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Correction issued for academic article on primitivism in ARTMargins journal

publication · 2026-04-19

ARTMargins Online published an erratum on June 15, 2023, correcting an error in Elizabeth Harney's article "The Persistence of Primitivism and the Debt Collectors." The mistake involved the title of Joshua I. Cohen's 2020 book, which was inaccurately cited as The Black Renaissance: African Sculpture and Modernism across Continents. The correct title is The "Black Art" Renaissance: African Sculpture and Modernism across Continents, published by University of California Press in Oakland. Harney's original piece appeared in ARTMargins Volume 11, Issue 3, pages 105-125, with a DOI of 10.1162/artm_r_00327. The correction notice is documented in ARTMargins, Volume 12, Issue 2, page 124, under DOI 10.1162/artm_x_00358. Full access to the content is provided through MIT Press. The erratum acknowledges the error and expresses regret for the inaccuracy.

Key facts

  • Erratum published on June 15, 2023
  • Corrects error in Elizabeth Harney's article "The Persistence of Primitivism and the Debt Collectors"
  • Incorrect citation of Joshua I. Cohen's book title
  • Correct title is The "Black Art" Renaissance: African Sculpture and Modernism across Continents
  • Book published in 2020 by University of California Press, Oakland
  • Original article in ARTMargins Volume 11, Issue 3, pages 105-125
  • Correction in ARTMargins Volume 12, Issue 2, page 124
  • Content available via MIT Press with full access

Entities

Artists

  • Elizabeth Harney
  • Joshua I. Cohen

Institutions

  • ARTMargins Online
  • University of California Press
  • MIT Press

Locations

  • Oakland
  • United States

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