Art advisor, curator, mentor and writer. Brain haemorrhage/stroke survivor. When I was 21, I drove cross-country to meet Ansel Adams. #VictoriaConcordiaCrescit
Happy Birthday, Brookie Maxwell. Remember when we talked that first time—for what became hours—that you realised that you were late to pickup Ellis, something you’d never done before? That’s the power we held on each other. Raised by wolves, happy birthday, B, now and forever.
This happened to me when I worked at Chick-fil-A, too. I say it's a systemic problem.
Teen says she was sent home from Chick-fil-A job for having an ‘unnatural’ hair color: Blond https://t.co/KQya1XMCNv via @nbcnews
Ira Aldridge (born in 1807 in NYC) lived in England & performed Shakespeare throughout Europe to wide acclaim. A regular financial supporter of abolitionism - when a Black family in Baltimore was captured after fleeing slavery, he provided the funds for them to purchase freedom.
Cubah Cornwallis was a formerly enslaved nurse in Jamaica. She was revered for her medical prowess & treated patients like Horatio Nelson in 1790 & England's King William IV (the queen sent her a dress in gratitude). This is not her portrait but rather an image from the period.
Pioneer. Visionary. Invincible.
We have today unveiled a statue of Arsène Wenger outside Emirates Stadium to celebrate his incredible impact at the club ❤️
Two ways to watch “Bodies of Knowledge” on https://t.co/NJ1pDp1CwI:
1️⃣ In its original broadcast format
2️⃣ With a new Description Audio option
Featuring Guerrilla Girls, Anicka Yi, Tauba Auerbach, & Hank Willis Thomas.
📺 Watch now: https://t.co/h93Tq8j9qQ
No better birthday present than being at the Arsenal training ground today! Briefly felt like a new signing, before remembering I’m 57… Thanks for all of the birthday messages!
Compiled in a new photo book, Tod Papageorge’s timeless photographs capture an intoxicating cocktail of sun, sand and surf. “I look at these pictures and they are alive,” he says
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Led by photographers Yumi Goto and Paola Jiménez Quispe, participants in the Photobook as Object workshop explored the medium as a conduit for memory and self-discovery. https://t.co/CngNqBvbh7
This is Fidèle. He napped on that windowsill, over the Groenerei canal in Bruges, Belgium, for over a decade. By doing so, he quickly became one of the most photographed dogs in the world...
As a young student, Maritcha Lyons (b. 1848) testified before the Rhode Island State Legislature for her right to attend school - as an adult she fought for racial justice & gender equality as an educator & founder of the Woman’s Loyal Union of New York.
Born TD 1920 Bella Abzug. NYS Congresswoman and 1 of founders Women’s Political Caucus. “Battling Bella” was funny as hell, tough as nails, smart, kind and 1 of my political mentors. She was amazing AF. She taught me to how to fight for what I believe.