EVENTS
AN EVENING WITH ANNETTE GORDON-REED, HARVARD PROFESSOR AND PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR¬
Photo courtesy of Annette Gordon-Reed.
AN EVENING WITH ANNETTE GORDON-REED, HARVARD PROFESSOR AND PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR
Friday, March 24, 2023
6:00 PM
VIRGINIA MOCA
Annette Gordon-Reed, the first Black recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for History and one of the foremost voices on race and history in America, will deliver a lecture about the sweeping story of Juneteenth and the painful legacies of slavery that persist today. In connection with the exhibition Kara Walker: Cut to the Quick, Dr. Gordon-Reed will relate the historical process of emancipation to the current fight for equality, reflecting on the promise of freedom and the role we all play in fulfilling it.
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EXHIBITION
Kara Walker: Cut to the Quick From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation
MAIN GALLERY
A leading artist of her generation, Kara Walker (b. 1969) works in a range of mediums, including prints, drawings, paintings, sculpture, film, and the large-scale silhouette cutouts for which she is perhaps most recognized. Her powerful and provocative images employ contradictions to critique the painful legacies of slavery, sexism, violence, imperialism, and other power structures, including those in the history and hierarchies of art and contemporary culture.