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Issa Rae, ‘One of Them Days’ and the ongoing critique of Black art
A conversation started on Threads centering Issa Rae has led to more conversations about who gets to tell Black stories than ...
Get A Load Of These Black Women Artists–And Their Artwork
BLACK ENTERPRISE spotlights 19 Black women visual artists to honor and recognize for International Black Women's History ...
Trump order could yank $168K in funding from Louisville museum. What it's being spent on
The Speed Art Museum was granted $250k by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Most of it could be pulled under an ...
Critics see Trump attacks on the ‘Black Smithsonian’ as an effort to sanitize racism in US history
Civil rights advocates, historians and Black political leaders are sharply rebuking President Donald Trump for his order ...
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The Nation’s Oldest Black Arts Institution Designs Itself Into the Future
The South Side Community Art Center’s $15 million rehabilitation and expansion project will build upon an eighty-five-year ...
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The Wright celebrates 60 with an expansive Detroit exhibit
The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History presents Luminosity: A Detroit Arts Gathering, a year-long ...
Artist Simone Leigh And Collector Pamela J. Joyner Honored At MoMa Black Arts Council Benefit
Jayda Cheaves, Aurora James, Brandon Blackwood, and more rallied around a shared commitment to equity, access, and creative ...
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Who Will Preserve the History of Black Women in South Dallas? Honoring the Archival Work of Marilyn Clark
Discover the efforts of Marilyn Clark to preserve the historical contributions of Black women in South Dallas and the ...
Trump’s Order Puts the Smithsonian’s Chief in the Hot Seat
The president’s executive order demanding change at the institution presents a perilous test for Lonnie G. Bunch III, its ...
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AAMARP exhibition ‘Out of The Fire’ shines a light on African American art world
Such is the guiding premise of “Out of the Fire,” an exhibition of the African American Master Artists in Residency Program ...
Pharrell Williams’ Paris Art Exhibit Serves As ‘An Homage To Black Women’
Pharrell Williams is the mastermind behind a new art exhibition in Paris, France that he curated "to be an homage to Black ...
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In Atlanta, ‘Innervisions’ Conjures Black Abstraction as Ab-Ex’s Twin
“Innervisions” shows Black artists exhibiting just as much ... Art Museum contests a widespread understanding of art history with a single question: If these artists have been working in ...