Najee Dorsey’s “From Beale Street to Bourbon Street" Weaves Southern Stories at Black Art In America

Najee Dorsey’s “From Beale Street to Bourbon Street" weaves southern stories at Black Art In America

“Stories untold are stories forgotten,” Dorsey said during a recent gallery walkthrough. Photo by Noah Washington/The Atlanta VoiceAs dandyism dominated the 2024 Met Gala and films like “Sinners” brought southern aesthetics to the big screen, visual artist Najee Dorsey found his decades of work suddenly in cultural conversation.His latest exhibition, “From Beale Street to Bourbon Street,” which opened May 22 and runs through July 19 at Black Art…

A look at the Met Museum's exhibition on Black dandyism

The Met's spring exhibition presents a cultural and historical examination of Black style over 300 years through the concept of dandyism.

Fabric of history: PVMA painting included in the Met’s ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’ exhibition

As the national art and celebrity worlds coalesced at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual Met Gala in early May, the exhibition coinciding with the event at the nation’s most-visited museum also featured several local ties.

AMFA’s Kwame Brathwaite exhibition highlights Black portraiture

Kwame Brathwaite (New York, New York, 1938 – New York, New York, 2023), “Untitled (Studio shoot with Marcia McBroom. Album cover for The Players’ Association featuring David Sanborn and Mtume),” 1976, archival pigment print, 15 x 15 in., Courtesy of Philip Martin Gallery and The Kwame Brathwaite Archive.‘KWAME BRATHWAITE: THE 1970S’THROUGH SUNDAY 10/12. Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts. Free. You’d have to work hard to overstate the power of Kwame B…

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