Oct 16, 2020 | Art, News & Trending
In June, while the world was following America into widespread protests about racial discrimination in justice and treatment, Emery Mwazulu Diyabanza and two other activists made a pointed speech about the plunder, still ongoing, of art from African nations by their...
Oct 9, 2020 | Culture, Exhibitions, Gallery, News & Trending, Organizations
It’s common for modern historical pieces – films, novels, etc – to include black figures in ways that previous iterations of the genre never did. For instance, the BBC series Merlin included a black Guinevere, played by Angel Coulby. Netflix’s 2020 series...
Sep 9, 2020 | Culture, Exhibitions, News & Trending
In April 2019, Notre Dame burned. Its tower collapsed in and the 800-year-old oak beams blazed to charcoal while the world watched live. Many were shocked to learn that it was the cathedral’s first major fire in its long life. It survived both World Wars and two...
Sep 2, 2020 | Art, Culture, New York
Misty Copeland was already winning awards for ballet at 15, only two years after picking up the art, and her accumulation of accolades never stopped. In 2015 at the age of 32, she became the first black woman to be made principal dancer for the American Ballet...
Aug 26, 2020 | Art, Exhibitions
The San Francisco Art Institute, the oldest art school west of the Mississippi, faced closure this spring after COVID-19 made it impossible to reopen for in-person classes this fall. But an April vote by the school board confirmed that the school would remain open,...
