Tag Archives: Hank Willis Thomas

Another Country

by Heather Hart and Jina Valentine | Sep 14, 2018

Another Country

by Heather Hart and Jina Valentine | Sep 14, 2018

Thirteen summers since the original convening of the Black Lunch Table (BLT), the project’s founders Heather Hart and Jina Valentine reconvene many of the original participants to discuss the project’s history and evolution and consider its future trajectory.

This Week in Art

For Freedoms Launches the 50 State Initiative, Nick Cave Takes Over the Park Avenue Armory, & More

by Rachel Heidenry | Jun 4, 2018

This Week in Art

For Freedoms Launches the 50 State Initiative, Nick Cave Takes Over the Park Avenue Armory, & More

by Rachel Heidenry | Jun 4, 2018

A look at this week’s art news, including a new public art initiative launched by the artist-run Super PAC For Freedoms, and a new participatory performance series by Nick Cave.

This Week in Art 6.26-7.2: Richard Serra Designs 55th New York Film Festival Poster

by Lindsey Davis | Jun 26, 2017

This Week in Art 6.26-7.2: Richard Serra Designs 55th New York Film Festival Poster

by Lindsey Davis | Jun 26, 2017

A look at this week’s art news, including Richard Serra’s newly released poster for the 55th New York Film Festival, and events and exhibitions from Milwaukee to Los Angeles.

This Week in Art: 6.6-6.12

by Lindsey Davis | Jun 6, 2016

This Week in Art: 6.6-6.12

by Lindsey Davis | Jun 6, 2016

A look at this week’s art news, including recent awards won by ART21 artists, and events and exhibitions everywhere from New Haven to Hong Kong.

The Walker Curates the News: 04.20.15

by Walker Art Center | Apr 20, 2015

The Walker Curates the News: 04.20.15

by Walker Art Center | Apr 20, 2015

Holographic activists marched through the streets of Madrid recently in protest of a new law aimed at preventing Spanish citizens from demonstrating against Congress. “Our protest with holograms is ironic,” …

The Walker Curates the News: 12.08.14

by Walker Art Center | Dec 8, 2014

The Walker Curates the News: 12.08.14

by Walker Art Center | Dec 8, 2014

Do #blacklivesmatter to the art world? Not when it really counts, writes an African American woman working in arts PR: “It’s not like my colleagues don’t know how to talk …

The Walker Curates the News: 09.29.14

by Walker Art Center | Sep 29, 2014

The Walker Curates the News: 09.29.14

by Walker Art Center | Sep 29, 2014

“I have a problem with the idea that contemporary art can only be presented in a white box.”

Black Futurism: The Creative Destruction and Reconstruction of Race in Contemporary Art

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jun 24, 2014

Black Futurism: The Creative Destruction and Reconstruction of Race in Contemporary Art

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jun 24, 2014

Contemporary black artists often refute conventional notions or images of blackness and replace them with altered realities.