A. McKenzie
@alemckenzie.bsky.social
Writer | reader | painter
#Jamaica 🇯🇲- #France
#Jamaica 🇯🇲- #France
September 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of its publication, STORIES FROM YARD has a new cover, new edition, @peepaltreepress.bsky.social
#books #stories #writing #Jamaica #Caribbean #reading #readers #writers #publishing #Caraibe
#books #stories #writing #Jamaica #Caribbean #reading #readers #writers #publishing #Caraibe
September 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of its publication, STORIES FROM YARD has a new cover, new edition, @peepaltreepress.bsky.social
#books #stories #writing #Jamaica #Caribbean #reading #readers #writers #publishing #Caraibe
#books #stories #writing #Jamaica #Caribbean #reading #readers #writers #publishing #Caraibe
To read~
QUIET DAWN
by Jean-Claude Fignolé,
translated, w/ intro, by K. L. Glover & L. Dubois
“…offers an intriguing and painful saga of a colonial family moving through history, painting portraits of many of the towering figures from #Haiti’s colonial past.” - Amy Wilentz
@dukepress.bsky.social
QUIET DAWN
by Jean-Claude Fignolé,
translated, w/ intro, by K. L. Glover & L. Dubois
“…offers an intriguing and painful saga of a colonial family moving through history, painting portraits of many of the towering figures from #Haiti’s colonial past.” - Amy Wilentz
@dukepress.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
To read~
QUIET DAWN
by Jean-Claude Fignolé,
translated, w/ intro, by K. L. Glover & L. Dubois
“…offers an intriguing and painful saga of a colonial family moving through history, painting portraits of many of the towering figures from #Haiti’s colonial past.” - Amy Wilentz
@dukepress.bsky.social
QUIET DAWN
by Jean-Claude Fignolé,
translated, w/ intro, by K. L. Glover & L. Dubois
“…offers an intriguing and painful saga of a colonial family moving through history, painting portraits of many of the towering figures from #Haiti’s colonial past.” - Amy Wilentz
@dukepress.bsky.social
Sharing:
April 29 to May 6 ~
The 27th Festival du Cinéma Brésilien de Paris / Brazilian Film Festival of Paris.
Info: www.jangada.org/festival-eve...
April 29 to May 6 ~
The 27th Festival du Cinéma Brésilien de Paris / Brazilian Film Festival of Paris.
Info: www.jangada.org/festival-eve...
April 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Sharing:
April 29 to May 6 ~
The 27th Festival du Cinéma Brésilien de Paris / Brazilian Film Festival of Paris.
Info: www.jangada.org/festival-eve...
April 29 to May 6 ~
The 27th Festival du Cinéma Brésilien de Paris / Brazilian Film Festival of Paris.
Info: www.jangada.org/festival-eve...
“James Baldwin” (vers 1945-1950) by Beauford Delaney - one of the paintings in “Paris Noir: Circulations artistiques et luttes anticoloniales, 1950 – 2000”.
The exhibition features 150 #artists & gives another view of French #art history. Incl. other works by Delaney.
@centrepompidou.bsky.social
The exhibition features 150 #artists & gives another view of French #art history. Incl. other works by Delaney.
@centrepompidou.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
“James Baldwin” (vers 1945-1950) by Beauford Delaney - one of the paintings in “Paris Noir: Circulations artistiques et luttes anticoloniales, 1950 – 2000”.
The exhibition features 150 #artists & gives another view of French #art history. Incl. other works by Delaney.
@centrepompidou.bsky.social
The exhibition features 150 #artists & gives another view of French #art history. Incl. other works by Delaney.
@centrepompidou.bsky.social
“Umbral” (1950), by Cuban artist Wilfredo Lam, is among the works by #Caribbean #artists in the exceptional exhibition “Paris Noir: Circulations artistiques et luttes anticoloniales, 1950 – 2000”. Featuring 150 Black artists in French #art #history.
Until June 30 @centrepompidou.bsky.social.
Until June 30 @centrepompidou.bsky.social.
