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.

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.

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.

Art

Cecilia Lamptey-Botchway

Cecilia Lamptey-Botchway draws from the African metaphysical universe to create paintings and performances that interrogate Womanhood, Blackness, and divinity — she performs regularly at the Ouidah Festival in Benin.

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Wednesday Notes

VC dollars to Black startup founders dropped more than 50% in 2022—Wednesday's lead story alongside an extraordinary debut memoir of Black American boyhood.