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Our critically acclaimed exhibition We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85 is in its final days and we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to celebrate the exhibition one last time. Join artists, activists, and scholars on Sept. 16 for an afternoon of programming that honors the exhibition’s trailblazing artists through talks, tours, and performance a day before the exhibition closes. 

Click here for the details, schedule and tickets.

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When the Stars Begin to Fall StudioLab

The Studio Museum in Harlem presents this public program in partnership with MAPP International Productions as a special edition of Studio Lab—an interactive...

tbt - some stuff brought up here really sticks with me still - an honor to be included on this panel

[moma]

MoMA | Tag: Black Lives Matter

Thanks to all of you who read and shared associate curator Thomas Lax’s recent blog post “How Do Black Lives Matter in MoMA’s Collection?” Read two new blog posts from associate director Kathy Halbreich and chief of archives Michelle Elligott in response to Thomas’s post. 

[Faith Ringgold. American People Series #20: Die. 1967. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. © 2016 Faith Ringgold/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]

(via MoMA | Tag: Black Lives Matter)

[moma]

In the wake of this week's tragic violence in Louisiana, Minnesota, and Texas, associate curator Thomas J. Lax offers a meditation on the power of image making as a tool for political intervention, and shares three works from our collection by contemporary artists that respond to anti-black racism. Read Lax's thoughts on works by Steffani Jemison, Kerry James Marshall, and Faith Ringgold.

[Steffani Jemison. Escaped Lunatic. 2010-11. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. © 2016 Steffani Jemison]

[moma]

4/27: An evening with artist Bouchra Khalili, whose work deals with revolution, and how we remember the past.

[Bouchra Khalili. Foreign Office. 2015. Digital video (color, sound), 22 min. Produced within the framework of the Sam Art Prize. Courtesy of the artist]

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