Essays

Lace Parts: On The Work Of William Marcellus

A conventional metal folding chair is stripped to its skeleton, the surface of the seat…

You Gotta Fight For Your Right To F**K The Police: Redefining Political Rap

In 2013, in an interview with RESPECT. Magazine, Brooklyn rapper Soul Khan questioned the abundance…

Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic Amidst Dated Thought

“I went to the #BrooklynMuseum and what did I see? Beautiful Black men looking at…

“You Can’t Sit With Us” – New Detroit

“I feel so sorry for people who are not living in Detroit. Detroit gives us…

It’s All We Got: Carving Out Space For Black Art Critics

The black perspective is essential to the whole story of contemporary art, otherwise we get…

See Me Throning At The Met

“Thought is more important than art. To revere art and have no understanding of the…