Kicking off Out of Many with Antwaun Sargent and Yaniya Lee
Behind Jorian Charlton’s photography exhibition
As part of the online exhibition
Out of Many, curator and art critic Antwaun Sargent, alongside writer and editor Yaniya Lee, hosted a conversation with Jorian Charlton. The talk, which took place online on Feb. 9, discussed the work behind Charlton’s photographs presented in the virtual exhibition.
Out of Many is presented by Wedge Curatorial Projects, a non-profit initiative promoting Black and diasporic culture, in collaboration with Gallery TPW, an artist-run centre that exhibits artistic and curatorial practices.
Antwaun Sargent is a writer who has contributed essays for museum publications and has been published by
Basquiat s Warrior Is About to Break an Auction Record
Basquiat s Warrior Is About to Break an Auction Record
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Jean-Michel Basquiat s 1982 painting
Warrior is poised to become the most expensive Western work of art auctioned in Asia. In the 33 years since Basquiat died of a drug overdose at the age of 27, the world has remained fascinated by him and the value of his work has appreciated exponentially. Today, he is one of the most expensive contemporary artists and his works, including
Warrior, resonate with a new force.
After his 1982 painting,
Untitled, sold for $110.5 million, prominent curator and dealer Jeffrey Deitch announced, “He’s now in the same league as Francis Bacon and Pablo Picasso.” Though he was rushed to market before his talent had fully matured, his profound talent is unquestionable. Even so, there s not a lot of consensus on what makes him so good and so valuable.
The book club kicked off Black History Month in a very memorable way. Author: Khalida Volou (WUSA9), Bruce Leshan Published: 1:02 PM EST February 2, 2021 Updated: 7:46 PM EST February 2, 2021
WASHINGTON A regular book club meeting turned into something truly special after a surprise visit from Former President Barack Obama.
Members of The MahoganyBooks and Very Smart Brothas Book Club in D.C. were told that they were meeting with a member of President Obama s Administration. Well, they were in for a huge shock when they realized Former President Obama, himself, crashed the party.
The book club members usually meet once a month inside MahoganyBooks in Southeast D.C. to hold discussions about various Black books they read that month. They ve read the work of well-known authors such as Yuval Taylor, Damon Young, Kiese Laymon, Zora Neale Hurston, Bell Hooks, Elaine Welteroth and the list goes on.
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If you want to know what the
Saved by the Bell revival, which debuted on NBCUniversal streaming service Peacock a few weeks ago, is like, here’s a snapshot: In the pilot episode, “Mac Morris” takes new student Daisy to the Max, a brightly colored, zigzag-laden student meeting spot that is a holdover from the original show. As he describes it, “It’s where we like to hang out after school … also, before and during.” Daisy, who transferred from a much less affluent school district, responds: “Wait, so you guys go to a sit-down restaurant every single day? Isn’t that expensive?” In short, the new show is an incredibly meta take on the original, aimed squarely at the now-grown millennials who watched it as kids. But, as the media has sometimes failed to understand, not everyone is a millennial, and not everyone is well-versed enough in