Rare portraits reveal the humanity of the slaves who revolted on the Amistad
Portraits of enslaved people from the 19th century are unusual. But a Connecticut artist named William H. Townsend decided to ...
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Edward Boccia, the American Expressionist Who Time Forgot, Is Suddenly Everywhere
Edward Boccia was an influential American Expressionist in his lifetime. Now, a New York exhibition sheds light on his ...
The art show “Code-X” borrows written languages from Mesoamerican culture to tell new stories
Digital codes run the world now, and coders have great amounts of power over society. Enrique Chagoya’s “Codex YTREBIL” is part of the exhibit “Code-X.” (Ray Mark Rinaldi, Special to The Denver Post) ...
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH: At a museum in Nigeria, Olufemi Farouk helps preserve untold history of slavery and its chains
Olufemi Farouk is a tour guide at the Mobee Slave Relics Museum in Badagri, Nigeria. 1010 WINS spoke with him about the ...
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Forgotten for 138 years, a Black composer's magnum opus finds a stage
Until recently, the music of Morgiane only existed in a single handwritten manuscript. Composer Edmond Dédé, a Black American ...
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Framingham's Fuller School is named for this prominent 20th century Black couple
Framingham's Fuller Middle School is named for a 20th century Black couple who were prominent in their respective fields ...
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Building the Market for African Art in France: An Interview With Sitor Senghor, Artistic Director of AKAA
Senghor has big plans to increase the fair’s prestige and visibility and stabilize the African art market in France.