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Visual Art From a Black Perspective. Culture Type explores the intersection of art, history & culture. (Image: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye)

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An Artist Documenting the Beauty of Queer Black South Africa: Zanele Muholi discusses visual activism, gospel music and walking more than 15,000 steps in a day. | https://t.co/nZm9yA3Hbp

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‘Simone Leigh’ at CAAM and LACMA Is Comprehensive But Cold: Both exhibitions feel sparse, and Leigh’s distinctive iconography is diluted rather than distilled. | https://t.co/AGpAj3haxK

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Tyler Mitchell Cordially Invites You to Experience His Vision of a Black Utopia: Observer caught up with the photog to learn more about his C/O Berlin show, and the mesmerizing, thought-provoking imagery he's produced over his 10-year career. | https://t.co/GUwouC66ki

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One Fine Show: ‘Patterns in Abstraction’ at the High Museum of Art: Over the past six years, the High has more than quintupled its holdings of quilts made by Black women—many of which are on view in this fascinating but approachable show. | https://t.co/Edgz9jfDdA

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For a ‘Citizen Artist,’ Creativity Is a Matter of Survival: Her residency and exhibition at the University of Chicago highlights vanessa german’s determination to tap into the power of love and art to heal traumas — including her own. | https://t.co/tBZhqozOUL

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EXHIBITIONS | Summer Shows: 18 Museum Exhibitions Showcase Array of Black Artists, From Zanele Muholi, Frank Walter and Calida Rawles (shown) to Tyler Mitchell, Michael Thorpe & Arthur Jafa | https://t.co/h5bzxnRZyc via @culturetype @pamm #museums #blackartists #summerexhibitions

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Good news. 🙌🏾

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APPOINTMENT | Bergan Burnett is New Chief Financial Officer at High Museum of Art in Atlanta. | https://t.co/bxU51MtoK2 via @culturetype @HighMuseumofArt

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Summer Shows: 18 Museum Exhibitions Showcase Array of Black Artists, From Zanele Muholi, Frank Walter (shown) and Calida Rawles to Tyler Mitchell, Michael Thorpe & Arthur Jafa. | https://t.co/h5bzxnRrIE via @culturetype @drawingcenter @davidzwirner

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EXHIBITIONS | Summer Shows: 18 Museum Exhibitions Showcase Array of Black Artists, From Zanele Muholi, Frank Walter and Calida Rawles to Tyler Mitchell, Michael Thorpe & Arthur Jafa. | https://t.co/h5bzxnRrIE via @culturetype @HighMuseumofArt #artmuseums #africanamericanartists

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APPOINTMENT | Kenvi Phillips Appointed Director of Barack Obama Presidential Library at the National Archives, HBCU Alum is Leading First Digital Presidential Library. | https://t.co/jRi4BT0gep @BarackObama @ObamaFoundation @USNatArchives @HowardU

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New Statue Honors Vel Phillips, Trailblazing Civil Rights Activist and Politician: Community members say the Wisconsin artwork is the first sculpture of a Black woman installed outside a state capitol building. | https://t.co/SFutYr1uvf

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Lessons on Black Art Writing From Toni Morrison
Morrison reminds us to dwell in Black visions, to give ourselves over to them entirely, and to do so in language that does not plead for understanding. | https://t.co/tnGQZ2wjlf

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Arthur Jafa shifts into another realm: the artist in his studio in conversation with Harmony Holiday. | https://t.co/DgTqwHAhYR

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Oysters and Martinis at Rashid Johnson’s Pool Party in The Hamptons. The celebration was a fundraiser for the 50th anniversary of Creative Time. Works by Sam Gilliam, David Hammons, Bob Thompson were on view at the artist's house. | https://t.co/XQYyy0MNJd

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Paris 2024: Alison Saar's Olympic Installation Offers Welcoming Place to Sit and Reflect in Garden of Champs-Elysées. | https://t.co/hWhyvOcNvb via @culturetype @LALOUVER @parisolympicss @Olympics

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Kansas Man Who Stole Jackie Robinson Statue Is Sentenced to 15 Years. | https://t.co/0EiYcVrLD7

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APPOINTMENT | TK Smith Joined Emory University’s Michael C. Carlos Museum as Curator, Arts of Africa and the African Diaspora, 'He Uses Art as Portal for Understanding Our Histories.' | https://t.co/84y0FWQSDG via @culturetype @EmoryUniversity @carlosmuseum

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NEWS | Latest in Black Art: Stella Jean Designs Haiti's Olympic Uniforms, Christelle Oyiri Selected for Tate Commission, Kennedy Center Honoring The Apollo & More. | https://t.co/V3cbdwiIK2 via @culturetype @Olympics @Tate @ApolloTheater @HighMuseumofArt

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Aug. 2

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“An artist is a sort of emotional or spiritual historian. His role is to make you realize the doom and glory of knowing who you are and what you are. He has to tell, because nobody else can tell, what it is like to be alive.”

Happy 100th to the writer/activist James Baldwin!