Tag: Carrie Mae Weems

  • Nation & World

    Giving Carrie Mae Weems her due

    New volume fills gap in scholarship on work of celebrated Black photographer Carrie Mae Weems.

    5 minutes
    Two women and a girl in mourning.
  • Nation & World

    ‘The work of culture alters our perceptions’

    The two-day “Vision & Justice” conference at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study brought together a wide range of scholars and artists for performances and discussions considering the role of the arts in understanding the nexus of art, race, and justice.

    9 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Picturing vision and justice

    A meeting of experts and scholars from Harvard and beyond organized by assistant professor Sarah Lewis will “consider the role of the arts in understanding the nexus of art, race, and justice.”

    13 minutes
    Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture and African and African American Studies Sarah Lewis
  • Nation & World

    Art of the self, but not just

    Work by MacArthur genius Carrie Mae Weems is showcased in a new exhibit at the Cooper Gallery.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Curating a visual record

    Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, assistant professor of the history of art and architecture and African and African-American studies, guest edited the magazine Aperture, producing an issue called “Vision & Justice,” the first on African-Americans, race, and photography for the magazine.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A panoply of achievement

    Seven African-American leaders receive Du Bois Medals from the Hutchins Center.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Art, turned on its ear

    Photographer and arts historian Deborah Willis launches the Hutchins Center’s spring series of noontime lectures with a look at modern artists and their radical, racial alterations of iconic art.

    5 minutes