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Collage of five diverse artworks from the Hammer Museum Collections side by side. From left to right: 1) Contemporary painting of two embracing figures with surreal elements. 2) Post-impressionist style painting of trees with vibrant blues and greens. 3) Black and white illustration of a face with intricate patterns. 4) Japanese woodblock print style image of a figure in a checkered robe. 5) Photograph of a couple dancing, the woman in a black dress and the man in white

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Digital Archive Now Dig This!: Art and Black Los Angeles 1960–1980

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Hammer Museum

Press Release: The Hammer Museum Presents "Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles, 1960–1980" [PDF, 4 pp, 70 KB]
Hammer Museum
Pacific Standard Time Makes a Bid for L.A. in Art History
Los Angeles Times
Lesser-Known Artists Are Poised for a Breakthrough
Los Angeles Times
Pacific Standard Time: UCLA Turns Back Clock to Birth of L.A. Art Scene
UCLA Today
Pacific Standard Time: Celebrating the Freaks and Weirdos of L.A. Art
LA Weekly
Take a Virtual Tour of "Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles, 1960–1980" at the Hammer Museum
Blouin Art Info
Pacific Standard Time: An L.A. Art Story
NPR
Can You Dig It?
W Magazine
Art Review: "Now Dig This!" at the UCLA Hammer Museum
Los Angeles Times
Laying Claim to Its Place in the Sun
The Wall Street Journal
L.A. Exhibit Salutes City's Elite Black Artists
The Root
PST, A to Z: "Now Dig This!" and "Places of Validation"
Los Angeles Times
PST: Now Dig This!
KCRW
Pacific Standard Time
Studio: The Studio Museum in Harlem Magazine
Now Dig This!
Wiles Magazine
Q&A: Maren Hassinger and Senga Nengudi
Los Angeles Times
Now Dig Kellie Jones Talking About Art and Black Los Angeles
Huffington Post

MoMA PS1

Press Release: "Now Dig This! Art & Black Los Angeles, 1960–1980" at MoMA PS1 [PDF, 3 pp, 82 KB]
MoMA PS1
The Fantastic and Revelatory Story of Art and Black LA
Hyperallergic
Forged from the Fires of the 1960s: "Now Dig This! Art & Black Los Angeles," at MoMA PS1
New York Times
Times Critic Caught in This Week’s Witch Hunt
ArtFCity
Now Dig This: The Ken Johnson Kerfuffle
C-Monster
Now Dig This!, MoMA PS1, New York
Financial Times
Ken Johnson and “Now Dig This!”
Musiqology
Here We Go Again!: Ken Johnson’s Art Review “Forged from the Fires of the 1960s: Now Dig This! Art & Black Los Angeles,” at MoMA PS1
Association for Critical Race Art History
Now Dig This! and the Ken Johnson Controversy: A Case For Pluralism in 20th Century Art History
IFA Contemporary
When Formalist Criticism Fails
Art in America
Reading with One Eye Closed
Art in America

Williams College Museum of Art

Press Release: On July 20 WCMA will Welcome the Public to "Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles 1960—1980" [PDF, 5 pp, 193 KB]
Williams College Museum of Art
20 Years of African-American Art at WCMA [PDF, 1 p, 547 KB]
North Adams Transcript
New Exhibit Spotlights Overlooked Artists
The Berkshire Eagle
Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles 1960–1980 [PDF, 2 pp, 597 KB]
Artscope
The Art of Diversity: Questions Answered About "Now Dig This" at Williams College Museum of Art
The Berkshire Eagle
Panel Illuminates "Now Dig This!"
The Williams Record
Now Dig This at Williams College: Art and Black Los Angeles 1960–1980
Berkshire Fine Arts
On Exhibit: "Art and Black Los Angeles" at Williams
Times Union (Albany)