Art

Winfred Rembert

At 51, Winfred Rembert began carving his memories of Jim Crow Georgia and a near-lynching into tooled leather paintings. Hauser & Wirth's 'All of Me' brings 40 works together.

Daily Notes

Sunday Notes: Oprah, NBA Playoffs, Coachella, and more

Oprah Winfrey returns to Tennessee State University for commencement, the NBA Playoffs open strong, and Ghana becomes the first country to approve Oxford's malaria vaccine.

Culture

Saturday Notes: NBA Playoffs, Mannie Fresh, Basquiat x Warhol Exhbition

The 2023 NBA Playoffs begin Saturday. Mannie Fresh becomes the latest hip-hop producer to sell his catalog, while the Basquiat x Warhol exhibition opens in Paris.

Daddy Yankee

Friday Notes: Joel Embiid, Music Release Day and more

For the first time since 1994, all five New York winter sports teams are in the playoffs — on the same Friday that Daddy Yankee's Gasolina became the first reggaeton song in the National Recording Registry.

Black Thought

Release Day: Daniel Caesar, Dinner Party, Black Thought, Joeboy

This week's essential releases: Daniel Caesar's 'Never Enough,' Dinner Party's 'Enigmatic Society,' Black Thought and El Michels Affair's 'Glorious Game,' and a Joeboy deep cut.

Art

Joseph Kojo Hoggar

Joseph Kojo Hoggar, a 2023 KNUST Visual Arts graduate from Ghana, examines the figure of the smoker through paintings that blend African contemporary art with classical art history in The Vanities exhibition.

Culture

Thursday Notes: The Shade Room, "Sweetwater", NBA Play-in Tournameent

The Shade Room and No Jumper, built to serve Black audiences, have become platforms for right-wing disinformation — the latest sign that cultural reach and editorial responsibility are increasingly at odds.

Music

Wednesday Notes: Last Dance' Jordans, Questlove, Black Thought, and more

The Converse x Devin Booker Chuck 70 hits shelves today — undyed canvas, Arizona-inspired license plate details, and a minimalist spirit that makes Booker's signature collaboration more than just a hoop shoe.

Ronnie Fieg

Ronnie Fieg x The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation x New Balance 998 "Broadacre City"

KITH founder Ronnie Fieg teases his New Balance 998 collaboration with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation — 'Broadacre City' draws from Wright's architectural sketches and marks the 998's 35th anniversary.

Sneakers

Extra Butter x Diadora 'Giallo 2.0'

Extra Butter's 'Giallo 2.0' is a direct sequel to their first-ever Diadora collab from 2016 — built on pig suede, perforated leather, and a stained glass PVC patch drawn from Italian psychological horror.

Ajamu Kojo

Ajamu Kojo

Ajamu Kojo is a figurative painter and filmmaker living in Brooklyn whose work is propelled by mystery — his scenic art has appeared on Law & Order, Boardwalk Empire, and Vinyl.

Justin Jones

Tuesday Notes: Justin Jones, Aliyah Boston and more

Nashville's Metro Council voted to expedite the reinstatement of Representative Justin Jones just days after Tennessee Republicans expelled him — a swift and historic rebuke of the Republican supermajority.