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Havemeyer, who pursued it again, from Degas’s of 40,000 francs to 1 million francs
Havemeyer, who pursued it again, from Degas’s of 40,000 francs to 1 million francs
Composer/producer Emily Wells sees us as the buffalo: frozen before downfall, but still alive—which is why she includes so much breath in her song. Wells, whose work deals with the climate crisis, looks to David Wojnarowicz’s AIDS activism for lessons.
And it was estimated that, between 1830 and 1885, 40 million buffalo were killed.
In 1899 an unknown photographer documented the interior of a cotton gin operation in Dahomey, Mississippi. The image reveals the challenging and stifling work of processing raw cotton in the humidity of the southern United States. In the foreground, African Americans pack and press cotton into a massive bale.
The well, operated by BP, spilled 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico
In this photograph, journalist and musician Celeste Headlee hears Lenox Avenue, a suite her grandfather William Grant Still named after Harlem’s main street. This portrait captures the pride of Black Americans achieving success during the Harlem Renaissance despite systemic injustice.Â
Her TEDx Talk “Sharing 10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation� has over 26 million
beginning in 1927, that Ford produced its Model A, successor to the famed Model T, 15 million
Taking an in-depth look at the historical experiences and cultural formations of Black and African people since the 17th century, this exhibition includes works of art like paintings, sculpture, photographs, and time-based media by artists from Africa, Europe, the Americas, and the Caribbean.
Paul Mellon, 1983.1.6 Romare Bearden was one of more than six million African Americans
Composer-pianist Vijay Iyer describes the East Building as a work of art that does what music does: invites you in—to inhabit, explore, and be among others. He responds with pieces that balance pattern and structure with leaving room to wander.
To date, she has directed and guided complex projects totaling more than $400 million
Composer Nathalie Joachim sees her childhood memories in May Flowers. The photograph also evokes the uniquely spiritual experience of recording a church choir in her family’s Haitian village. Joachim has lovingly woven their song into her composition.
They hadn’t rehearsed a million times.
Charles Sheeler was a master of both painting and photography, and his work in one medium influenced and shaped his work in the other.[1] In 1927, he was commissioned to photograph the Ford Motor Company’s new River Rouge Plant near Detroit. Then the world’s largest industrial complex, employing more than 75,000 workers, the plant produced Ford’s Model A, successor to the famed Model T.
"Sheeler Auctioned for $1.87 Million." Washington Post (3 June 1983).
Rapper Sa-Roc’s music speaks to different aspects of Black experience, including the vulnerability of many Black kids—similar to the boy in Margaret Burroughs’s linocut, who hides himself. Her song Forever invites listeners not to hide, but to shine and share their “inner light� with the world.
“Forever,� released in 2018, created a viral sensation with more than five million