Good Morning. 🌞 Award winning filmmaker Ava Duvernay is working with a London gallery on a new exhibi
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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.
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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)
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)
Farmers in Botswana are painting eyes on the backsides of cows to protect them from lion attacks. 🤷
Ava DuVernay Partners with London Gallery on Exhibition Reflecting on the African Diaspora
Giggs Kgole, “Boshielo” (2020) (Courtesy of the artist and Signature African Art)
Giggs Kgole, “Boshielo” (2020) (Courtesy of the artist and Signature African Art)
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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