Exhibition Launch video- The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century

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Installation View, Baltimore Museum of Art

Opening this week, The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century, with access as follows:

  • Exclusive Member Access: December 4 -6
  • Exclusive Member & Annual Passholder Access: December: December 7 – January 5, 2025
  • General Admission for All: January 7 – April 6, 2025

Exhibition Overview

Immersing viewers in the world of hip-hop through contemporary art and fashion, The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century brings together contemporary artists, musicians, designers and stylists to tell the story of the art form and its global impact on visual culture.

Organized on the occasion of Hip Hop’s fiftieth anniversary and featuring contemporary art by some of today’s most important and celebrated artists, including Derrick Adams, John Edmonds, Deana Lawson and Hank Willis Thomas, this dynamic and wide-ranging exhibition highlights the art form’s ongoing conceptual and material innovation. Placing fashion, consumer marketing, music, videos and objects in dialogue with paintings, sculpture, poetry, photography and multi-media installations, the exhibition considers activism and racial identity, notions of bling and swagger, as well as gender, sexuality and feminism. 

The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century is co-organized by the Baltimore Museum of Art and Saint Louis Art Museum. The Toronto presentation is organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario. The AGO presentation will be organized by Julie Crooks, Curator, Arts of Global Africa and the Diaspora, AGO.

To Learn More About the Show, Watch the Exhibition Launch video, shared below. Please note, you will be asked for a password to view, please enter this password (exactly as typed, here): AGO+Cultur3

https://artcloud.ago.ca/index.php/s/Qd3myR8W6oMwbPG

ORDER OF SPEAKERS:

  • Melissa Ramage, Project Manager, Exhibition – Exhibition and Team introduction
  • Julie Crooks, Curator, Arts of Global Africa and the Diaspora – Exhibition overview, big idea, and exhibition walkthrough 
  • Emilie Croning, Curatorial Assistant, Arts of Global Africa and the Diaspora – Visitor outcomes and graphic design 
  • Amy Wu – Exhibition Marketing  
  • Bojana Stancic, Program Curator, Performance and Live, and Melissa Ramage – Opening week and programming  
  • Allison Miller, Manager, Corporate Partnerships – Development and donor engagement