{"product_id":"reframing-blackness-whats-black-about-history-of-art-9781529186406","title":"Reframing Blackness: What's Black about \"History of Art\"?","description":"'Thorough, accessible, essential' Katy Hessel, author of The Story of Art without Men \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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' - Dan Hicks, author of The Brutish Museums \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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' - Sofia Akel, cultural historian and founder \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Since the inception of mainstream art history, Blackness has been distinctly ignored. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In Reframing Blackness, art historian and founder of @ABlackHistoryOfArt, Alayo Akinkugbe challenges this void. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Exploring 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Refreshing and accessible, this promises to start a much-needed conversation in culture and education.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alayo Akinkugbe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Merky Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.77h x 5.77w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781529186406\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlayo Akinkugbe \u003c\/b\u003egraduated from the University of Cambridge with a BA in History of Art in 2021 and graduated with an MA in Curating the Art Museum from the Courtauld Institute of Art in 2023. She runs the Instagram platform @ABlackHistoryofArt, which highlights Black artists, sitters, curators and thinkers from art history and the present day; and hosts the podcast A Shared Gaze. Alayo is a contributing editor and writes the column 'Black Gazes' for AnOther Magazine. She was awarded a curatorial research grant by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art for the exhibition Entangled Pasts: Art Colonialism and Change at the Royal Academy of Arts. \u003cbr\u003eAlayo was on the advisory panel and contributed to the book African Artists: From 1882 to Now, published by Phaidon in 2021, and has written for publications including Dazed, Tate Etc. and The World of Interiors. \u003ci\u003eReframing Blackness\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Alayo Akinkugbe \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47809120796829,"sku":"9781529186406","price":58.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_d1beaddd-3e53-4a33-807f-7683fa1c77a9.jpg?v=1775556777","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/reframing-blackness-whats-black-about-history-of-art-9781529186406","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}