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We’re so excited for our newest exhibition We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–8

“I had faced de facto censorship issues throughout my life as part of the system of apartheid in the

On the last day of We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965-85, we are spending time with C

After receiving a master’s degree in public health from Columbia University in 1969, Beverly Buchana

“For me, a black woman artist, to walk into the studio, is a political act.” — Emma AmosEmma Amos wa

As part of We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85, next week artist Maren Hassinger wi

During a recent tour of the Archives for our A.R.T. program, I came across a memo that I found so pr

If you ask someone to name five artists, they will likely name prominent male artists, but how many

Having settled in Paris in 1960, Barbara Chase-Riboud was physically removed from the Black Arts Mov

Betye Saar’s The Liberation of Aunt Jemima: Cocktail combines the iconography of the Black Power Mov

Next month, discover several generations of black women artists—like Emma Amos, Camille Billops, Fai

Over the course of her sixty-year career, Faith Ringgold’s activism has moved strategically between

This week, we celebrate the work and research of 2016-2017 Museum Education Fellow Camilo Godoy. Cam

If you ask someone to name five artists, they will likely name prominent male artists, but how many

Lorraine O’Grady’s first public performance, Mlle Bourgeoise Noire, remains a pivotal work of race,

While many of the artist-led protests of the 1960s and 1970s unfolded as internal art world matters,

Coupling her sardonic wit with the direct, uncompromising gaze of her subjects, Carrie Mae Weems evi

Focusing on the work of black women artists, We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85 ex

This weekend we’re celebrating our brand new exhibition to We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Wom

We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85 opens tomorrow but we’re kicking off our

In early 1971, Kay Brown, Dindga McCannon, and Faith Ringgold gathered a group of black women at McC

In 1980, artist Ana Mendieta curated Dialectics of Isolation: An Exhibition of Third World Women Art

Boston! We Wanted A Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965-85 opens today at the Institute of Contemp

Many of the stunning ephemera collections that star in We Wanted a Revolution are displayed inside c

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