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    “The second edition aims to be an invitation to join us in this circle to which we should all feel like we belong if the intention is to speak honestly about the past, each understanding his/her role whenever a voice is given to the artworks that surround us, and appreciate the absolute exceptionality and uniqueness with which every individual is and was remembered in art,” explained the curator of the show, Justin Randolph Thompson, who is also the co-founder and director of

Bowdoin College Museum of Art Read Article Justin Randolph Thompson, director and co-Founder of Black History Month Florence, will offer an online presentation at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 17, about the origins, achievements and future objectives of “On Being Present: Recovering Blackness in the Uffizi Galleries” hosted by the Bowdoin College Museum of Art in Brunswick. The program was launched in February 2020 as a collaboration between Black History Month Florence and the Uffizi. Thi...

Echoes and agreements: A photo essay Drawing on the Uffizi’s Hypervisions exhibition “On Being Present” Theophilus Marboah share In Five Ways of Being a Painting, historian William Max Nelson writes: “Like any good aphorism, the short sentence functions as both a part and a whole. At first, it seems to make sense in isolation, yet it calls out for placement within a context that could reveal some fuller meaning.”     Top: Vittore Carpaccio, Gli Alabardieri, 1490-1493. Gallerie d...

By Jessica Carney, for The Gazette RaQuishia Harrington, program supervisor for special and underserved populations with the City of Iowa City, is accustomed to bringing people together — literally. This year, her plans didn’t quite go as expected. Many of the community programs she normally plans were put on hold or scrapped altogether. But amid the challenging circumstances, there were at least a few bright spots and many lessons learned. Harrington was invited to speak about the cruc...