"The Color Line"
In October 2016, the Musée du Quai Branly—Jacques Chirac, in Paris, inaugurated "The Color Line: Les artistes africains-américains et la ségrégation" (October 4, 2016–January 15, 2017), the first major exhibition in France devoted to the visual arts of the African-American community in the United States. This dialogue features the exhibition’s curator, Daniel Soutif, in conversation with distinguished American scholar Richard J. Powell, author of titles including "Black Art: A Cultural History" (1997 & 2002) and "Cutting a Figure: Fashioning Black Portraiture" (2008). Speakers: - Daniel Soutif, French Critic and Curator of "The Color Line," and - Richard J. Powell, John Spencer Bassett Professor of Art & Art History, Duke University This dialogue is moderated by Anne Lafont, Associate Professor of Art History, Université Paris Est Marne-La-Vallée, and Editor-in-chief of the INHA review "Perspective." Videography by Romain Grésillon.
