In this episode, featuring Dr. Keisha Allan, we discuss Jean-Michel Baquiat, a Black American artist of Haitian and Puerto Rican ancestry who grew up in New York. We provide background on the artist and discuss a current (as of 2022) exhibition of his art, King Pleasure. Then we look at some of the connections he had with other artists and some of the theories related to his art. Most importantly, to the theme of our season on queer latinidades, we consider Basquiat through a queer lens. Finally we wrap up with some recommendations of other LGBTQIA+ Latinx artists.

Dr. Keisha Allan recently joined the Black and Latinx Studies faculty with us at Baruch and we were thrilled to have her on the podcast. She is co-host of the podcast Conversations in Atlantic Theory which can be found wherever you get your podcasts.

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Hosts: Rojo Robles and Rebecca L. Salois

Logo Design: Marcos Toledo

Music: Shawn P. Russell

Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell

Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois