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Architect Philip Freelon's Legacy of Community Engagement and Inclusion
The architect, whose design influence is found among major museums specifically dedicated to Black culture in the United States, passed away at the age of 66.
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Ernie Barnes's Iconic Chronicle of His Southern Roots and Sports
Best known for his painting "The Sugar Shack," Barnes focused on what he knew, capturing the seminal moments of his life growing up in North Carolina and as a football player.
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How Photography and Jazz Merged to Forge the "Black Is Beautiful" Movement
Kwame Brathwaite's photographs fused the two mediums to push the boundaries of beauty, transforming how we define Blackness.
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The Studio Museum Conceives Its Future in a Traveling Exhibition
Black Refractions: Highlights from the Studio Museum in Harlem first brings highlights from the iconic New York institution's collection to the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco.
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Barry Jenkins and Kahlil Joseph Reimagine Roy DeCarava’s Admiring Vision of Harlem
Director Barry Jenkins' If Beale Street Could Talk and video artist Kahlil Joseph's "Fly Paper" transmute the aesthetics and storytelling of photographer Roy DeCarava's 1950s portraits of Harlem.
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Maren Hassinger’s Poetic Gestures for Dealing with the Painful Past and Present
"If you are of African descent and your ancestors were part of the slave trade, you have issues which are alive today.”
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Imagining the Portraits of African American Women Erased from History
In The Evanesced at the California African American Museum, Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle confronts society’s compulsion to reframe, mitigate, or eliminate the role of black women in the US.