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Free Admission at the Art Gallery of Hamilton until September for Esmaa Mohamoud's Play in the Face of Certain Defeat

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  The delay in the game is over -  Esmaa Mohamoud 's sculpture   exhibition to stay open till October 24.    Play in the Face of Certain Defeat  re-examines understandings of contemporary Blackness. A sculpture exhibition by Black Artist Esmaa Mohamoud originally scheduled to open in Hamilton in March of this year was postponed just days after its initial launch date because of Covid restrictions. The show did reopen earlier this month just as it was originally scheduled to to close. Good news though for art lovers desperate to see this  wildly popular 30-year-old artist’s unique sports influenced sculpture show, the Art Gallery of Hamilton (AGH) just announced that the Esmaa Mohamoud: To Play in the Face of Certain Defeat show has been extended until October 24, 2021. There is no charge to see the exhibition for the next 10-days - AGH has waved its entrance fee to the gallery for the month of August. "This exhibition will be temporarily closed on August 19 and the 20th so