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Black Art: In the Absence of Light

In a surveyof major American museums, it was determinedthat 85 percent of artists in...

�� (MUSIC STOPS) ♪ MAURICE: In a survey
of major American museums, it was determined
that 85 percent of artists in major American art museum
collections are white

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MAURICE: In a survey of major American museums,
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it was determined that 85 percent of artists
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in major American art museum collections are white.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:55:14
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
HBO Documentary Films,Two Dollars and a Dream

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An in-depth look at the works of up-and-coming Black visual artists.
If you break down the number of artists of color - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
If you break down the number of artists of color
If the person sitting at the table in a curatorial meeting, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
If the person sitting at the table in a curatorial meeting,
You're gonna have a problem in terms of trying to figure out - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
You're gonna have a problem in terms of trying to figur...
If all of the critics writing are white, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
If all of the critics writing are white,
Until the institutions become more diverse. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
Until the institutions become more diverse.
You're beginning to see young brilliant curators of color - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
You're beginning to see young brilliant curators of col...
But until that happens in a widespread way... - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
But until that happens in a widespread way...
And-- or until white critics and curators and journalists - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:10
And-- or until white critics and curators and journalists
Research the world around them, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:11
Research the world around them,
I feel like it is important for us to own our own culture - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
I feel like it is important for us to own our own culture
Most of the-- the primary institutions, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
Most of the-- the primary institutions,
They've been behind in film. They've been behind in TV. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
They've been behind in film. They've been behind i...
They've been behind in, you know, in museums - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
They've been behind in, you know, in museums
There are more exhibitions - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
There are more exhibitions
Um, there are more exhibitions featuring women. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
Um, there are more exhibitions featuring women.
They don't always translate into acquisitions. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
They don't always translate into acquisitions.
I always, when I go around to museums - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:10
I always, when I go around to museums
And when I look at those dates, I find in a lot of museums - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
And when I look at those dates, I find in a lot of museums
So I think institutions do have a long way to go - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
So I think institutions do have a long way to go
Now I guarantee you they're selling off pieces - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
Now I guarantee you they're selling off pieces