On Rebuilding the Structures of History

From cultural anthropologist to curatorial assistant, Malaika Newsome, now at the International Center of Photography, is no stranger to investigating and cultivating across arts and culture. 

In this week’s conversation, we talked about what it means to explore cultural spaces as a Black person and the outdated structures of traditional art history studies. For those of you thinking of a career in the gallery space, we also dove deep into what the day-to-day of that actually looks like. 

Take Expressions With You: At the end of each episode, we ask each guest, “If you had to recommend an aspiring culture creator engage with one piece of media, what would it be?”

MALAIKA’S ONE THING: Dahomey, a 2024 documentary following twenty-six royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey but exhibited in Paris as they are returned to their home, Benin.

Give it a watch and let me know what you think! https://www.documentary.org/screening/dahomey