Jack Shainman Gallery. Space is the Place, highlighting the profound and visionary works of renowned artist Barkley L. Hendricks, curated by Elisabeth Sann. At the heart of this exhibition is the title itself, Space is the Place, which references the groundbreaking 1972 film by jazz composer and Afrofuturist icon, Sun Ra.
MoMA PS1. Jasmine Gregory’s first institutional exhibition in the US, features a focused selection of new works including a large-scale, site-specific installation. Extending her interest in the material histories of image-making and display, the exhibition considers transparency, fragmentation, and dissolution in relation to both artistic production and racial capitalism.
By Colleen Shalby, Melissa Gomez and Brittny Mejia. Photography by Christina House. In Altadena, the Eaton fire destroyed more than 1,000 structures and killed at least five people. The fire has upended a cherished way of life in the eclectic community, where residents are drawn to its solitude and sense of community.
by Brian Palmer, Southern Cultures. These little incidents were more symptom than disease, I realize now, but I didn’t have language for it then, didn’t have a name for white supremacy. I knew from just watching and living that I was not fully accepted in my own country.
by Veronica Chambers, The New York Times. A constant interrogation of heritage, inheritance and “dreaming as planning,” to use the Gloria Steinem phrase — that gave Nikki Giovanni’s work the kind of firepower that burned so brightly for more than 60 years, right up to her passing at age 81. Change is a through line in her work.
by Sofia Hallström, artnet. Curation plays a vital role in contemporary art. Curators consider aesthetic value of works and their cultural, political, and historical significance provoking dialogue that resonates with diverse audiences.
by Dodai Stewart, New York Times. They observed the scarab beetles, they would see them every morning, coming out of the mud, the same cycle of life, doing the same thing every day, not getting bored or tired,” Mr. Khalil said.
by Daniel Cassidy, ARTnews Watercolor painting by 19th-century artist William H. Dorsey now on display at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania after it was plucked from a Glenside, PA thrift store.
Created in 2018 and 2020, Deborah Willis’ series of photographs, Meditation On Joan Baez’s Civil War, Sundays in Harlem and the Clothesline Series, are timely visual frameworks for understanding America’s past, present and future. In these works, Willis captures a past collective memory of conflict that reflects the present day, where the contemporary American political climate holds up a grim resemblance to the ills that gave rise to the Civil War.
March 16, 1963 – November 15, 2024. Ann Elizabeth Bennett was an Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker, multimedia producer, and devoted community advocate. Ann’s distinguished career in film and media was marked by her deep commitment to exploring the intersections of history, culture, disability, and technology within diverse communities. As a producer, she made significant contributions to projects such as the NAACP Image Award-winning PBS feature documentary, Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People, and the innovative multi-platform initiative Digital Diaspora Family Reunion (DDFR).