Jacob Lawrence at the Birmingham Museum of Art
Madeleine Seidel finds an alternative version of history painting—and a different view of American history itself—in Jacob Lawrence’s Struggle series.
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To Chase a Chicken, To Catch a Vision
Artist Jacob Todd Broussard returns to his hometown of Lafayette, Louisiana, to celebrate Courir de Mardi Gras, a rural variation of the more familiar New Orleans festivities.
2020 in Review
Editor-in-chief Logan Lockner looks back on 2020 and toward the year ahead.
Curators Picks: Meg Turner
Jordan Amirkhani on Meg Turner in New Orleans.
Curators Picks: Michael Ross
Jackie Clay on Michael Ross in Laurel, Mississippi.
Curators Picks: Debra Riffe
Hallie Ringle on Debra Riffe in Birmingham, Alabama.
Curators Picks: Cristine Brache
Stephanie Seidel on Cristine Brache in Miami, Florida.
Curators Picks: Johannes Barfield
Amber Esseiva on Johannes Barfield in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
On RaMell Ross
L. Kasimu Harris profiles artist and filmmaker RaMell Ross, whose documentary Hale County This Morning, This Evening offers lyrical new ways of portraying Black life in the rural South.