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The Pan-African Studies Department held its annual Research-in-Progress Presentations on April 12. This event served as a platform for eight students enrolled in the capstone course, to present their works-in-progress …
David Adjaye is the most famous black architect in the world. In fact, he may be the only famous black architect in the world. The tall, slim, ebony-handsome Londoner shrugs …
Ralph Cook will become chairman of the board of directors of The Birmingham Museum of Art in September, the first African-American to hold that post in the museum’s 60-year history. …
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As the founder of Celebrate Your History, social scientist Bianka Emerson has worked diligently — and quietly — to organize a yearly award ceremony and soul-food dinner that recognize Denver’s …
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During a Saturday panel discussion at Art X Detroit, cultural critic Vince Carducci, a recipient of a no-strings, $25,000 Kresge fellowship, reminded everyone just how extraordinary the cash and marching …
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When Louis Hawkins met revered art collector Arthur Primas at the Flint Institute of Arts (FIA) in February, he heard something he’ll never forget. “He said, ‘I’m not really an …
Dr. Walter O. Evans shares collection with a Frederick Douglass descendant, a British film crew and a leading American scholar The Frederick Douglass papers of Savannah art collector Dr. Walter …
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By Sophie Gilbert This month, a show opens at the National Portrait Gallery that required a little sleuthing. “Capital Portraits: Treasures From Washington Private Collections” runs through September 5, offering …
When President and Mrs. Obama decorated the White House, they selected an artwork by Glenn Ligon, the New York artist whose retrospective is currently at the Whitney Museum of American …
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“Life is but a walking shadow,” wrote William Shakespeare in Macbeth. In film studies, we frequently consider the extreme contrast of light and dark, of noirish chiaroscuro designs that were …
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There was a celebratory mood at opening night of the African-American Shakespeare Co.’s new production of “Twelfth Night” last weekend. It wasn’t just the high spirits radiating from the stage …
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On May 1, 2011, the Thomas Cole National Historic Site opens Robert S. Duncanson: The Spiritual Striving of the Freedman’s Son, the first exhibition featuring the work of the nineteenth-century …
Liverpool tourism officials have claimed that African American civil rights leader Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a dream’ speech was written at a city centre hotel. The claim has been …
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It has been said by artists and historians alike that art serves as a time-capsule for history. The Jubilee Theatre in downtown Fort Worth, TX proved just that with their …
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One of Detroit’s most protean and recognizable artists, McGee remains active in his 80s. His works are on permanent display at the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Charles H. Wright …