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A Photographer Documented Black Cowboys Across the U.S. for a New Book
Ivan McClellan’s ‘Eight Seconds: Black Rodeo Culture’ puts Black cowboys — male and female — front and center.
SFMOMA Workers Urge the Museum to Support Palestinians in an Open Letter
The letter calls on the museum to join an academic and cultural boycott of Israeli institutions.
Olympian Kristi Yamaguchi Is ‘Tickled Pink’ to Inspire a Barbie Doll
The Bay Area ice skating champ is thrilled that the new doll is coming out in time for AAPI Month.
The Rainin Foundation Announces Its 2024 Fellows, Receiving $100,000 Each
Three artists and one trio will receive the unrestricted grants, which one calls 'a milestone blessing.'
Dorothea Tanning’s Surrealism Invites Us to Sit With Uncertainty
‘Musical Chairs’ pairs evocative work by the late painter with whimsical, high-design chairs.
Prepare to Get Hot and Bothered With Stylish, Synthy Tennis Drama ‘Challengers’
Zendaya stars in this funny and self-aware drama about fractured relationships, egos, infidelity and ambition.
MoAD Hosts ‘High on the Hog’ Author for a Blowout Dinner
Food historian Dr. Jessica B. Harris is one of America’s foremost experts on diasporic African cuisine.
Funding for KQED Arts & Culture is provided by:
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Akonadi Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, Yogen and Peggy Dalal, Diane B. Wilsey, the William and Gretchen Kimball Fund, Campaign 21 and the members of KQED.