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People look at a newly installed sculpture by artist Simone Leigh on the University campus in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. Leigh's 16-foot-tall bronze bust of a Black woman has been installed at the entrance to the heart of the University of Pennsylvania's campus. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Massive Simone Leigh sculpture now greets Penn students

By MARK KENNEDY - Associated Press

In this 2020 photo provided by Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art, artist Simone Leigh poses for a photo at Stratton Sculpture Studios in Philadelphia. Leigh will be the first Black woman ever to represent the U.S. at Italy's prestigious Venice Biennale arts festival to be held in 2022. (Shaniqwa Jarvis/Simone Leigh and Hauser &amp; Wirth via AP)

Sculptor will be 1st Black woman to represent US at Biennale

By WILLIAM J. KOLE - Associated Press