Dawoud Bey – BLACK ART IN AMERICA™

Amending Black Narratives To Expand American Art History: Seismic Change In Artist Empowerment, Honest Scholarship, Gallery Representation, And Museum Leadership Fuels Burgeoning Market

baiadmin — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 15:23:24 +0000

Amending Black Narratives To Expand American Art History: Seismic Change In Artist Empowerment, Honest Scholarship, Gallery Representation, And Museum Leadership Fuels Burgeoning Market

By Natasha Gural

More than half a century after the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 1969 disputed … Read the rest

Art of the Crossover: Jewels, Shackles, and Black Gallery Perspectives on Artists Leaving for Whiter Pastures

baiadmin — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 09:29:28 +0000

Art of the Crossover: Jewels, Shackles, and Black Gallery

Perspectives on Artists Leaving for Whiter Pastures

by D. Amari Jackson

…thinking about a pop record, somethin’ made for the station

for a whole new relation

ship of a … Read the rest

BAIA Talks Podcast: Frank Mitchell, Curator Of Afrocosmologies: American Reflections

baiadmin — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 11:15:12 +0000

Independent curator, Faron Manuel and Jamaal Barber of Studio Noize Podcast interview Frank Mitchell, curator of the exhibition Afrocosmologies: American Reflections at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art for this episode of BAIA Talks.

Afrocosmologies: American Reflections
October 19, 2019 … Read the rest

Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem At The Gibbes Museum

baiadmin — Tue, 21 May 2019 11:16:01 +0000

The Gibbes Museum of Art to Exhibit Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem

The Gibbes Museum of Art is pleased to present Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem, a major traveling exhibition … Read the rest

Infinite Spaces: Rediscovering PAFA’s Permanent Collection

baiadmin — Wed, 23 May 2018 16:00:49 +0000

Infinite Spaces

showcases new acquisitions and rarely seen artworks from PAFA’s permanent collection. Featuring works by Mickalene Thomas, Dawoud Bey, Abelardo Morrell, Judy Gelles, Mary Cassatt and more, Infinite Spaces highlights PAFA’s commitment to collecting the … Read the rest

Columbia College Chicago Announces 2018 Honorary Degree Recipients

baiadmin — Fri, 11 May 2018 19:03:14 +0000

Columbia College Chicago

Announces 2018

Honorary Degree Recipients

Dawoud Bey (Photo: MacArthur Foundation), Mary A. Mitchell ’91, Jennifer Farrington ’93, and Paul Broucek ’74

Columbia Professor Dawoud Bey and alumni Paul Broucek, Jennifer Farrington, and Mary A. Mitchell to be … Read the rest

BAIA Talks: Recapping Soul of A Nation with Dawoud Bey

baiadmin — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 17:22:19 +0000

BAIA Talks:

Recapping Soul of A Nation with Dawoud Bey

Recapping an extraordinary weekend at the Soul of a Nation opening with a brief interview with Dawoud Bey, reflecting on conversations had & the images he currently has on display … Read the rest

Dawoud Bey 2017 MacArthur Fellow Inspired By 1969 Harlem On My Mind Exhibit

baiadmin — Sat, 14 Oct 2017 02:06:04 +0000

Dawoud Bey, a professor of Photography at Columbia has been named a 2017 MacArthur Fellow. Dawoud is a photographer and educator whose portraits of people, many from marginalized communities, compel viewers to consider the reality of the subjects’ own social … Read the rest