"It was a hard-earned life," said Leslie Umberger, curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., which is holding a retrospective of Traylor's art – 155 paintings and ...

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The artist shares: At first, I had to be extremely resilient because my work was concerned with the slave trade, slavery, colonialism, racism, and human rights. I embraced uncomfortable dialogue.

In ‘We Have Made These Lands What They Are: The Architecture of Slavery,’ artist Keris Salmon examines the lives of enslaved people and the places they lived in the American South. Special ...

The portrait of Russell Sturgis at the Worcester Art Museum has a new sign next to it with information about his connections to slavery. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) This article is more than 6 years old.

Princess Eugenie, who co-founded The Anti-Slavery Collective to end modern slavery and trafficking in 2017, attended a London art exhibit supporting the cause ...

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Two art exhibitions at the Bermuda National Gallery will open up to the public tomorrow. I Am Because You Are explores the impact of slavery on Ms Hassell’s family heritage in her first ever ...

Artist and activist Shana M. griffin talks about her show at the Contemporary Arts Center. In this piece, a wooden plank bristles with 19th-century nails, marking the sites of slave markets.

In ‘We Have Made These Lands What They Are: The Architecture of Slavery,’ artist Keris Salmon examines the lives of enslaved people and the places they lived in the American South.