Wadsworth Atheneum’s exhibition Styling Identities: Hair’s Tangled Histories aims to tell a story about what hair means to us—to our individual staff, to our museum, and to our Hartford communities.
Curated by Mark Sealy. “Offering a rare and reflective insight into the seminal South African photographer Ernest Cole, A Lens in Exile is the first exhibition of his photographs documenting New York City during the height of the civil rights movement in America.
by Lovia Gyarkye, HAMMER&HOPE. “I’ve used my camera as a compass to direct a pathway toward the illuminated truth of the indomitable spirit of working-class families and communities in the 21st century,” Frazier said, reading from a recent essay.
by Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald. “A lot of my work has been trying to discern visual aesthetics for what my identity is with this Caribbean-American aesthetic,” Tulloch said.
by Victoria L. Valentine, culturetype. Titled “Salon” (2024), Saar’s installation is anchored by a larger-than-life Black female figure facing six different chairs familiar to various cultures around the world. The seats are arranged in a circle, forming a welcoming gathering place for rest, reflection, dialogue, and engagement. The work is permanently installed in the public garden of the Champs- Elysées in the 8th Arrondissement.
by Colin Edgington, aperture Mortevivum: Photography and the Politics of the Visual (2024), by Kimberly Juanita Brown lays out an array of exhibits: the Civil War, lynching, Jim Crow, the civil rights movement, apartheid and the Soweto uprising in South Africa, the Rwandan genocide, Rodney King, and George Floyd, among many others.
by Emily Gaines Buchler, John Hopkins Magazine. Leslie King Hammond reflects on her life spent championing Black and women artists—and a 1988 exhibit that jolted the art world.
a group exhibition curated by Maty Sall. “The belief that different cultures are not separate but rather inherently interconnected, sharing past and present influences, is generally known as polyculturalism.
by Katherine Rosman, New York Times Trey Curtis and J. Quinton Johnson performing in “Hamilton,” and Vincent Jamal Hooper as Simba in “The Lion King.”
by Valentina Di Liscia, Hyperallergic The Brazilian artist weaves together archives, family albums, and records of Black suffering to suture a history of Amefricanas.