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Culture Type | The Month in Black Art: Here's What Happened in May 2025

Culture Type | The Month in Black Art: Here’s What Happened in May 2025

International curator Koyo Kouoh died, longstanding Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden fired, artist and curator Evangeline J. Montgomery died, David C. Driskell Prize went to artist Alison Saar   Artist and Curator Evangeline J. Montgomery (1930-2025). | Courtesy the artist, Photo by Erwin Thamm   LIVES | May 1: Artist, curator, and arts administrator Evangeline...
Henry Taylor, Tyler Mitchell, and Amy Sherald Among Artists Who Walked Met Gala 'Blue' Carpet Based on Cy Gavin Painting

Henry Taylor, Tyler Mitchell, and Amy Sherald Among Artists Who Walked Met Gala ‘Blue’ Carpet Based on Cy Gavin Painting

ARTIST HENRY TAYLOR IN LOUIS VUITTON. | For Vogue’s special Met Gala issue, Henry Taylor painted a cover portrait of Met Gala Co-Chair Pharrell Williams, men’s creative director at Louis Vuitton. The exhibition “James Jarvaise & Henry Taylor: Sometimes a Straight Line Has to Be Crooked” opens at Hauser & Wirth in Downtown Los Angeles...
Vogue's 'Black Dandy' Issue is Fashion Forward and Artist Centered, Featuring Photographs by Tyler Mitchell and Cover Painted by Henry Taylor

Vogue’s ‘Black Dandy’ Issue is Fashion Forward and Artist Centered, Featuring Photographs by Tyler Mitchell and Cover Painted by Henry Taylor

The making of Vogue’s Met issue is documented in a behind-the-scenes video. The cover shoots are highlighted and scenes from Tyler Mitchell photographing his 28-page dandy-style suiting portfolio are captured, along with commentary from the many participating models, artists, and cultural figures. | Video by Vogue   BLACK DANDYISM is an idea and potent style...
A New Documentary About André Leon Talley Traces His Southern Roots and Unimaginable Rise in High Fashion

A New Documentary About André Leon Talley Traces His Southern Roots and Unimaginable Rise in High Fashion

  A WISE AND SEASONED arbiter of style, André Leon Talley has been cutting a fabulous figure in the fashion world for more than 40 years. Before he became a fixture at Vogue, he worked at Andy Warhol’s Factory, volunteered with Diana Vreeland at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, and did stints at...