The Year in Black Art: A Wealth of Blockbuster Exhibitions
This year Black art was featured across the country with major exhibitions at the New Museum, the ICA Boston and more.
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Allana Clarke Talks Back to History
Working with beauty products and other everyday materials, the Caribbean-born artist refutes the urge to assimilate.
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The Body’s Truth: David Hammons at the Drawing Center
The institutional presentation of the body prints of the late '60s and '70s felt at odds with their carnal critiques of racial inequality.
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I Will Not Be Taught How to Behave
Deborah Roberts carries on the Black expressive tradition by depicting the defiance and outright rebellion of Black children.
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Meditations on the History of the Present
Lorraine O'Grady's writings and artwork of the past four decades—both subject to new reappraisals—offer prescient commentary on race and power in the art world.
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First Look: Allison Janae Hamilton
Allison Janae Hamilton explores the historical connections between African American life and nature.
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Striking Nerves: Art and Protest in 2017
The most powerful protests are not always the voices shouting the loudest. Often they are the most nuanced and multivalent, holding open the space we need to endure and push back on homogenizing…
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The Accumulation of Self: How Rashid Johnson’s Art Adds Up
As you walk into David Kordansky's recently relocated gallery in Los Angeles, a creamy, nutty smell wallops you—the unmistakable scent of raw shea butter…
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Darby English Will Consult on Black Art for MoMA
English will bring to the museum his expertise in work by black artists, and will collaborate mainly with curators in the painting and sculpture departments.
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