March 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
“Umbral” (1950), by Cuban artist Wilfredo Lam, is among the works by #Caribbean #artists in the exceptional exhibition “Paris Noir: Circulations artistiques et luttes anticoloniales, 1950 – 2000”. Featuring 150 Black artists in French #art #history.
Until June 30 @centrepompidou.bsky.social.
Until June 30 @centrepompidou.bsky.social.
Flowers and the city.
March 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Flowers and the city.
Exhibition “Music + Life” runs until May 18 @ the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris - 1st retrospective of artist Dennis Morris in France.
Highlights “the full collection of his photographs capturing his youth in London, while also celebrating his iconic portraits” of Bob Marley, others.
Highlights “the full collection of his photographs capturing his youth in London, while also celebrating his iconic portraits” of Bob Marley, others.
March 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Exhibition “Music + Life” runs until May 18 @ the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris - 1st retrospective of artist Dennis Morris in France.
Highlights “the full collection of his photographs capturing his youth in London, while also celebrating his iconic portraits” of Bob Marley, others.
Highlights “the full collection of his photographs capturing his youth in London, while also celebrating his iconic portraits” of Bob Marley, others.
March 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
February 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
February 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
February 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
ART IS THE ANSWER
- seen at the Boghossian Foundation / #Alechinsky exhibition (“Alechinsky, pinceau voyageur”, until March 16), #Brussels.
#art #artists #painting
- seen at the Boghossian Foundation / #Alechinsky exhibition (“Alechinsky, pinceau voyageur”, until March 16), #Brussels.
#art #artists #painting
February 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
ART IS THE ANSWER
- seen at the Boghossian Foundation / #Alechinsky exhibition (“Alechinsky, pinceau voyageur”, until March 16), #Brussels.
#art #artists #painting
- seen at the Boghossian Foundation / #Alechinsky exhibition (“Alechinsky, pinceau voyageur”, until March 16), #Brussels.
#art #artists #painting
Work by Beauford Delaney is included in the epic exhibition WHEN WE SEE US: A CENTURY OF BLACK FIGURATION IN PAINTING (at Bozar, #Brussels, Feb. 7 - Aug. 10).
“Untitled (Man in African Dress)” was painted c. 1970.
#art #artists #history #arthistory
“Untitled (Man in African Dress)” was painted c. 1970.
#art #artists #history #arthistory
February 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Work by Beauford Delaney is included in the epic exhibition WHEN WE SEE US: A CENTURY OF BLACK FIGURATION IN PAINTING (at Bozar, #Brussels, Feb. 7 - Aug. 10).
“Untitled (Man in African Dress)” was painted c. 1970.
#art #artists #history #arthistory
“Untitled (Man in African Dress)” was painted c. 1970.
#art #artists #history #arthistory
The phenomenal exhibition “WHEN WE SEE US: A century of Black Figuration in Painting” is on at Bozar, #Brussels, Feb. 7 - Aug. 10.
It brings together 150 artworks from the past 100 years by black #artists worldwide. Conceived & organized by Zeitz MOCAA; curated by Koyo Kouoh & Tandazani Dhlakama.
It brings together 150 artworks from the past 100 years by black #artists worldwide. Conceived & organized by Zeitz MOCAA; curated by Koyo Kouoh & Tandazani Dhlakama.
February 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Yes, all set on replacing ourselves.
#Exhibition - "Artificial intelligence: a (r)evolution?" - on at BnF (Paris), 8 Feb, ahead of Summit for Action on Artificial Intelligence (10-11 Feb), hosted by France.
Cartoon by Ed Hall via @cartooningforpeace.bsky.social
#art #AI
#Exhibition - "Artificial intelligence: a (r)evolution?" - on at BnF (Paris), 8 Feb, ahead of Summit for Action on Artificial Intelligence (10-11 Feb), hosted by France.
Cartoon by Ed Hall via @cartooningforpeace.bsky.social
#art #AI
February 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Yes, all set on replacing ourselves.
#Exhibition - "Artificial intelligence: a (r)evolution?" - on at BnF (Paris), 8 Feb, ahead of Summit for Action on Artificial Intelligence (10-11 Feb), hosted by France.
