“Invisible Beauty” documents the life of pioneering fashion icon Bethann Hardison, who was one of the first Black models and went on to operate a successful modeling agency promoting models of color. She joins to discuss the film with co-director Frédéric Tcheng.
Weight For It is a podcast hosted by Ronald Young Jr. that “tells the stories of folks who can’t keep weight off their minds.” Ronald invites listeners on his weight journey, from thin to a self-described fat person, and his thoughts about his future. He also interviews experts plus real people about what weight means in 2023. He joins us to take your calls.
Ed Ruscha is a pioneer in the world of Pop Art, an artist with a sense of humor, a knack for words, and a great eye for color. Now, in the biggest US exhibition of his work, the Museum of Modern Art features the new retrospective, Ed Ruscha / Now Then. The exhibit features more than 200 works, including a new installation of Ruscha’s iconic, “Chocolate Room.” Christophe Cherix, chief curator of drawings and prints at MoMA, joins us to discuss the exhibit, running through January 13.
Other than being a longtime professor of studio art at Connecticut College, the late Barkley L. Hendricks (1945–2017) is thought of as one of the most revolutionary Black American portrait artists, particularly for his work in the late 1960s and into the 1970s. A new exhibition that displays some of his portraits, Barkley L. Hendricks: Portraits at the Frick, is now on view at Frick Madison, the temporary home of The Frick Collection. It’s the first show ever dedicated to a Black artist at the Frick. Curators Aimee Ng and Antwaun Sargent join to discuss the show and the importance of the artist. Barkley L. Hendricks: Portraits at the Frick is on view through January 7, 2024.
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