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Cover of Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-fi and Fantasy Culture
Afrofuturism in the Stacks
Watson Library’s collection of Afrofuturist books
Angela Washington
June 15, 2022
The artist Roberto Lugo is seen on an iPhone screen against a backdrop of the Afrofuturist period room currently installed at The Met.
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Meet the Artists: Roberto Lugo
Meet Roberto Lugo, one of the many contemporary artists whose work is featured in "Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room."
May 11, 2022
The artist Cyrus Kabiru appears on a phone against a backdrop of the Afrofuturist period room exhibition.
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Meet the Artists: Cyrus Kabiru
Meet Cyrus Kabiru, one of the many contemporary artists whose work is featured in "Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room."
April 19, 2022
Mannequin wearing Dapper Dan Louis Vuitton trench coat
Becoming Dapper Dan
How a fashion icon came to define the aesthetic of the “Harlem dandy”
Monique Long
April 11, 2022
1970 black and white photograph of Benny Andrews working in his studio, back to the camera, facing the painting No More Games in progress.
Benny Andrews: Looking for That "Bigger Thing"
What did "making it" as an artist mean for Benny Andrews?
Kyle Williams
April 3, 2022
The bestselling author and illustrator John Jennings is visible on an iPhone before a backdrop of the Afrofuturist period room currently on view at The Met.
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Meet the Artists: John Jennings
Meet John Jennings, bestselling author and illustrator whose graphic novella "Protocol and Response"—featured in The Met's latest Bulletin, dedicated to "Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room"—animates the objects on display in the installation.
March 30, 2022
A high-contrast view of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's "Why Born Enslaved!" from behind with her profile showing
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Fictions of Emancipation: Carpeaux Recast
This podcast features artists discussing works from the exhibition and themes that arise in representations of the Black figure in Western art
Elizabeth Colomba, Delphine Diallo, and Fabienne Kanor
March 9, 2022
Black dress by Patrick Kelly with a large collection of colorful buttons in the shape of a heart on the bodice
“So We Don’t Forget Each Other”: Patrick Kelly and the Politics of Gifting
How one radical designer appropriated stereotypes to expose and confront America’s past
Sequoia Barnes
February 28, 2022
The artist Fabiola Jean-Louis visible on a phone screen before a backdrop from the Afrotuturist period room at The Met.
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Meet the Artists: Fabiola Jean-Louis
Meet Fabiola Jean-Louis, one of the many contemporary artists whose work is featured in "Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room."
February 26, 2022
“Tyson Beckford” beige crewneck sweater with the Pan African flag
Fashioning an African American Lexicon
Several recent collaborations between fashion designers and artists celebrate and refresh long traditions of African American creative expression.
Jonathan Michael Square
February 25, 2022