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The Harlem on My Mind protests were a series of protest actions in New York, organized by the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition (BECC) in early 1969 in response to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibition Harlem on My Mind: Cultural Capital of Black America. The exhibition, focused on the Harlem Renaissance and intended as the museum's ...
It was the first large exhibition of modern art in America, as well as one of the many exhibitions that have been held in the vast spaces of U.S. National Guard armories. The three-city exhibition started in New York City's 69th Regiment Armory , on Lexington Avenue between 25th and 26th Streets, from February 17 until March 15, 1913. [ 1 ]
During the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler, German modernist art, including many works of internationally renowned artists, was removed from state-owned museums and banned in Nazi Germany on the grounds that such art was an "insult to German feeling", un-German, Freemasonic, Jewish, or Communist in nature. Those identified as degenerate artists ...
'The Tampkins Family Exhibit' When: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday through March 6 Where: Myriad Gardens' Crystal Bridge Conservatory Visitor Lobby Art Gallery, 301 ...
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The first exhibition was an NAACP exhibition entitled An Art Commentary on Lynching and held at the Arthur U. Newton Galleries, [2] [3] from February 15 through March 2. [4] It was covered by the NAACP's magazine, The Crisis, which in particular observed the additional publicity that accrued because of a last minute change of venue, a mere four days before the exhibition was due to open. [2]
[5] [14] [15] According to a 2022 report surveying 31 museums in the United States, Black artists and their work represent 2.2% of museum acquisitions and 6.3% of museum exhibitions during the period from 2008 to 2020, [16] [17] and are often relegated to museum basement showings and limited-run exhibitions. [18] In recent years, art historians ...