MoMA | Tag: Black Lives Matter

Posts tagged ‘Black Lives Matter’

July 29, 2016 | Artists, Collection & Exhibitions, Library and Archives

From the Archives: Faith Ringgold, the Art Workers Coalition, and the Fight for Inclusion at The Museum of Modern Art

Posted by Michelle Elligott, Chief of Archives

Faith Ringgold. American People Series #20: Die. 1967. Oil on canvas, two panels, 72 × 144″ (182.9 × 365.8 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase, and gift of Sarah Peter. © 2016 Faith Ringgold/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

After seeing Faith Ringgold’s monumental, harrowing painting, American People Series #20: Die (1967), currently installed in the Museum and reading Thomas J. Lax’s incredibly thoughtful and moving post (as well as this recent notice from ARTnews, I was inspired to reflect upon this new acquisition.

Babies: A Personal Response to Thomas Lax’s Commentary

Posted by Kathy Halbreich, Associate Director, The Museum of Modern Art

Years ago an acquaintance of mine in Minneapolis, where I lived for 16 years, told me she feared for her teenage son every day. A young black man, she said, had to watch every step he took.

I am a mother whose son turned 28 last week. He never has to worry about taking a walk or driving his car.

How Do Black Lives Matter in MoMA’s Collection?

Posted by Thomas J. Lax, Associate Curator, Department of Media and Performance Art

Less than a month after 49 people were killed and 53 wounded by a single gunman at a gay Latino party in Orlando, Florida, Alton Sterling and Philando Castile’s gruesome murders by police officers were captured on video and widely circulated. The two recordings of Sterling’s death were made by Abdullah Muflahi, a local store owner, and Arthur Reed, an activist, while Castile’s was made in a lucid, terrifying account by his girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, under police duress as he died next to her. At least 5.4 million people have seen Reynolds’s video as of Saturday morning.