InterviewLGBTQ
Art can help the public engage in personal advocacy: Alphonso David, president of the Human Rights Campaign
The nation's largest LGBTQ civil rights organisation recently unveiled a mural by Hank Willis Thomas on its Washington, DC headquarters stating Black Trans Lives Matter
NewsProtests
Nelson-Atkins Museum director pledges to re-establish trust after police use campus to stage response to protests
After asking that squad cars leave the grounds, he says police presence caused deep “hurt”
BlogThe Buck stopped here
'We abstracted our experience—that is how we saved ourselves': emotional opening at Margate's show of African American art
InterviewExhibitions
‘Public art is propaganda, frankly’: Hank Willis Thomas discusses gun violence and the urgent need for alternative memorials
A host of the artist’s exhibitions and public projects open in various locations across the US open this year
NewsConservation & Preservation
Poignant online videos showcase 20 sites from Alabama’s civil rights era
World Monuments Fund joins partners in launching an oral history project
ReviewBook Shorts
Old animals remind us of old people in this book of photographs
Isa Leshko’s images plead for the better treatment of animals
NewsCivil Rights
State of Massachusetts investigates reported racism at the MFA Boston
"Experiences like this are literally taking away from academic growth", says principal of students who filed a complaint during a class trip
InterviewFaith Ringgold
Faith Ringgold discusses civil rights and children's books in solo London show
Acclaimed for her paintings and quilts, which weave in stories of the Civil Rights movement from a black female perspective, Faith Ringgold is about to open a solo show at the Serpentine Gallery, London—her first in a European institution.
NewsAcquisitions
Whitney acquires Abstract Expressionist painting by Norman Lewis
The museum will show the underrecognised African American artist's work alongside pieces by his contemporaries
NewsExhibitions
New-York Historical Society opens new spaces dedicated to shows on equality and civil rights
The inaugural exhibition, commemorating the 14th Amendment, looks at Jim Crow America