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Amid the turbulent decades of the mid-20th century, African American and Afro-Atlantic diaspora artists sought to celebrate Black culture and advance the struggle for civil rights. Photographic images contributed in myriad ways to the lively exchange of pan-African ideas that propelled the Black Arts Movement. See how an incredible range of artists and activists—from studio and street photographers to graphic designers and community organizers—used photography as a tool for social change.

Remixing transforms the familiar into something new. In the recording studio, music producers layer tracks, shift tempos, and sample old melodies, creating fresh soundscapes with the echoes of the past. Remixed: Entwined Histories and New Forms explores this sonic alchemy as a conceptual, visual strategy in art that “remixes” both physical objects and immaterial legacies.

By Mark Westall 

MAISON PERRIER® has launched the MAISON PERRIER® Art Prize, a new international mentorship programme for emerging artists, with acclaimed painter Amoako Boafo announced as its inaugural mentor. The first edition centres on a six-week residency at dot.ateliers in Accra, Boafo’s artist-run space in Ghana, designed to foster artistic exchange, experimentation and professional growth. The initiative reflects MAISON PERRIER®’s long-term commitment to supporting emerging talent through international visibility, creative collaboration and sustained mentorship.

Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys is coming to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The exhibition from the collection of musical and cultural icons Swizz Beatz (Kasseem Dean) and Alicia Keys is expansive and features over 130 works of art by 40 Black artists from Africa, Europe, the United States, and the Caribbean.