The Hispanic Society Museum and Library in Washington Heights is bringing some long-hidden art pieces to the forefront, under the leadership of the museum's first Black curator. tvjessi reports.
- The Hispanic Society Museum and Library in Washington Heights is bringing some long-hidden art pieces to the forefront, under the leadership of the museum's first Black curator. exhibit, the neighborhood is welcomed home to the iconic institution of culture, which closed five years ago for renovations. This time, guest curator Madeleine Haddon is reframing history.
"I painted photographs of my family," Haddon recalled."There were not many Black people in my school that I could paint. It was hard to find models.""When we stereotypically think about art from this period, people of color are not represented, Haddon said."Doesn't mean that they weren't there."
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