 |  | At a moment when global migration is at all-time highs, what does it mean to “belong”? This month, critic Teju Cole and filmmaker Walé Oyéjidé, curator Paola Antonelli, and photographers Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick offer insights from the intersection of art, activism, and social change.
Plus, we’re offering organ recitals, gallery talks, and tours throughout the month. Don’t miss our fall exhibitions, which close on January 5. And as always, check the calendar for the full lineup of events. |
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 | Wed., Nov. 6, 6–7:30pm
New Orleans–based partners in photography and life lead an exploration of their social documentary work, which chronicles Black life in the American South. |
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 | | Tues., Nov. 12, 6:30–8pm
Walé Oyéjidé—whose work you may recognize from Marvel’s Black Panther—will discuss his latest film, After Migration: Calabria, with critic Teju Cole. |
 | This 18th-century painting from Spanish-colonized Peru depicts Saint Rose of Lima, the first person born in the Americas to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. Here, the artist depicts her practicing needlework, alongside a vision of the Christ child.
What else can you find? Discover more about this painting in Gallery 2240. |
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In the Press “Part of that wealth and social status came from trading in luxury goods, but also enslaved people from Africa.” —Chief curator Soyoung Lee discussing recent efforts to rewrite the gallery label for a Copley portrait of Nicholas Boylston with The New York Times
“When we consider an American canon, Homer sits right up top: a plainspoken virtuoso of the real, with a supreme command of color and a blunt narrative sense that made his painting distinctly American.” —Murray Whyte reviews Winslow Homer: Eyewitness for The Boston Globe
“If you go through Majnu ka Tilla, it’s like a little Tibet—they’ve held onto their culture, they’ve held onto their values.”
—Serena Chopra speaks with Architectural Digest India about her photos on display in Crossing Lines, Constructing Home |
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