Wednesday Notes

The Met Announces Harlem Renaissance Exhibition for 2024

Artworks on loan from historically Black institutions will make the show one of the largest surveys of the era in nearly 40 years.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art will stage a show about the Harlem Renaissance in February, with loans from historically Black universities like Howard and Fisk. Denise Murrell, a Met curator at large, is organizing the exhibition. Murrell co-curated the acclaimed shows “The Black Model from Géricault to Matisse” at the Musée d’Orsay (2019) and “Posing Modernity: The Black Model from Manet and Matisse to Today” (2018) at Columbia University‘s Wallach Art Gallery. Among the artists in the show are Aaron Douglas, Archibald Motley, Jr., and Augusta Savage.

The Met Announces Harlem Renaissance Exhibition for 2024

Artworks on loan from historically Black institutions will make the show one of the largest surveys of the era in nearly 40 years.

The New York TimesZachary Small

The Met Plans Harlem Renaissance Show, ‘Art Worlds’ Sociologist Howard S. Becker Dies at 95, and More: Morning Links for August 23, 2023

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A Tale of Ghana’s Fabled Fortune

Everyone loves a story about a good scam, and British Ghanaian writer, Yepoka Yeebo, has written an exquisite, well-researched one in the form of a book called Anansi's Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World.

A Tale of Ghana’s Fabled Fortune

​Yepoka Yeebo’s debut ‘Anansi’s Gold’ is a thrilling dive into the fact and fiction of a legendary scammer.

OkayAfricaNwokedi Kenechukwu

MANJU Journal Celebrates the Works of Over 80 Ghanaian Artists in New Book

MANJU Journal is a Ghana-based pan-African digital platform and creative studio founded by cultural creator, Richmond Orland Mensah. The platform celebrates contemporary Africa and its diaspora by engaging in various creative outlets touching on fashion, photography and art. Recently, MANJU Journal unveiled a new art book that empowers a range of Ghanaian visual artists. The book entitled VOICES, GHANA’S ARTISTS IN THEIR OWN WORDS is slated to be published in September.

MANJU Journal Celebrates the Works of Over 80 Ghanaian Artists in New Book

Entitled ‘VOICES, GHANA’S ARTISTS IN THEIR OWN WORDS.’

HypebeastKeith Estiler

David Zaslav, Hollywood Antihero

David Zaslav, Hollywood Antihero

The C.E.O. of a huge conglomerate takes on an entertainment business in turmoil.

The New YorkerCondé Nast

Nike’s “Día de Muertos” 2023 Collection Includes A Sweet Air Max 1

Nike’s “Día de Muertos” 2023 Collection Includes A Sweet Air Max 1

NIKE, Inc. has vocalized its commitment to the Latino community over the last three years unlike ever before, adding representatives to its board of directors, amongst other initiatives. One such endeavor that’s become a mainstay over the last few years has been full-on collections to coincide with…

Sneaker NewsJovani Hernandez

Sha’Carri Richardson is back and a world champion

Sha’Carri Richardson is back and a world champion

After cruising to a first-place finish in the semifinals of the women’s 100-meter dash at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday, a race in which she empha…

AndscapeMartenzie Johnson

Aaron Judge Signs With Jordan Brand

Aaron Judge Signs With Jordan Brand

Fresh off the heels of announcing its partnership with Philadelphia Eagles QB Jalen Hurts, the Jordan Brand has moved its next piece on the board by announcing the official signing of New York Yankees slugger and reigning AL MVP Aaron Judge. Considered among the best power hitters and team lifters i…

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