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What Is Hip-Hop Architecture?

What Is Hip-Hop Architecture?

From Artnet, via Culture Type/ This week, the Museum of Design in Atlanta unveils “Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip-Hop Architecture,” a survey of temporal, reactive, and improvisational architecture, designed by scholar and architect Sekou Cooke. | Read the full article by Vittoria Benzine.

A Show at the Yale Gallery Celebrates Yoruba Artist Moshood Olúṣọmọ Bámigbóyè

A Show at the Yale Gallery Celebrates Yoruba Artist Moshood Olúṣọmọ Bámigbóyè

From the New York Times: "Organized by James Green, associate curator of African art at the Yale Gallery, the exhibition places us deep in the context of Bamigboye’s social culture. We see sculptures by near-contemporary Yoruba carvers like Dadaolomo, Akiyode of Abeokuta, and Areo-ogun-yan-na, whom he regarded as

Going Home

See all 29 of the items being returned by the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art to Nigeria. As discussed on SKY IS BLACK, repatriating the so-called Benin Bronzes is absolutely the right thing to do. | The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art transferred ownership of 29 Benin bronzes

Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the 1-54 Art Fair

Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the 1-54 Art Fair

Event: October 15, 2022 | 1-54, founded by Touria El Glaoui, has held annual editions in London since 2013, New York since 2015, and Marrakech since 2018. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, 1-54 spearheaded the ascent of contemporary African art on the international art market and became a leading voice. 🚨Event Alert!

The Puerto Rican Traveling Theater

The Puerto Rican Traveling Theater

Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater (aka Pregones/PRTT) is a multigenerational performing ensemble, multidiscipline arts presenter, and owner/steward of bilingual arts facilities in The Bronx and Manhattan. Our mission is to champion a Puerto Rican/Latinx cultural legacy of universal value through creation and performance of original plays and

Our Souls Grow Deep

Our Souls Grow Deep

Event: October 15 - November 22, 2022 | From our friends @LAPhil: "Rock My Soul" Festival celebrates the extraordinary achievements of Black women artists, with music, yoga, film & so much more. Curated by @ava's ARRAY (@ARRAYNow) and @_JuliaBullock. Learn more at https://t.co/kM0D86ZFUE. pic.

Do You Hear What We Hear?

Do You Hear What We Hear?

Event: October 15, 2022 | Join us for the public-facing part of this event on Saturday, Oct 15, 9:30am-3:30pm ET. There'll be presentations on sound objects and a concert. Made possible by @CRE2_WashU @WashUHumanities @OIEAHC @CNUcaptains @VCU and VCA. Co-organized w @MissCaton Sarah Finely + Sarah Eyerly

Scripting Blackness

Scripting Blackness

Event: October 7, 2022 | Looking forward to discussing /Scripts of Blackness/ at the Yale Renaissance Colloquium this Friday 12.30pm EST! The talk will focus on Blackspeak (sonic impersonation). Registration link and discount code in the poster below. 🖤 pic.twitter.com/7cK7e8ksQ3 — Noémie Ndiaye (@NdiayeNoemie) October 3, 2022 Welcome! You

What to See Now

What to See Now

Culture Type Recommends 50 Art Shows We Need to See ASAP. | 50+ Museum Exhibitions to See This Fall Feature Artists Henry Taylor, Fred Eversley, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Theaster Gates, Black Potters, Just Above Midtown Gallery & MoreAT A TIME WHEN NEW YORK CITY galleries and museums had little interest in African

Let the Light Shine

Let the Light Shine

A reminder from Behargerlij to keep our eyes and ears and minds open. SKY IS BLACK. | Behagerlij Advertising CompanyBehagerlij is a home for incredible Ethiopian graphic designs and Branding. We excel at making creative and unique designs. Check out our works.SemiColonWeb

Houston, We Have 'Sundown'

Houston, We Have 'Sundown'

Curated by Romeo Robinson, a new exhibit opens at the HMAAC. | Join us next Saturday, October 8, for the opening day of "Dominic Clay: Sundown." The exhibition by Houston artist Dominic Clay @dominicclay3rdeye is curated by Romeo Robinson and will be on view in the Bert Long Gallery

The New HCIC

There's a new head curator in charge, and we couldn't be more excited! | Michelle Jacques Appointed Board President of Association of Art Museum Curators, Three Black Woman Will Hold Top Board Positions in 2023-24Incoming Board President Michelle Jacques THE ASSOCIATION of Art Museum Curators (AAMC) &

Picture This

We are who we are. We are who we were. Never, ever forget...what time it is. | Large Format Photos Document Black Communities in the 1980s Deep South https://t.co/TR2ITuemHi — Left of Black (@LeftOfBlack) September 24, 2022

Let's go with WOMANifesto

Let's go with WOMANifesto

Art is life. | A poem about ecofeminism and divine femininity. It encapsulates the essence of African ecofeminism as well as the collective activism that defines it. 🔥AUCTION IS LIVE : ➡️https://t.co/eNzxWTk0Mj ➡️Start price 0.5 SOL#aishatuado #explorepage #viral #love #booktwt #books pic.twitter.com/OSiGpOeVcP — Aishatu ☮️ (@AishatuGwadabe)

Opening Soon...

Our World Weekly

Opening Soon...

There are a lot of really important museums in the world, and we believe the International African American Museum is going to be right up there with them. | As IAAM moves to opening, we are kicking off Grand Opening Season with a commission from Dance Theater of Harlem in partnership

What's good for the mummy is good for the queen?

Our World Weekly

What's good for the mummy is good for the queen?

This cartoon should help people get the point. They'll get it, right? Right? pic.twitter.com/gCtOjAgsHn — Dwayne Wong (@DOmowale) September 19, 2022 The only reason why the Pyramids still exist in Africa today is because they were too heavy for Europeans to loot and put in their

SKY IS BLACK - Episode #34

SKY IS BLACK - Episode #34

Anton and BC discuss Wakanda Forever, the new format for the podcast, and the empowering and inspiring art of Ethiopian Afrofuturist, Fanuel Leul.

SKY IS BLACK - Episode #33

SKY IS BLACK - Episode #33

“I am a digital artist who currently lives and works in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Africa. In my artwork, traditional elements are brought to life with contrasting and harmonious compositions of futuristic technology. I would say my distinctive personal style has an Afrofuturistic theme that emanates joy and peace, a way

SKY IS BLACK - Episode #31

SKY IS BLACK - Episode #31

BC and Anton welcome the founder of the ONE AFRICA movement, Mika Chavala, and discuss Invest Fest, the crypto country, Afropolitan, and the reopening of London’s historic Africa Centre.

We See You, Baselyos.

We See You, Baselyos.

Your life and work will survive as long as the truth shall live. | This dynamic 17th C painting was produced by a black artist & scribe named Baselyos who lived in Lasta #Ethiopia His "trademark" was a painting of the bird ground hornbill. He also produced this Gospel