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Smithsonian Digitizes the Vast Archive of Artist Charles White
More than 17,000 items make up this collection of photographs, writings, correspondence, and biographical material from 1933 throughout the artist's life.
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A Performance Retraces the Life of Charles White, an Influential 20th-Century Artist
An actor and musician debut Portrait of Charles White, a nuanced and complex portrait of the artist, civil rights activist, and educator.
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Charles White’s Intimate and Dignified Portraits of Labor and Black Oppression
Charles White: A Retrospective at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art surveys an illustrious career that spans from the Great Depression to the age of Black Power.
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An Evening of Jazz and Mural-Making, In Honor of Charles White
At MoMA, For Freedoms invites guests to contribute to a mural while jazz ensemble Onyx Collective moves through the galleries.
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The Sexist Politics of the Smithsonian’s Cosby Exhibition
WASHINGTON, DC — Upon entering the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, I made my way through the lobby and down a flight of stairs.
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The Fantastic and Revelatory Story of Art and Black LA
On first glance, some may wonder why MoMA PS1, a New York contemporary art museum, has just opened a historical exhibition of art from Los Angeles. But as MoMA PS1 curator Peter Eleey explained at the press preview last week, the show in question, Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles 1960–1980, a