{"product_id":"9781529186406-reframing-blackness","title":"Reframing Blackness","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat’s Black about “History of Art”?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Akinkugbe is a brilliant new writer and thinker challenging art history. This book is urgent, essential, accessible and it needs to be on every art history reading list' \u003cb\u003eBernardine Evaristo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A sparkling debut. Bold, eloquent, personal and clear-eyed, Alayo Akinkugbe is a major new voice in writing about art, museums and culture. This book will shift your frames of reference, expand your canvas, and give you hope for the future — changing how you look at art while also making you look again at your ways of seeing’ \u003cb\u003eDan Hicks, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Brutish Museums\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Thorough, accessible, essential’ \u003cb\u003eKaty Hessel, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Art without Men\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'To explore a history of Black communities across centuries of art is a love letter to the practice, a gift of knowledge and an ode to those who’s creative expressions give us much to be inspired by today'\u003cb\u003e Sofia Akel, cultural historian and founder\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince the inception of mainstream art history, Blackness has been distinctly ignored.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eReframing Blackness\u003c\/i\u003e, art historian and founder of @ABlackHistoryOfArt, Alayo Akinkugbe challenges this void.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExploring the presentation of Black figures in Western art, as well as Blackness in museums, in feminist art movements and in the curriculum, Alayo unveils an overlooked but integral part of our collective art history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRefreshing and accessible, this promises to start a much-needed conversation in culture and education.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53539755917686,"sku":"9781529186406","price":18.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_34010407_5d9967f2-af0a-4239-ae21-cc33bdbb262b.jpg?v=1746091704","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529186406-reframing-blackness","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}