by Abby Remer, MVTimes. “Interiority.” This stunning show runs through August 17, featuring 10 top photographers at the Featherstone Center for the Arts.
by Deanna Taylor, Essence. Tucked away in a three-story Victorian home in Philadelphia’s historic Germantown neighborhood is The Colored Girls Museum (TCGM). It’s a portal, a sanctuary, and a multiverse intentionally curated to center, celebrate, and protect the everyday experiences of Black girls.
by Matthew Carey, DEADLINE. Actor, writer, filmmaker, and playwright Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine has a documentary, Memories of Love Returned.
by Maya Pontone, HYPERALLERGIC. Artists slated to participate in the Art Omi program in Upstate New York must stay back due to closed embassies or denied documents, an ongoing challenge expected to worsen under Trump.
WOPHA Press Release. Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA) is proud to announce it has received a $150,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to support its operations over the next two years.
by Lori Waxman, HYPERALLERGIC. Chicago has long been home to social service-oriented arts organizations. Red Line Service, which provides art opportunities for currently or formerly unhoused people, celebrates its anniversary with an exhibition.
by M.H. Miller, The NY Times Style Magazine. Four artists talk tabout where their obsessions came from — and what they did about the obstacles thrown their way. Derrick Adams, William Kentridge, Howardena Pindell and Lisa Yuskavage recognize it’s never been easy to have a career as an artist, but it’s possible that it’s becoming harder.
by Monica Uszerowicz, HYPERALLERGIC. The exhibition On Education at Amant reflects on the violence and complexities of the system by which we teach and are taught, primarily through the lens of those who’ve suffered under it. While On Education doesn’t seek to condemn the system entirely, it both examines its violence and seems to propose alternative models by way of the art object.
by Okla Jones, Essence. Cradled by the gentle hills of Sonoma County, Sanford Biggers’ Oracle has found a new home at The Donum Estate—a sanctuary of art and nature. —an iconic work from Biggers Chimera series.
by Solange Knowles, aperture. Melina Matsoukas has made a lasting mark on visual culture as the director of unforgettable music videos—among them Rihanna’s “We Found Love” and Beyoncé’s “Formation”—and the 2019 feature film Queen & Slim. In some ways, though, it feels like Matsoukas is just getting started.