and Caribbean communities. Cheryl Edwards, the exhibition’s curator, told Hyperallergic she felt “relieved and redeemed” when the show opened for the public — “You know, like Bob Marley’s ‘Redemption Song,’” she said. “Before the Americas” was one of the earliest casualties in a series of art exhibitions and performances axed in the wake of the Trump administration’s anti-DEI mandate. The Trump administration had allegedly labele...