News
Wall Street's 18th-Century Slave Market Finally Recognized with Historic Marker
Whether under Dutch, British, or American control, New York's early development was supported by slavery.
Slavery
Art
Remains of 18th-Century Slave Ship Find Safe Harbor at Smithsonian
Long-lost between two reefs off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa, are the fragmented remains of a Portuguese slave ship, now identified centuries later as the first known wreck of its kind.
Books
A Graphic Novel Portrait of Slavery in Brazil
The history of black slavery in Brazil has largely been told from the perspective of the colonizers, not the enslaved.
Art
Art Behind Bars Provides a Key to Prospect New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS — Biennials, triennials, and other, similarly grand periodic art exhibitions are a funny thing; both local and global, they must balance an engagement with their home places alongside a broader artistic conversation.
Art
Artifacts of a Patriarchy that Was and Wasn’t
LOS ANGELES — The Paternal Suit: Heirlooms from the F. Scott Hess Family Foundation, on view at the Long Beach Museum of Art, is an exhibition that examines the imperfect influence of patriarchs and fathers on American history and American families.
Art
Relics of Slavery and Hate, on Display in New York
The objects on display in the New-York Historical Society's Homefront & Battlefield: Quilts & Context in the Civil War exhibition tell the harrowing story of slavery in America through textiles.
Art
Seeking Humanity in the Barbarity of Brazil's Slave Past
At the University of São Paulo's Museum of Contemporary Art, a new exhibition is interrogating Brazil's legacy of slavery, disrupting a body of photography that was meant to normalize slavery.
Opinion
Seeking New Ways to Document and Share Culture
How can we document culture? Two recent articles shed light on different ways to document often unheard or at least less-heard voices and perspectives.