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Theaster Gates

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Theaster Gates Finds Community in Labor

Avatar photo by Robert Archambeau July 17, 2021July 16, 2021

Gates joins ideas of labor, function, and property with aesthetic and art historical concerns.

Posted inArt

Theaster Gates and the Shapes of Black History

by John Yau November 7, 2020November 10, 2020

Gates reminds us of the many hidden, unacknowledged, and under-recognized histories of Black culture in America.

Posted inArt

Theaster Gates’s Emotional Confrontation With Racism

Avatar photo by Alexandra Sommer May 30, 2020May 29, 2020

With Black Chapel, Gates references the racism embedded in modernism’s failure to adequately acknowledge non-white sources of inspiration.

Posted inNews

The Gazebo Where Tamir Rice Was Killed Is Rebuilt as a Memorial in Chicago

Avatar photo by Zachary Small June 20, 2019June 20, 2019

Samaria Rice has partnered with artist Theaster Gates to rebuild the gazebo as a temporary meeting place for those affected by racially motivated killings and police brutality.

Posted inArt

Theaster Gates Makes Visible the Hidden Layers of Cities

Avatar photo by Jasmine Weber June 20, 2019June 20, 2019

The collection of never-before-showcased objects materialize the underpinnings of urban livelihoods: commerce, culture, ancestry, trauma, which, particularly for Black Americans, are inextricably entwined.

Posted inBooks

How W.E.B. Du Bois Meticulously Visualized 20th-Century Black America

Avatar photo by Jasmine Weber February 5, 2019May 20, 2022

The Pan-African scholar’s data visualizations about Black American progress after Emancipation have been compiled, for the first time, as a book.

Posted inArt

In Paintings and Ceramics, Theaster Gates Salvages Charged Materials

Avatar photo by Alex Jen February 6, 2017January 11, 2021

In his new show at Regen Projects, Gates showcases paintings based on data visualizations by W.E.B. Du Bois and ceramic sculptures that reinterpret iconic forms.

Posted inArt

Best of 2016: Our Top 15 Exhibitions Around the World

Avatar photo by Hyperallergic December 30, 2016March 1, 2017

Our picks for the best art shows in the world this year.

Posted inOpinion

Saying Goodbye to Tamir Rice’s Gazebo

Avatar photo by Diana Sette September 16, 2016

CLEVELAND — Shingle by shingle, a crew of workers began the three-day process of taking apart the gazebo at the Cudell Recreation Center where sixth grader Tamir Rice was shot and killed by police within two seconds of their arrival.

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Theaster Gates Contemplates What Creates and Destroys Communities

Avatar photo by Mike Watson September 14, 2016

MILAN — Following the major economic crises in Europe and the US, political art has become increasingly visible in those parts of the world. At the same time, it’s become increasingly difficult to ignore questions about the art’s actual effectiveness.

Posted inIn Brief

Four Public Art Projects from LA to Albany Get Grants of Up to $1M

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton June 24, 2015June 24, 2015

On Tuesday Bloomberg Philanthropies named Gary, Indiana, Los Angeles, Spartanburg, South Carolina, and the New York cities of Albany, Schenectady, and Troy as the recipients of its inaugural Public Art Challenge grants.

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Theaster Gates Meditates on Construction in a White Cube

by Mark Sheerin June 12, 2015June 15, 2015

LONDON — Theaster Gates’s latest show at White Cube is, surprisingly, largely limited to paintings and sculptures.

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