Dawoud Bey: 40 Years of Photos Affirming the ‘Lives of Ordinary Black People’ | The New York Times

Fayemi Shakur , The New York Times The Woman in the Light, Harlem, New York City, 1980. From the “Small Camera Work” series. Credit Dawoud Bey/University of Texas Press. Featured Image a socially conscious teenager, Dawoud Bey was intrigued by the controversy over the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 1969 exhibition, “Harlem on My Mind: Cultural…

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Kara Walker Invites You to a Public Hanging | Hyperallergic

Tom Micchelli , Hyperallergic Kara Walker, “African/American” (1998), linoleum cut on paper, 46.25 x 60.5 inches, lent by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, gift of the Peter Norton Family Foundation. Featured Image , New Jersey — “Virginia’s Lynch Mob” (1998), the centerpiece of Kara Walker: Virginia’s Lynch Mob and Other Works, organized by guest curator…

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Inside Afrochella, Ghana’s Answer To Coachella | Travel Noire

Rachel George , Travel Noire A festivalgoer during the 2018 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Field on April 22, 2018 in Indio, California. Featured Image performers, food, and attractions, Afrochella is not so different from California’s annual Coachella Festival, except for one very important note: it’s created by black people…

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How Mexican and Chicanx Activism Flourished in 20th-Century Los Angeles | Hyperallergic

Abe Ahn , Hyperallergic Installation view, Regeneración journals (1970–1975). Featured Image ANGELES — “La constitución ha muerto” (The constitution is dead), declared a photograph published in a 1903 edition of the satirical Mexico City newspaper El Hijo del Ahuizote. In the image, funeral wreaths and Mexican flags hang from the periodical’s offices, while staff writers…

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Photographer Bruce Talamon captured black joy in the glory years of soul and funk. Now he’s getting his due | Los Angeles Times

MAKEDA EASTER , Los Angeles Times Motown company basketball game: Katherine, Janet, Michael and Randy Jackson with Billy Bray, Los Angeles 1974. Photo by Bruce W. Talamon. Featured Image , Wind & Fire founder Maurice White had one name in mind for his memoir photos: Bruce Talamon. The photographer, who has nearly 40 years experience…

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Why giant murals of black women are popping up across London | Huck

Dominique Sisley , Huck Allison Janae Hamilton’s draws on imagery and myths of the rural South. She is an artist in residence at the Studio Museum in Harlem.Credit Heather Sten for The New York Times. Featured Image may already be familiar with the work of Neequaye ‘Dreph’ Dsane. The British Ghanaian street artist has been…

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African Diaspora Film Festival takes on “Who is Black in America?” | New York Amsterdam News

Stacy M. Brown , New York Amsterdam News Allison Janae Hamilton’s draws on imagery and myths of the rural South. She is an artist in residence at the Studio Museum in Harlem.Credit Heather Sten for The New York Times. Featured Image popular festival, which showcases black filmmakers, actors, directors and producers all over the world,…

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The Bahamas: a wealth of beautiful options | New York Amsterdam News

Sheryl Nance-Nash , New York Amsterdam News Rock House Hotel, Bay & Hill Street, Harbour Island, Bahamas Featured Image won’t cost you a fortune or much time either. What awaits is 700 islands, 30 of which are inhabited. No matter where you are in the Bahamas, it’s going to be beautiful, the water turquoise, the…

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