BLKNWS®

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Artist Kahlil Joseph(American, born 1981)American, born 1981

CultureAmerican

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BLKNWS®

Date2019

MediumTwo-channel broadcast with site-specific wallpaper, edition 8/10 +1 AP

DimensionsVariable

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment

Object number2019.681

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Modern and Contemporary Art

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History“Kahlil Joseph: BLKNWS,” Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, October 10, 2018–November 25, 2019

"May You Live in Interesting Times," 58th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, May 11–November 24, 2019
Published References *Bishop, Claire. "In the Bland Scheme of Things." Artforum International. September 2019. https://www.artforum.com/print/201907/venice-2019-80529 "The Age of Equivocation? Venice Biennale Curator Ralph Rugoff on Why Ambiguity Is the Aesthetic of Our Time." Artnet.com. 9/25/2019. https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/venice-biennale-curator-ralph-rugoff-interview-1505416 Luke, Ben. "Screen time: digital art eclipses painting in Ralph Rugoff's 'mightily impressive' Venice Biennale show." The Art Newspaper. May 9, 2019. https://www.theartnewspaper.com/review/venice-biennale-review *Cronk, Jordan. "Looking Beyond the Screen: Biennale of Moving Images 2018." Frieze. 19 Dec 2018. https://frieze.com/article/looking-beyond-screen-biennale-moving-images-2018 *Gebreyesus, Ruth. "Kahlil Joseph Broadcasts the Vastness of Black Life in ‘BLKNWS’." KQED Arts. Aug 15, 2019. https://www.kqed.org/arts/13864183/kahlil-joseph-blknws-stanford-review *Goldstein, Andrew. "Why TV Executives Should Make Artist Kahlil Joseph’s ‘BLKNWS’ Network, a Star of the Venice Biennale, Into a Reality." Artnet.com. May 14, 2019. https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/blknws-kahlil-joseph-vience-biennale-2019-1543222 Dillaman, Doug. "Ecological Destruction and Aesthetic Nightmares: Venice Art Biennale." Filmmaker Magazine. Jun 10, 2019. https://filmmakermagazine.com/107636-ecological-destruction-and-aesthetic-nightmares-venice-art-biennale-2019/#.XY64F3dFyHs Samaha, Barry. "Highlights from the Venice Biennale 2019." Surface Magazine. May 21, 2019. https://www.surfacemag.com/articles/venice-biennale-2019-guide-highlights/ Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

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