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“AND LIKE ANY ARTIST WITH NO ART FORM, SHE BECAME DANGEROUS.”

Toni Morrison

ART | OBITUARY: Jesse Louis Jackson

Civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate remembered for his political influence and lasting presence in American visual culture A moment of Silence… Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson died yesterday at the age of 84. A minister, activist, and two-time presidential candidate, he was a major figure of the modern Civil Rights Movement for more…

LIBRARY event: Join Us for Douglass Day 2026

LIVE Community Collab | BHM 2026 — Douglass Day with The Friends of ART | library deco🕒 12–3 PM (EST) | 11 AM–2 PM (CST)Optional Participation | Public Community Event Join The Friends of ART | library deco for a live collective transcription experience honoring Frederick Douglass and Black history. This gathering invites artists, archivists,…

A Deeper Form of Chess Sanford Biggers (American, born in 1970) 2017 Quilt, assorted textiles, polystyrene, aqua resin, and tar * Museum purchase with a bequest from Lorraine R. Balkin, Lizbeth and George Krupp Acquisition Fund for Contemporary Art, and The Heritage Fund for a Diverse Collection *Courtesy of the artist and Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York and Aspen. © Sanford Biggers * Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Civil War Zouave quilt, probably mid- to late 1860s unidentified artist Wool plain weave and twill, cotton plain weave and other structures, leather; pieced, appliquéd, and embroidered with wool * Edwin E. Jack Fund, William Francis Warden Fund, Marshall H. Gould Fund, Susan Cornelia Warren Fund and Harriet Otis Cruft Fund * Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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