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White Cube Bermondsey, 2012
Theaster Gates explores the genesis of his first exhibition in London.

White Cube Bermondsey, 2012
Theaster Gates discusses how his interactive installation On Black Foundations using Fashion Fair make-up products pose questions about the nature of race and class in the US.

by Mark Godfrey
frieze, September 2012

by Melissa Harris
Chicago Tribune, August 5 2012

Theaster's team at the Huguenot House in Kassel posts photos, updates, and upcoming events for the dOCUMENTA (13) project.

Photos from the team and friends at Huguenot House.

by Hesse McGraw
Afterall, Summer 2012

by Jason Kelly
The University of Chicago Magazine, May 24 2012

by Elly Fishman
Chicago Reader, March 13 2012

by Christian Viveros-Faune
Art Review, January - February 2012

by Lilly Wei
Art in America, December 2011

by Deanna Isaacs
Chicago Reader, June 2 2011

by Francesca Wilmott
art:21 blog, August 1 2011

by Rachel Cromidas
New York Times, April 7 2011

by Theaster Gates
The Mark Bradford Project / Museum of Contemprary Art Chicago, February 2011

by Steve Ruiz
Jettison Quarterly, Fall 2010

by Abraham Ritchie, ARTslanT, May 2010

by Rachel Wolff
Chicago Magazine, May 2010

by Rachel Furnari
New City, March 31 2010

Museum of Contemporary Craft
January 26 - June 26 2010

an interview with Kelly Huang
Art:21 blog, October 30 2009

Museum of Contemporary Art
January 6 – February 1 2009

The Art Institute of Chicago
3 November 2007
This talk gave me an opportunity to talk about my art practice and the Yamaguchi Institute in relationship to a work in the museum's permanent collection.

The Van Abbe, in Eindhoven Netherlands recently hosted the Black Monks of Mississippi in an exhibition called the Heartland. The show, up through February looks at Contemporary artists and art practices that developed along the Mississippi. With several conversations, I realized that that river means very different things to different people. The Museum hosting the first formal performance of the Black Monks.

Chris Andrews: Video Installation, Sound and Video Engineering, New Media

Kiku is a sound designer and electronic musician. He is responsible for the Plate Convergence sound installation. While I was probably one of his most ill-behaved clients, I believe we did amazing work together. Please visit his site.

Sarah and I have been working togeher over the last year. She is one of the hottest young photographers in the city and has been extremely helpful to my practice. If you are in need of a great eye and thoughtful person, send her a note.

Michelle Litvin is an architectural photographer who I have worked with for the past year. Her artistic interests includes shooting artist's works in progress. Her photography has helped to illuminate the Yamaguchi narrative.

Photography: Fashion, Portrait, Stock, Object

Photographer and mentor to so many, Dawoud has an uncanny way of calling it like it is in the most thoughtful of ways. He moves through Museum and gallery spaces with an alacrity rarely seen and is a great artist to live vicariously through. If you are fortunate enough to catch a Dawoud Bey fritatta on Sunday morning, you'll know your place in heaven is secured.

This blog, managed by Lee Ann Norman, logs the conversations we are having with artists, administrators, curators and collectors of color regarding the state of contemporary art theory and practice around issues of race, agency, generational trends, provincialism and the BLACK question.