https://lecta.blog/2026/01/13/on-the-architecture-of-vision/https://lecta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/03192017-activistprint_wormsley-1.jpg03192017-ActivistPrint_Wormsley-1Alisha Wormsley, We Live, 2016.https://lecta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/itshallbenamed_installation.jpegItShallBeNamed_InstallationRenee Cox. It Shall Be Named, 1992. Here, Cox raises haunting questions about the link between the persecution and crucifixion of Christ and the lynching of African Americans. By presenting the figure as black, Cox also acknowledges the Afrocentric movement's desire to question and expand the Euro-centric view of world history. Image property of Renee Cox.https://lecta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/0f459183-20fc-4986-a519-48c0b6f60081_1177x675.jpg0f459183-20fc-4986-a519-48c0b6f60081_1177x675The Montgomery Riverfront Brawl. August 5, 2023. 2026-04-02T02:07:16+00:00monthlyhttps://lecta.blog/2026/02/11/deborah-roberts-and-the-monument-of-becoming/https://lecta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/rob-467-have-a-seat-this-may-take-a-while-1.jpgHave a seatDeborah Roberts, 'Have a seat, this may take a while', 2025. Mixed media and collage on canvas, 139.7 x 317.5cm (55 x 125in). Copyright Deborah Roberts. Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery. Photo by Paul Bardajgy https://lecta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/rob-466-pig-feet-1-e1775095347684.jpgPig FeetDeborah Roberts, 'Pig feet', 2025. Mixed media and collage on canvas, 177.8 x 177.8cm (70 x 70in). Copyright Deborah Roberts. Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery. Photo by Alex Boeschenstein https://lecta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/rob-468-it-cant-be-love-1-e1771958494342.jpgIt Can't Be LoveDeborah Roberts, 'It can’t be love', 2025. Mixed media and collage on canvas, 165.1 x 114.3cm (65 x 45in). Copyright Deborah Roberts. Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery. Photo by Paul Bardajgyhttps://lecta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_9525-2.jpegIMG_9525 2Deborah Roberts. Zuri.https://lecta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_9527.jpegIMG_9527Deborah Roberts.https://lecta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_9531-2.jpegIMG_9531 2Deborah Roberts. Have a seat, this may take a while, 2025. Mixed media collage on canvas, 125 x 55 inches (317.5 x 139.7 cm). Close up.https://lecta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_9531.jpegIMG_9531Deborah Roberts. Have a seat, this may take a while, 2025. Mixed media collage on canvas, 125 x 55 inches (317.5 x 139.7 cm). 2026-04-02T02:06:01+00:00monthlyhttps://lecta.blog/2026/02/01/art-in-the-age-of-war/https://lecta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/aaa-aaa_fedeartp14_5459.jpgAugusta SavageAugusta Savage with her sculpture Realization. Photograpy by Herman. Image via Federal Art Project, Photographic Division, Smithsonian National Archives of American Art.https://lecta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/augusta2.jpgAugusta SavageAugusta Savage with her sculpture Realization. Photograpy by Herman. Image via Federal Art Project, Photographic Division, Smithsonian National Archives of American Art.https://lecta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/are_you_helping_with_salvage_lccn98518981.jpgAre_you_helping?_with_salvage_LCCN98518981Are you helping? with salvage. January 1, 1941. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.https://lecta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/urban-glory-1.jpgUrban-Glory-1Allan Rohan Crite. "School's Out," 1936. (Courtesy Museum of African American History Boston/Nantucket and the Allan Rohan Crite Research Institute and Library)https://lecta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/14c16d045201559802f7e246ae5a9d75.jpg-1.webp14c16d045201559802f7e246ae5a9d75.jpghttps://lecta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/14c16d045201559802f7e246ae5a9d75.jpg.webp14c16d045201559802f7e246ae5a9d75.jpgElba Lightfoot, a Black artist known for her work on the WPA murals at Harlem Hospital.https://lecta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image-2.pngimagehttps://lecta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image-1.pngimagehttps://lecta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image.pngimage2026-04-02T02:04:35+00:00monthlyhttps://lecta.blog/2026/04/01/primavera-the-new-canon/https://lecta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/thomas-bayrle.jpegThomas Bayrle. Courtesy of the New Museum.Thomas Bayrle. Courtesy of the New Museum.2026-04-02T01:59:54+00:00monthlyhttps://lecta.blog/2026/02/24/blackness-in-absentia/https://lecta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/84bc68bf4ccf37f0a344ae2975bee5bb.jpeg84bc68bf4ccf37f0a344ae2975bee5bbhttps://lecta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/norma-morgan-1-pc-scaled-1.jpgNorma-Morgan-1-PC-scaledhttps://lecta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/image.pngimageNorma Morgan, Arms Tor, Dartmoor, 1928. Hand colored copper engraving on paper.2026-02-25T02:30:11+00:00monthlyhttps://lecta.blog/library/2026-02-20T02:26:22+00:00weekly0.6https://lecta.blog/about/2026-02-20T02:25:54+00:00weekly0.6https://lecta.blog/2026/01/08/gray-matter/https://lecta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/screenshot-2026-01-07-at-9.51.24-pm.pngScreenshot 2026-01-07 at 9.51.24 PM195 Flatbush Avenue, 2008. The Barclays Center now sits on this site.https://lecta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/screenshot-2026-01-07-at-8.49.34-pm.pngOcean Avenue and Cortelyou Road, 2026.Ocean Avenue and Cortelyou Road, 2026.https://lecta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2007-02-22_13-32-36-1.jpg2007-02-22_13-32-36https://lecta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/screenshot-2026-01-07-at-9.13.32-pm.pngScreenshot 2026-01-07 at 9.13.32 PM478 Dean Street, 2026.https://lecta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2007-02-22_13-32-36.jpg2007-02-22_13-32-36Dean Street row houses, February 2, 2007. The block was later razed for Barclays Center and the rising high-rise at 478 Dean Street, erasing the neighborhood that once stood here. Image courtesy of Michael Minn.https://lecta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/screenshot-2026-01-07-at-8.49.16-pm.pngOcean Avenue and Cortelyou Road, 2002.Ocean Avenue and Cortelyou Road, 2002.2026-02-12T02:27:00+00:00monthlyhttps://lecta.blogdaily1.02026-04-02T02:07:16+00:00