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Harvard Magazine: 'In Art of Jazz, A Multivocal Exhibit'
In the front hall of the Cooper Gallery on Mount Auburn Street, what appear to be two bubble-shaped lanterns hang from the ceiling—but instead of beaming down light to illuminate the art, they pipe in music for visitors standing beneath. In the rooms...
Wicked Local Cambridge: 'Five Upcoming Exhibits to Visit in Cambridge'
Art of Jazz at the Ethelbert Cooper Gallery for African and African American Art: now through May 8, featuring award-winning jazz pianist Jason Moran, collage artist Cullen Washington, conceptual painter Lina Viktor, photographer Ming Smith and...
Gartenberg Media: RECAP: Opening of "Art of Jazz: Form/Performance/Notes" – Featuring the Photographs of Hugh Bell.
Last night was the public opening reception for "Art of Jazz: Form/Performance/Notes," at the Ethelbert Cooper Gallery, Harvard University, featuring the photographs of Hugh Bell. The exhibition is now running through May 8th.
Jazziz.com: '“Art of Jazz” exhibition at The Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art'
With more than 70 pieces ranging from early jazz age objects and mid-century jazz ephemera to contemporary works by established African American artists, the exhibition explores the beginnings of jazz and traces how it was embraced internationally as an...
Harvard Crimson: 'Artist Spotlight, Jay Calderin'
As an author, designer, and professor, Calderin was invited to speak on 19th-century black fashion as part of the Cooper Gallery’s new exhibit, “Black Chronicles II,” which feature photographs of various subjects from artists to royalty. Prior to his Nov...
Culture Type: 'Fall Exhibitions: 42 Must-See Museum Shows Featuring Black Artists'
19. “Black Chronicles II” @ The Ethelbert Cooper Gallery, Harvard University | Cambridge, Mass. First shown in London at Autograph ABP, this exhibition examines images of blacks in 19th and 20th century Britain and features a recently discovered cache of...
Harvard Magazine: 'Existence as Resistance'
“Guess who was the most photographed American of the nineteenth century.” Fletcher University Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., director of the Hutchins Center for African and African-American Studies, prepares for the surprise on my face.
Harvard Crimson: 'Hutchins Center Showcases ‘Black Chronicles’ Photo Exhibit'
The Hutchins Center for African and African American Research is hosting this fall a photography exhibition that displays previously buried archival photographs of black subjects in late 19th century Britain. “Black Chronicles II,” as the exhibition is...
Artnet: '‘Black Chronicles II' Reveals a History Rarely Seen'
A collection of archival photographs (all taken prior to 1938) has surfaced as the result of a British research project called the Missing Chapter, which aims to “redress persistent ‘absence’ within the historical record.”
WGBH: 'Arts This Week: Back To Fall, Back To The Theater'
"You see black men and women depicted as they wanted to be and … it’s such a stark contrast to what we know is happening in this country at the time, that it’s very, very poignant."
Good Black News: 'Black Victorian Photos Exhibit "Black Chronicles II" at Harvard University's Cooper Gallery Through December'
“We are not what we seem.” When the iconic novelist Richard Wright wrote those words, in 1940, he was describing the African-American experience. As a stunning new exhibit at Harvard University’s Ethelbert Cooper Gallery shows, the complexity of seeing...