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At 92, Ed Dwight looks back on a life that reached for the stars

NPR | By Ryan Warner

Published July 27, 2026 at 2:09 PM PDT

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Ed Dwight is one of the nation's most significant African American sculptors. A retrospective in Denver highlights some of the 92-year-old artist's best-known works.

At 92, Ed Dwight looks back on a life that reached for the stars

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