Arts & Culture

(Op-Ed) From Past Erasure to Present Commodification: Reckoning with the Emergence of Juneteenth

By Simone ● Arts & Culture ● June 6, 2022

Juneteenth has gained considerable prominence in the years following the post-George Floyd “racial reckoning” that swept the United States.

By Ryan S. ● Kansas City ● April 29, 2022

The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art is a central figure in the unraveling global drama of Western institutions displaying stolen Benin Bronzes.

By KC Defender Staff ● Arts & Culture ● January 14, 2022

By Phoenix Smith ● Kansas City ● December 1, 2021

By Ryan S. ● Arts & Culture ● August 13, 2021

The KC Black Arts Project sits down with Michael Artis, a local Black portraiture artist.

By Ryan S. ● Kansas City ● August 10, 2021