by lindaoppenheim | Mar 24, 2017 | Exhibit, interview, Uncategorized
“When does art cross into appropriation and exploitation? Baruti Kopano, an associate professor at Morgan State University and co-editor of “Soul Thieves: The Appropriation and Misrepresentation of African American Popular Culture,” weighs in on that...
by lindaoppenheim | Jan 29, 2017 | Article
Jared Keller’s article in the Smithsonian describes Louisiana’s Whitney Plantation which opened to the public after years of careful restoration in December 2014 as the country’s first slave museum,
by lindaoppenheim | May 12, 2015 | Opinion
In his May 11, 2015 column, Charles Blow quotes first lady Michelle Obama at the opening of the new Whitney Museum in New York about the message the inclusive exhibit sends to young people, who have felt excluded from cultural institutions in the past....
