Celebrating the joyful legacy of a musical icon.
Read MoreReview: ‘Random Acts of Flyness’ Is a Striking Dream Vision of Race | The New York Times
HBO’s “Random Acts of Flyness” is like almost nothing you’ve seen on TV before. But it begins with a kind of image you’ve seen much too often.
Read More‘They wanted to jail us all’ – Black Panthers photographer Neil Kenlock looks back | The Guardian
From beauty pageants to burned-down pubs, Neil Kenlock spent decades capturing the struggles – and victories – of black Britain. Here he relives ‘some of the best years of my life’
Read MoreThe pioneering prints of Dox Thrash | CBS New
Dox Thrash revolutionized printmaking in the 1930s.
Read MorePrince Estate Inks Deal to Distribute 35 Classic Albums | Colorlines
A new deal will allow fans to reconnect with nearly three dozen albums from Prince’s catalog.
Read MoreJazz Notes: Vision Fest, Mickey Bass, children’s jazz book | New York Amsterdam News
Little Theodore and Hazel, with instruments in hand (trumpet and harp), were off to the park to play when suddenly they ran into a sad bird that needed help.
Read MoreOverlooked No More: Amrita Sher-Gil, a Pioneer of Indian Art | The New York Times
With her paintbrush, Sher-Gil explored the sadness felt by people, especially women, in 1930s India, giving voice and validity to their experiences.
Read MoreFrida Kahlo’s neighbourhood: exploring vibrant Coyoacán, Mexico City | The Guardian
Ahead of a major Frida Kahlo exhibition at London’s V&A museum we visit the artist’s bohemian district – from her house to the cantina where she drank, and from arts venues to fantastic markets and restaurants.
Read More‘I didn’t give a damn if it didn’t sell’: how Isaac Hayes helped create psychedelic soul | The Guardian
The singer’s Hot Buttered Soul, released in 1969 and soon to be reissued, ripped apart the rules and inspired many new waves of music
Read MorePhotographers Connect Africa’s Diaspora Back to the Continent | Hyperallergic
A group of contemporary artists re-imagine the African Diaspora through references to the landscape, masks, clothes, and adornments.
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