Good Morning. 🌞 Award winning filmmaker Ava Duvernay is working with a London gallery on a new exhibi
| Good Morning. 🌞 Award winning filmmaker Ava Duvernay is working with a London gallery on a new exhibition. Vivid posters chart a “People’s History” of the struggle for social justice. Wong Kar-wai’s In the Mood for Love, twenty years later.– Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief We need your support! Become a Member of Hyperallergic. | |
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| | Normally having eyes glued to your ass would be a workplace no-no, but this new technique is a real life-saver down at the farm (courtesy UNSW Sydney; photo by Ben Yexley) |
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| Ava DuVernay Partners with London Gallery on Exhibition Reflecting on the African Diaspora |
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| | Giggs Kgole, “Boshielo” (2020) (Courtesy of the artist and Signature African Art) |
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| The acclaimed filmmaker and activist, Ava DuVernay, is partnering with Signature African Art to present a 2-part exhibition of work by artists reflecting on the African diaspora. Say My Name — a reference to #SayHerName, the 2014 movement to amplify the names of Black female victims of police violence — will open in London in October and in February 2021 in Los Angeles, coinciding with Black History Month in the UK and US.Of the proceeds from sales of the works, 40% will benefit DuVernay’s Law Enforcement Accountability Project (LEAP), launched this year to document stories of police abuse through different art forms, including film, literature, poetry, theatre, dance, fine art and music. |
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| The Unwavering Beauty of In the Mood for Love Twenty years later, Wong Kar-wai’s celebrated film remains a master work of affect, though the eeriness of certain scenes sit more heavily given current events in Hong Kong. Mohamad Khalil Harb |
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