Marred pages and bleeding ink become signs of a hard history shaped and motivated by expectations of wealth. The mould spores become an animating force that takes the ledger as its host. And as Maggs’s photos progress though the book, the mould subsides and gradually disappears—the whole sequence reading as a broken fever, a metaphor for material desires and delusional dreams. (137 Tecumseth St, Toronto ON)
Aylan Couchie, Raven Davis and Chief Lady Bird address the emotional fallout of cultural appropriation in a conversation moderated by Lindsay Nixon
In 1992, a work by African American artist Carrie Mae Weems sparked protests from Black Nova Scotia students who called it racist.
In this excerpt from her new memoir, influential artist Gathie Falk describes her early childhood, her first art lessons, and why she dropped out of school.
Aruna D'Souza's forthcoming book Whitewalling: Art, Race & Protest in 3 Acts reviews three incidents in the long and troubled relationship between race and the art world.
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