Cartoon by Ed Hall via @cartooningforpeace.bsky.social
#art #AI
#Exhibition - "Artificial intelligence: a (r)evolution?" - on at BnF (Paris), 8 Feb, ahead of Summit for Action on Artificial Intelligence (10-11 Feb), hosted by France.
Cartoon by Ed Hall via @cartooningforpeace.bsky.social
#art #AI
On the reading list:
SPECULATIVE LIGHT
The Arts of Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin
Ed: Amy J. Elias @dukepress.bsky.social
The #book “bears extraordinary witness to the lives of two men, devoted to their craft, moving always in the direction of wonder and uncertainty...” - Stephen Best
#arts
SPECULATIVE LIGHT
The Arts of Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin
Ed: Amy J. Elias @dukepress.bsky.social
The #book “bears extraordinary witness to the lives of two men, devoted to their craft, moving always in the direction of wonder and uncertainty...” - Stephen Best
#arts
February 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
On the reading list:
SPECULATIVE LIGHT
The Arts of Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin
Ed: Amy J. Elias @dukepress.bsky.social
The #book “bears extraordinary witness to the lives of two men, devoted to their craft, moving always in the direction of wonder and uncertainty...” - Stephen Best
#arts
SPECULATIVE LIGHT
The Arts of Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin
Ed: Amy J. Elias @dukepress.bsky.social
The #book “bears extraordinary witness to the lives of two men, devoted to their craft, moving always in the direction of wonder and uncertainty...” - Stephen Best
#arts
Sharing ~
The group exhibition “Le pays de Cacagne” at Cecile Fakhoury gallery in #Paris highlights the “spirit” of West Africa.
Works by 10 #artists, including Souleymane Keïta, Ouattara Watts, Rachel Marsil, Vincent Michéa…
Until March 29.
#art #African #paintings #sculpture
The group exhibition “Le pays de Cacagne” at Cecile Fakhoury gallery in #Paris highlights the “spirit” of West Africa.
Works by 10 #artists, including Souleymane Keïta, Ouattara Watts, Rachel Marsil, Vincent Michéa…
Until March 29.
#art #African #paintings #sculpture
January 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Sharing ~
The group exhibition “Le pays de Cacagne” at Cecile Fakhoury gallery in #Paris highlights the “spirit” of West Africa.
Works by 10 #artists, including Souleymane Keïta, Ouattara Watts, Rachel Marsil, Vincent Michéa…
Until March 29.
#art #African #paintings #sculpture
The group exhibition “Le pays de Cacagne” at Cecile Fakhoury gallery in #Paris highlights the “spirit” of West Africa.
Works by 10 #artists, including Souleymane Keïta, Ouattara Watts, Rachel Marsil, Vincent Michéa…
Until March 29.
#art #African #paintings #sculpture
“…When I look at a heaping pile of suitcases, all I see is a corresponding number of human lives…
I think back on the feelings of these people on the morning of their departure.”
- Chiharu Shiota, in powerful exhibition “The Soul Trembles”, @ Grand Palais, #Paris. #art #artists
I think back on the feelings of these people on the morning of their departure.”
- Chiharu Shiota, in powerful exhibition “The Soul Trembles”, @ Grand Palais, #Paris. #art #artists
January 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Currently reading:
The Second Battle for Africa: Garveyism, the US Heartland, and Global Black Freedom
by Erik S.McDuffie @dukepress.bsky.social
#MarcusGarvey #books #history #activism #rights #Caribbean #Jamaica #diaspora
The Second Battle for Africa: Garveyism, the US Heartland, and Global Black Freedom
by Erik S.McDuffie @dukepress.bsky.social
#MarcusGarvey #books #history #activism #rights #Caribbean #Jamaica #diaspora
January 20, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Currently reading:
The Second Battle for Africa: Garveyism, the US Heartland, and Global Black Freedom
by Erik S.McDuffie @dukepress.bsky.social
#MarcusGarvey #books #history #activism #rights #Caribbean #Jamaica #diaspora
The Second Battle for Africa: Garveyism, the US Heartland, and Global Black Freedom
by Erik S.McDuffie @dukepress.bsky.social
#MarcusGarvey #books #history #activism #rights #Caribbean #Jamaica #diaspora