Sumptuous swimming pools; AfriCOBRA’s black power art

Design and Architecture

Sumptuous swimming pools; AfriCOBRA’s black power art

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Published on Aug 6, 2019, 1:30:00 PM
Total time: 00:28:32

Episode Description

Summer in Southern California means swimming pools, and those glittering havens from the heat are celebrated in the new book “Splash: The Art of the Swimming Pool,” a collaboration between photographer Tim Street-Porter and his wife, the designer and writer Annie Kelly. 

Plus, we meet two artists from AfriCOBRA, a Chicago-based collective formed in the late 1960s that made art to empower black communities. Their work is part of the blockbuster show “Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power 1963-1983” at The Broad.

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