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Detroit Institute of Arts Launches Initiative to Deepen Collection of African American Art

by Carey Dunne July 28, 2016July 28, 2016

Last week, the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) acquired “Bird” (1990), a striking sculpture by David Hammons.

Posted inArt

Dread Scott Discusses Controversial Lynching Banner that Sparked Threats

by Claire Voon July 21, 2016July 27, 2016

For one week, the monumental flag bearing the text, “A MAN WAS LYNCHED BY POLICE YESTERDAY” flew outside Jack Shainman Gallery’s West 20th location as Dread Scott’s unfortunate update to the nearly identical one the NAACP once flew outside its Manhattan headquarters.

Posted inBooks

The Politics of Seeing, Being, and Visibility in Photography

by Seph Rodney June 20, 2016June 20, 2016

It doesn’t seem right to call the latest issue of Aperture — its first issue dedicated to African American lives as represented by the medium of photography — a magazine. It is a powerhouse book; it does so much heavy lifting.

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Hank Willis Thomas and Eric Gottesman on Their Arts-Centric Super PAC #Podcast

by Hrag Vartanian June 6, 2016April 19, 2022

In our third episode of the Hyperallergic Podcast, we talk to artists Hank Willis Thomas and Eric Gottesman about their For Freedoms Super PAC.

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The Tragedies and Triumphs of American Athletes of Color

by Tara Sheena April 21, 2016April 21, 2016

At Fort Gansevoort Gallery, there is a new art exhibition with titular claim to the annual Division 1 men’s college basketball tournament.

Posted inArt

“All Lives Are Black Lives”: Examining Race in South Africa

by Carey Dunne November 10, 2015January 7, 2016

Part of the exhibition curator’s goal was to challenge preconceived notions of what race is, as well as the idea that it’s definable, that it even exists.

Posted inArt

Art in Odd Places Revisits a Decade of Fleeting Experiences

by Allison Meier October 12, 2015October 14, 2015

People who encountered a vending machine dispensing free compliments in the Meatpacking District or a group of women knitting and unraveling white aprons in Union Square over the weekend might have considered them part of New York City’s continually anomalous street life, or felt an odd pang of déjà vu.

Posted inArt

Hank Willis Thomas Seeks the Truth

by Jillian Steinhauer August 5, 2015October 19, 2015

“The truth is I love you,” reads the sign as you enter Brooklyn’s MetroTech Commons — not a bad way to pique the interest of passersby, appealing to their vanities and insecurities.

Posted inArt

The Digital Lives of Public Art Considered in City Hall Park

by Allison Meier July 6, 2015July 9, 2015

Digital artifacts manifested as public sculpture populate the Public Art Fund’s Image Objects in Lower Manhattan’s City Hall Park.

Posted inArt

The (Un)Changing Portrayal of White Women in 100 Years of Advertisements

by Jillian Steinhauer May 20, 2015May 24, 2015

The idea is so ingenious, it almost seems obvious: take advertisements and remove the text that makes them so, leaving only a string of images behind.

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Celebrating Photographers of Color and the Collectives That Have Nurtured Them

by John Edwin Mason March 20, 2015March 25, 2015

“And who else is there?” A staff member at a well-known photo festival and I were nearing the end of an awkward conversation.

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After a Call for Change, Artists Respond

by Jillian Steinhauer February 13, 2015February 17, 2015

What kind of painting do you make in the face of the killing of an unarmed civilian by a police officer? What type of drawing sums up the pain of more than a century of institutional racism?

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