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Unknown (American). [Studio Portrait], 1940s – 50s. Gelatin silver print. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Twentieth- Century Photography Fund, 2015 (2015.330). Photograph by and courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Superfine: Tailoring Black Style at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Justin Chance reviews the ties to dandyism in the South and Caribbean as seen in Superfine: Tailoring Black Style at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Mouth of the River, Port of my Heart: Port of New Orleans, Notes on Reading

Ghost

Kristina Kay Robinson considers what happens when deities, beings, and lineages not meant to be understood are conjured in the beginning, ending, and beginning again of New Orleans in this next GHOST theme feature.

Florida Is Lit

BA x Oxford American

In September’s co-publishing initiative with Oxford American, Vanessa Garcia explores Floridian independent bookstores that are preserving the freedom to read.

Residencies | A Letter from Stove Works

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Artist-in-residence Helen Jones writes a letter from Stove Works, sharing stories of winding rivers, time spent on porches, and bathtubs used for photo processing.

Tay Butler: Blackness, Representation, and Reclaiming Legacies

BA x Oxford American

In September’s co-publishing initiative with Oxford American, Zahrah Butler reflects on the work of Tay Butler, a Houston-based artist who examines the commodification of Black athletes and soldiers.

The Art of Living with the Dead: On Dario Robleto’s Care for Ghostly Matters

Ghost

In this GHOST theme feature, Emile Mausner examines Dario Robleto’s materially-rich sculptures, where melted bullet led and ring-finger bones evoke ghosts of the Civil War.