Category: News
Matthew Francis Rarey at the Seminary Co-op
Matthew Francis Rarey discussed his book Insignificant Things: Amulets and the Art of Survival in the Early Black Atlantic in conversation with Larissa Brewer-García at the Seminary Co-op. This event... Read More
“Cécile Fromont Appointed as new HAA Professor and as First Faculty Director of the Cooper Gallery of African and African American Art at the Hutchins Center”
The Department of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard has announced the appointment of Cécile Fromont as a professor in its department. Born in Martinique, and with degrees from Science-Po and... Read More
“The Magnificent Poem Jars of David Drake, Center Stage at the Met”
At the center of “Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina,” a revelatory exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, stands a majestic artifact: a stoneware storage jar t... Read More
“The Enslaved Artist Whose Pottery Was an Act of Resistance “
Poetic jars by David Drake are setting records at auction and starring in art museums, showcasing the artistry of enslaved African Americans. Click here to read more.... Read More
Roundtable – “Esclavage et culture visuelle: perspectives historiques et artistiques”
On June 5, 2022, our partner Slavicult group at Yale organized a roundtable in Fontainebleau in collaboration with the Fondation pour la Mémoire de l’Esclavage to discuss the historical relation be... Read More
“Theorizing the Afterlives of Slavery in The Americas: A roundtable” | Video
If you missed our roundtable on the afterlives of slavery on January 19, 2021, check out the video recording below. We were honored to listen to and discuss with three very special guests: Deborah Tho... Read More
October 30: Book Launch—”Beyond Babel” by Larissa Brewer-García
The Slavery and Visual Culture Working Group is proud to announce the launching of Larissa Brewer-García’s new book, Beyond Babel: Translations of Blackness in Colonial Peru and New Granada (C... Read More
Carmen Fracchia: Cuántos crímenes más como el de George Floyd tienen que ocurrir en Estados Unidos para enterrar el racismo
La tortura pública deliberada y la muerte de George Floyd a manos de Derek Chauvin, oficial de policía en Minneapolis, el 25 de mayo de 2020, y la indiferencia ante el dolor que demostraron hacia es... Read More