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...
Jul 14, 2020 | Art, Culture, News & Trending
In the early morning of July 1, 2020, Albuquerque news station KRQE got the first of a flurry of emails, reporting a new statue erected in front of the doors of Albuquerque’s city hall. Apparently bronze, life-sized, and frowning, it was a statue of the late disgraced...
May 27, 2020 | Art, Culture, News & Trending
Seattle Artists Satpreet Kahlon and Matthew Offenbacher launched New Archives, their new journal of critical arts writing for the Pacific Northwest art scene on March 1st. A few hours later, Seattle announced the second COVID-19 death in the United States, just a few...
Aug 23, 2019 | Culture, News & Trending
Henrique Pires, Brazil’s secretary of culture, is stepping down from his position in opposition to what he says is government censorship. Pires accused conservative leaders of deliberately trying to suppress LGBT art. The former secretary of culture recently found...
