Exhibit celebrates black comic book superheroes
From NY1: “Marvelous Color,” presented by Somos Arte at the Caribbean Cultural Center in Midtown, features classic African-American comic book characters like The Black Panther, Storm from “The X-Men,”...
View ArticleHow to celebrate Black History Month in the Big Apple
New York City is an important international center for music, film, theater, dance and visual art. It is shaped by years of immigration and to many it is the cultural capital of the United States. In a...
View ArticleJoyous multiracial kids brighten California photo exhibit
From Karen Wada, The Los Angeles Times: The kids in these photographs don’t look like they belong in a museum. They’re having too much fun. They gloat and grin, share secrets and show off their...
View ArticleLittle-seen photos and art bring civil rights to life at NY museum
From New York 1 News: The Bronx Museum of the Arts is paying tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as the country marked the 42nd anniversary of his death Sunday. Road to Freedom> is a series of...
View ArticleHitler portrait in young artists exhibit offends
A Massachusetts art gallery is experiencing a brush with controversy over a painting it currently has on display. The portrait of Adolf Hitler at the Marblehead Arts Association was done as part of a...
View ArticleUrban artwork takes center stage in New York City
We all know New York for its amazing art scene. From the Guggenheim to the Met, New York City is one of the premiere leaders in art and culture. But off the beaten path, there is another art scene —...
View ArticleNew Smithsonian exhibit exposes Gullah language
From the Washington Informer: Doing the Ring Shout in Georgia, ca. 1930s Members of the Gullah community express their spirituality through the “ring shout” during a service at a local “praise house.”...
View ArticleTales of Katrina told through new museum exhibit
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The room is lit by flashlights, an escape hole chopped in the roof with an ax lying nearby. Steps away, rising floodwaters seep down a levee wall; across the way, a storm diary...
View ArticleNYC museum features exhibition on Apollo Theater
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s Apollo Theater launched the careers of such legends as Ella Fitzgerald. It was also the site of memorial services for Michael Jackson and James Brown, and Barack Obama’s...
View Article'Kings of Hip-Hop' exhibit pays homage to rap icons
Hip-hop immediately makes an impression on most people. Words like loud, rebellious and powerful often come to mind. And when fusing it with the fine art world, it can be beautiful. Today, professional...
View ArticleTuskegee Airmen exhibit gets new home at GA museum
WARNER ROBINS, Ga. (AP) – The Tuskegee Airmen exhibit has a new and upgraded home in a museum at a central Georgia Air Force base. The Telegraph of Macon reports (http://bit.ly/KYnzY) that the museum...
View ArticleNew exhibit explores Thomas Jefferson's slave ownership
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Smithsonian continues developing a national black history museum, it’s offering a look at Thomas Jefferson’s lifelong slave ownership through an exhibit that explores the lives...
View ArticleAla. civil rights museum exhibiting lesbian photos
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Founded to teach about human rights and the fight for equality during the days of racial segregation, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is introducing a new topic: Lesbian...
View ArticleBlack legislators, past and present, celebrated in Atlanta exhibit
ATLANTA – The rich history of Georgia’s black legislators has been captured in an exciting exhibit at an African-American library in downtown Atlanta. The exhibition, entitled “Remembering Our Legends...
View ArticleGrammy Museum to feature Whitney Houston exhibit in August
A special exhibit in the Los Angeles Grammy Museum will showcase memorabilia from the life of the late Whitney Houston. The pop and R&B singer’s exhibit will open on August 15. The Los Angeles...
View ArticleExhibit to explore history of African-Americans in medicine during Civil War
Some may not know how much of a part African-Americans played in the Civil War, but the National Library of Medicine has produced an exhibit to shed light on their work in the health field during that...
View ArticleWorks by artist Basquiat to appear at NYC exhibit
NEW YORK (AP) — More than 30 works by artist Jean-Michel Basquiat will appear at a New York City exhibit before a private sale. The exhibit at Sotheby’s galleries runs May 2 through June 9. Most will...
View ArticleBlack history in focus with 2 new exhibits in DC
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 150 years of African-American history from slavery to civil rights and contemporary suburban life are in focus in two new exhibitions opening in the nation’s capital. The...
View Article‘The Snowy Day’: Children’s book with black protagonist is focus of exhibit
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — During the height of the civil rights movement, a gentle book about a black boy in a red snowsuit crunch-crunch-crunching through the snow broke down racial barriers and now is the...
View ArticleCambridge University hosts major exhibition devoted to afro combs
The University of Cambridge is staging a mayor exhibition exploring the 6,000-year history of the afro comb and the politics of black hair. The fascinating display charts the inception of the comb in...
View ArticleExhibit honors 150th anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation
An acclaimed exhibit of African-American art and artifacts that has traveled the country in honor of the Emancipation Proclamation’s 150th anniversary will mark the final leg of its national tour in...
View ArticleNYC exhibit showcases basketball’s Black Fives Era
NEW YORK (AP) — Just a few years after the invention of “Basket Ball,” black players in segregated America formed leagues of their own, eventually creating a barnstorming circuit featuring such teams...
View ArticleNew book details story of black man caged in a New York zoo in early 1900s
A new book details the shocking story of a Congolese man who was caged in a New York zoo and put on display as the “missing link” between man and ape. The book, Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota...
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