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Artists Of Color

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arts-and-culture2 years ago•10 min saved

Exploring the Visibility Trap: Artists Go Dark at the Guggenheim

The Guggenheim Museum's exhibition "Going Dark: The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility" features the work of 28 artists exploring questions of visibility and perception, particularly for people of color. The show raises urgent inquiries about the experience of being hyper-visible and subject to increased surveillance while simultaneously being erased from the social and political landscape. Through various mediums, the artists challenge stereotypes, distortions, and misunderstandings, offering a counterpoint to the art world's focus on Black portraiture. The exhibition engages with themes of race, identity, and the role of photography in classifying and criminalizing people of color. It also includes site-specific installations that explore the hypervisibility and surveillance experienced in museums.

via The New York Times|

#artists-of-color #arts-and-culture #contemporary-art

music2 years ago•2 min saved

Rolling Stone Co-Founder Ousted from Rock Hall Leadership Over Offensive Remarks

Jann Wenner, co-founder of Rolling Stone magazine and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, has been removed from the hall's board after making controversial remarks in an interview. Wenner's comments, which were criticized as disparaging female musicians and artists of color, sparked immediate backlash. The decision to remove him from the board came a day after the interview was published. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has faced criticism for its lack of diversity in inductees, with recent improvements but still a significant underrepresentation of women and artists of color.

via The Washington Post|

#artists-of-color #female-musicians #jann-wenner

education2 years ago•3 min saved

"Chicago Museum Paves the Way for Art Education"

The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago has partnered with educator Romi Crawford to launch the New Art School Modality, a semester-long program that offers free courses in Black art history taught by scholars and artists of color. The program aims to provide an alternative mode of art education in response to the closure of traditional art schools and the high cost of studying fine art. The first semester will focus on the lessons of FESTAC 77, a Pan-African convening of Black artists in 1977. The program does not offer a degree or college credit but aims to create apprenticeships in the arts and make art more accessible.

via The New York Times|

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