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Harlem Covers Moma At Gordon Parks Centennial Gala

Posted on June 6, 2012 by | 3 Comments

Last night, singer/songwriter Harlem lady Alicia Keys, Glenn Ligon and Thelma Golden (above) from the Studio Museum in Harlem were guests of honor at The Gordon Parks Centennial Gala. Continue reading →

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Jules Allen New York Stories At ICP

Posted on April 30, 2012 by | 3 Comments

Join Jules Allen as he discusses his approach and perspective on photographing New York City’s streets.

Jules Allen is a respected, award-winning photographer currently living and working in New York. His lifelong work is evocative of the contemporary black experience. His images place subjects, drawn from the richness of black life, within universal paradigms. Allen’s aesthetic vision embraces black music, gesture, and ritual, and renders American culture more meaningful for the world. Continue reading →

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The Met Host Father’s Day Event

Posted on June 13, 2008 by | Leave a comment

The Met partners with the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development to honor graduates of the Fatherhood Program

Father’s Day Celebration at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, (followed by a picnic in Central Park ), 150 fathers and children, Robert Doar, Commissioner, Human Resources Administration, John Welch, Museum Educator in Charge of Youth Programs, Dr. Ronald Mincy, Columbia University, IMPACT Repertory Theatre. Continue reading →

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HW Pick: Ali At Moma

Posted on April 26, 2008 by | Leave a comment

From 1962 to 1972, George Lois changed the face of magazine design with his ninety-two covers for Esquire magazine. He stripped the cover down to a graphically concise yet conceptually potent image that ventured beyond the mere illustration of a feature article. Lois exploited the communicative power of the mass-circulated front page to stimulate and provoke the public into debate, pressing Americans to confront controversial issues like racism, feminism, and the Vietnam War. Viewed as a collection, the covers serve as a visual timeline and a window onto the turbulent events of the 1960s. Initially received as jarring and prescient statements of their time, the covers have since become essential to the iconography of American culture.

MoMA takes us through a wonderful decade of legendary Esquire magazine covers (’62 to ’72, for the curious)… Continue reading →

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