The long-awaited institution will be inaugurated days after Juneteenth and as South Carolina lawmakers continue to push bans on critical race theory.
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The Most Endangered Historic Sites in the US
From Miami’s Little Santo Domingo to Chinatowns in Seattle and Philadelphia, a new list highlights places threatened by gentrification and climate change.
Duncan Grant’s Erotic Drawings Explore a Queer Utopia
A new exhibition presents recently discovered works by Grant in conversation with commissioned pieces by artists of today, including other LGBTQ+ creators.
African American Museum to Open in Former Slave Port
The opening date for the museum, located at the former site of Gadsden’s Wharf in Charleston, has been anticipated for over two decades.
A Painter of the Bloomsbury Group Comes Into View
You could say that Nina Hamnett fell victim to her own reckless self-mythologizing.
Katrina Andry and Colin Quashie Deconstruct Race-Based Stereotypes at the Halsey Institute
On view through December 7, 2019, the shows printmaking, collage, and installation beckon viewers to examine their preconceived notions of society.
Cry Joy Park Investigates Utopia and Dystopia with Cut Paper Flowers and Ink-On-Glass Paintings
On view at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, the installation aims to present both an alluring, gorgeous and otherworldly garden, and its darker counterpart.
Halsey Institute’s Symposium on Public Memory in the New South Examines What We Remember and Forget
Public Memory in the New South is concerned with how we choose to frame our recollections to arrive at a collective sense of who we are in today’s South.
Southbound Unsettles Assumed Narratives About the American South
On view at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, fifty-six photographers’ visions of the South over the first decades of the 21st century.