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by Katherine Smith In Fabiola Jean-Louis’ photograph, Marie Antoinette is Dead, a Black woman leans back into a sumptuous pillowed seat, her body language suggesting casual, unflappable self-possession. She wears a voluptuous blue dress with pink accents, in a style and color that would have been...
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Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment When Parker Curry came face-to-face with Amy Sherald’s transcendent portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama at the National Portrait Gallery, she didn’t just see the First Lady of the United States. She saw a queen—one with dynamic self-assurance, regality, beauty,...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Los Angeles, with its communities from around the world, is a melting pot of traditions and practices. During this period of Safer at Home, the Fowler is pleased to offer digital programs celebrating world arts and cultures. All...
