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A report by Kira Thurman for The New York Times. In early September 1945, amid the rubble of a bombed-out Berlin, the Afro-Caribbean conductor Rudolph Dunbar stepped onto a podium and bowed to an enthusiastic audience of German citizens and American military personnel. The orchestra had gathered in an old movie theater functioning as a makeshift…
Colby Chamberlain on the art of Dave McKenzie Bobblehead from Dave McKenzie’s While Supplies Last, 2003, performance, poly-resin figures, 7 × 2 1⁄2 × 2 1⁄2". “I KNOW YOU ARE DAVE, but who is Dave?” Sixteen years ago, in these pages, the artist Glenn Ligon recounted how a stranger once posed this question to Dave McKenzie’s face. Or rather, she posed it to a papier-mâché approximation of his face, which McKenzie wore while he handed out bobblehead figurines of himself during an opening at SculptureCenter in New York. Ligon floated a fe...
Emily Judd, Princeton Univeristy Library March 15, 2021 12:07 p.m. Students in the fall 2020 course “Language to Be Looked At” examined modernist and avant-garde experiments in word and image, including engaging with Princeton University Library (PUL)'s Special Collections. For the final assignment, students were asked to identify gaps in PUL's "concrete poetry" collections — particularly works by women, gender nonconforming, Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and Asian artists — and make acquisition recommendations. After the course ended, PUL acquired all the recommendations that were avail...
Boca Raton Museum of Art - In honor of Black History Month, the Boca Raton Museum of Art is commemorating the occasion with powerful digital art that’s available for on...
Reply Featured artist Renee Cox The Boca Raton Museum of Art Commemorates Black History Month: Powerful Art for Online Viewing and an Educational Webinar about the Painful History of Racism in Florida Subscribe Watch the video tour of both their artworks at: youtu.be/7IiDCS4L5kk The Boca Raton Museum of Art's online initiatives have become a mainstay for art lovers to enjoy from the comfort and safety of their homes during the pandemic. Subscribe New for Black History Month: Virtual art to enjoy online by Renee Cox and Benjamin Patterson. Their compelling works are currently on view at the ...