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January 6, 2022 by Susan Isaacs

‘Afro-American Images 1971’ exhibit is restaged by Delaware Art Museum in a museum mea culpa

“To write about the Black presence at the Delaware Art Museum is to recall the absence of curators, exhibitions, and artists,” says art historian and artist Simone Austin in the catalog for the re-staging of the exhibition ‘Afro-American Images 1971,’ now at the Delaware Museum. Our contributor Susan Isaacs gives the story of the current exhibition and its historical predecessor, and says, “The show is very important.”

April 21, 2021 by Patrick Coué

Programming at Philadelphia museums addresses racial disparities with varying success

Patrick Coue rounds up the hits and misses of recent local museum programming to address issues of racial disparity in society and the arts, and points to a groundbreaking installation by Fred Wilson from 1992 as an important example in this field.

February 4, 2021 by Andrea Kirsh

New navigation guide at the Philadelphia Museum of Art highlights works by black artists in the collection

Artblog contributor Andrea Kirsh visits the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and follows their “Works by Black Artists” guide which is now available alongside museum maps. Andrea’s Art History-informed observations are vivid and insightful.

December 9, 2019 by Susan Isaacs

Black abstract art takes center stage in ‘Generations’ at Baltimore Museum of Art

Artblog contributor Susan Isaacs reports back from ‘Generations: A History of Black Abstract Art’ at the Baltimore Museum of Art, which closes on January 19, 2020.

January 22, 2015 by Andrea Kirsh

Represent showcases 200 years of African-American art at the PMA

February 1, 2011 by Andrea Kirsh

Two exhibition catalogs: ‘The Making of Art’ and ‘Painting Under Attack’