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In one of her best-known performances, O’Grady crashed public art events as “Mlle Bourgeoise Noire,” or “Miss Black Middle Class.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2024

The title of the inaugural TriBeCa show, “Outlaw Aesthetics,” advertised “downtown” loud and clear, as did the interruptive arrival on opening night of the artist Lorraine O’Grady in her debut turn as Mlle Bourgeoise Noire.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2022

So did the first appearance of Lorraine O’Grady’s celebrated performance piece, “Mlle Bourgeoise Noire.”

From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2022

In 1980, she adopted the persona Mlle Bourgeoise Noire and staged invasions of art galleries wearing a dress made of white gloves to critique the racial divide in the mainstream art world.

From Slate • Oct. 31, 2019

Ammu smiled and they shook hands, as though she really was being awarded a Certificate of Merit for being an honest-to- goodness Genuine Bourgeoise.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy