Aug. 3 would have been Little Rock-born jazz musician Art Porter Jr.’s 50th birthday. The saxophonist died in a boating accident in Thailand in 1996, not long after performing at a festival celebrating the reign of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
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The Studio Museum Has a Vision for Its Home. And a Power Player at the Helm. | The New York Times
As the Studio Museum prepares to break ground here next year, coinciding with its 50th anniversary, Ms. Golden, is overseeing the institution at a turning point in its history.
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Haki Madhubuti reflects on 50 years of cultivating black arts | The Chicago Reporter
Poet and educator Haki Madhubuti could easily spend every waking hour repeating “I told you so” when it comes to what’s at stake for black America, but he’s characteristically doing something about it rather than talking about it.
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Amy Sherald, nationally acclaimed artist with Columbus roots, returning home as lecturer | Ledger Enquirer
“The only reason that I wanted to do this is because I want to change people’s expectations as to what they may see when they walk into an institution that tells them what is valuable and to validate peoples’ existence in so many ways.”
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Melina Matsoukas to adapt ‘A Brief History of Seven Killings’ for Amazon — book on race, class & politics in Jamaica | Shadow & Act
She’s direct videos for Beyonce and Rihanna, Issa Rae’s Insecure — and now she’s heading up a much needed-to-be-told story for Amazon Studios.
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Banksy Strikes Again, With Nod to Basquiat | The New York Times
The artworks are perhaps a homage. Basquiat, who died of a suspected drug overdose at 27, in 1988, began his career as a graffiti artist before going on to become a celebrated art-world figure, acclaimed for his primitive, boldly colored figures, textual fragments and raw imagery that often referred to African history, slavery and colonialism.
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For the first time in 30 years, a book celebrates black women photographers | Quartz
I’m doing my small part to add to this conversation by creating this document. But it is the gatekeepers, the editors, and curators, who really need to do examine their processes of inclusion.
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#DrawingWhileBlack Is an Online Celebration of Gifted Black Artists | OkayAfrica
The hashtag was created by Twitter user, Annabelle H, who mapped out the rules for #DrawingWhileBlack on her page last Wednesday.
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Kara Walker’s Triumphant New Show Is the Best Art Made About This Country in This Century | Vulture | NY Magazine
James Baldwin once said that “no true account really of black life can be held, can be contained, in the American vocabulary.”
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Why the Works of Visionary Artist Jacob Lawrence Still Resonate a Century After His Birth | Smithsonian Magazine
His vibrant and bold paintings tell stories of liberation, resistance and resilience.
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