From monographs by Awol Erizku and Deana Lawson, to collections on fashion, community, and power, here are essential titles to read this Black History Month.
In his latest exhibition, the artist considers the poetics of space, presenting sculptures and photographs that move off the wall.
Ekow Eshun, Tanisha C. Ford, Tyler Mitchell, and Antwaun Sargent on the visionary photographer whose images and activism helped popularize the slogan “Black Is Beautiful.”
By showing Black life as leisure, repose, and outdoor play, Mitchell expands our visual vocabulary of race and space.
Last week, in partnership with Airbnb Magazine, Aperture celebrated the opening of the exhibition The New Black Vanguard curated by Antwaun Sargent.
Inside The New Black Vanguard book launch, cocktail, and conversation with Antwaun Sargent, Tyler Mitchell, and Jamal Nxedlana.
Aperture’s fall issue, “Arrhythmic Mythic Ra,” refracts themes of family, social history, and the astrophysical through the eyes of guest editor Deana Lawson, one of the most compelling photographers working today.
