The Indianola, Miss., club was part of the chitlin circuit, where Black performers found refuge during the Jim Crow era. After urgent renovations, it will reopen this week.
Category: Museums
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‘White Balls on Walls’ Review: Time With the Gatekeepers
The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam becomes a somewhat flimsy case study for fine-art diversity and inclusion conversations in this documentary.
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‘The Offbeat Sari’ Exhibit Opens at London’s Design Museum
“The Offbeat Sari” explores the influence and evolution of the traditional South Asian garment.
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A Hawaiian Bungalow Resort Reopens on the Big Island
Plus: playful lamps, Loewe Craft Prize finalists on view in Queens and more recommendations from T Magazine.
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The Met Walks a Fine Line on Karl Lagerfeld: Judge the Clothes, Not the Man.
“The Line of Beauty” focuses on dualities in the dazzling work of the legendary designer, but it is coy about the controversies.
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Katy Hessel Wants to Rewrite the Story of Art, Without Men
Hanging out at MoMa with Katy Hessel, a British art historian, podcast host and curator of the Great Women Artists Instagram account.
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Can the Arts Be a Way Out? Or In?
Over several days last week in Florence, Italy, experts in the arts met at the Art for Tomorrow conference to talk about the challenges, demands and opportunities they face.
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In the Footsteps of Charles III
An alternative coronation tour explores the psyche and history of the new king, from the gardens he created to the London hotel he used as the backdrop for his coming out with the new Queen Consort.
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Pharaonic Funkatizing at the Met Roof Garden
Lauren Halsey built a personal monument drawing on sources from ancient Egypt to George Clinton to threatened neighborhoods of South Central Los Angeles.
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Marissa Zappas Brings a New Scent to the Museum of Sex
Marissa Zappas, who has developed fragrances with sex workers, poets and astrologers, is the nose behind a new scent at the Museum of Sex.
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Sulwhasoo, the Korean Beauty Brand, Partners with the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Amorepacific partners with the Metropolitan Museum of Art to expand the reach of Sulwhasoo, their luxury Korean beauty brand.