by M.H. Miller, Brendan Embser, Emmanuel Iduma and Lucy McKeon, New York Times A group of experts met to discuss the images that have best captured — and changed — the world since 1955.
HESSE FLATOW congratulates Adama Delphine Fawundu on being the first Artist in Residence at Prospect Park’s Lefferts Historic House Museum, and the opening of her large-scale installation Ancestral Whispers.
Curated by Deborah Willis, Posing Beauty in African American Culture explores the contested ways in which African and African American beauty have been represented in historical and contemporary contexts through a diverse range of media including photography, film, video, fashion, and advertising.
Co-curated by Cheryl Finley and Deborah Willis, Free as they want to be: Artists Committed to Memory presents contemporary art inspired by historical memory. The exhibition considers in comparative perspectives the historic and contemporary role photography and film have played in remembering legacies of slavery and its aftermath.
The Center for Photography at Woodstock (CPW) is delighted to announce Keisha Scarville as the winner of its inaugural Saltzman Prize, presented in cooperation with PHOTOFAIRS New York. The Saltzman Prize recognizes extraordinary achievement by an emerging photographer, one whose work has recently gained visibility and whose voice adds new perspectives to the discussion around photography and visual culture.
Baxter St. Camera Club of New York 126 Baxter Street New York, NY 10013 On View Through April 27, 2024 Baxter St, in partnership with YoungArts, is proud to present a solo exhibition by Zayira Ray (2018 YoungArts Winner in Photography), featuring portrait photographs that explore notions of belonging, love, and kinship in Brown diasporic communities.
Marianne Boesky Gallery 509 West 24th Street New York, NY 10011 On View Through April 27, 2024 Marianne Boesky Gallery is pleased to present Quiet Storm, an exhibition of new work by Danielle Mckinney (b. 1981; Montgomery, AL). In this ambitious new suite of oil paintings, Mckinney infuses intimate settings with radical beauty and striking emotional sway.
NICOLA VASSELL 138 Tenth Avenue New York, NY 10011 On view through April 20, 2024 Nicola Vassell is delighted to present Univitellin, a special installation of Terence Nance’s eponymous short film from 2016, and a selection of photographs from the artist’s archive depicting family, faith and the synthesis of creative and spiritual practice.
Edited by Najha Zigbi-Johnson. Mapping Malcolm continues the project of reinscribing Malcolm X’s memory and legacy in the present by exploring his commitment to community building and his articulation of a global power analysis as it continues to manifest across New York City today.