News
Portrait of Enslaved Man Dispels Years of Falsehoods
The truth of Frederick Baker’s life was long obscured by a whitewashed history perpetuated by the Longwood mansion in Mississippi, new research says.
Mississippi Museum of Art
News
A Photographer's Love Affair With Black Southern Quilt-Making
The 131 quilts were assembled by Roland Freeman, a prominent photographer and documentarian of 20th-century Black culture.
Art
A Show About the Great Migration Strikes a Timely Chord
At a moment when the future of this country seems precarious and uncertain, A Movement in Every Direction demonstrates that Black Americans have been among this nation’s most stalwart heroes.
News
Twelve African American Artists Commissioned to Ruminate on the Great Migration
An exhibition at the Mississippi Museum of Art and the Baltimore Museum of Art will include new work by Mark Bradford, Torkwase Dyson, and Carrie Mae Weems.
Opinion
A Museum Director Asks: What if Art Museums Can’t Measure Up to the Present Moment?
As the world moves rapidly toward irreversible and necessary change, art museum directors are talking about adapting their institutions to the times. But what if adaptation is not enough?
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The Question of Art's Relation to Racial Equity in Mississippi
A new initiative undertaken at the Mississippi Museum of Art wants to have "more conversations about race." I didn't fully understand the need for such a program until I visited the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum.
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The Mississippi Museum of Art Confronts the State’s Painful History
The institution recently opened Picturing Mississippi, which presents a journey through the state's charged history sprinkled with salient contemporary art.
News
In Response to Mississippi's Anti-LGBTQ Bill, Neuberger Museum Director Will Not Attend Opening
Today, the Neuberger Museum of Art announced that because of the passage of a new anti-LGBTQ bill in Mississippi, its director, Dr. Tracy Fitzpatrick, and the president of Purchase College, SUNY, Thomas J. Schwarz, will not attend the opening of When Modern Was Contemporary: Selections from the Roy