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This year's conference Black Portraitures: The Black Built Environment takes place in Los Angeles, CA Sept 28–30, 2026. Register today! blackportraitures.info/bp-la/ New York, NY Joined November 2014-
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Black Portraiture[s]: Los Angeles: The Black Built Environment is taking place September 28–30 at the UCLA Luskin Conference Center. Check out the full story by @theevanarysays: getty.edu/news/black-por…
Heading to the Black Portraiture[s] conference? Check out our reading list of 12 books that span art, architecture, migration & the many ways Black communities create—& reclaim—space. These books are currently available at the Getty Library on the reserve shelf on Plaza Level.
We can’t wait to gather with you next week for what promises to be an exciting, inspiring, and unforgettable conference. Thank you for making Black Portraiture[s] the moment. See you soon!
To everyone who has registered: Friendly reminder that the Black Portraiture[s] Conference is a free conference & seating is limited. Seating is first come, first served, so we encourage registered attendees to arrive early to ensure a seat.
REGISTRATION IS NOW FULL! Thanks to your incredible response, we're thrilled to announce that registration for the Black Portraiture[s]: LA is now full. We're grateful to our partners, collaborators, speakers, artists, scholars & supporters who make this gathering possible.
the curatorial field & beyond. Each term in the title—“black,” “curators,” “matter”—inhabits meaningful points of entry into the outstanding impact that Black curators have had in visual arts and culture. Learn more and RSVP here: whova.com/portal/webapp/…
"Black Curators Matter: Conversations on Art + Change" is about the complex history of Black cultures in museums. It foregrounds Black curators who've worked in the field since the 1970s. They're both witnesses & progenitors of major change & transformation in the museum world,
Join us Mon 9/28 at 6–7pm at Getty Center for keynote speakers Deborah Willis, Kellie Jones & Bridget R. Cooks. Speakers will discuss their own work & Getty's new "Black Curators Matter" book including Thelma Golden, Kellie Jones, Richard Powell, Lowery Sims & Franklin Sirmans.
Black Portraiture[s] is coming to Los Angeles in 2 weeks! The conference will be livestreamed for anyone who can't attend in person. Learn more and RSVP here: whova.com/portal/webapp/…
We’re thrilled to announce the Black Portraiture[s] Conference is coming to the west coast this fall 2026. This year's conference theme is “Los Angeles: The Black Built Environment” which takes place in-person & virtually Monday, September 28 to Wednesday, September 30, 2026.
Black Portraiture[s]: Los Angeles: The Black Built Environment The Black Portraiture[s] conference will examine the historicity and rich panoply encompassing the Black built environment, both physical and imagined. Co-hosted by New York University, Getty, and UCLA. September 28–30 at UCLA Luskin Conference Center and Online getty.edu/calendar/black…
Black Portraiture[s] 2026 is co-hosted by @nyuniversity, @GettyMuseum and @UCLA. Please contact [email protected] with any questions. Register here: blackportraitures.info/bp-la/
The conference will present and encourage research and scholarship on modern and contemporary visual and structural approaches, centering the audacity of Black built environments from within the diaspora’s global influence and iterations.
We’re thrilled to announce the Black Portraiture[s] Conference is coming to the west coast this fall 2026. This year's conference theme is “Los Angeles: The Black Built Environment” which takes place in-person & virtually Monday, September 28 to Wednesday, September 30, 2026.
Call For Submissions- Black Portraiture[s] VII: Play & Performance @expressnewark Rutgers University—Newark, NJ February 17 – 19, 2022 blackportraitures.info/bp7/2021/09/10…
That’s a wrap! Thank you all for attending BLACK PORTRAITURE[S]: Absent/ed Presence, 2021
Schedule Correction: Please note that today’s panel ‘Digital Networks, Aesthetics, and Black Death’ begins at 2pm EST
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