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Podcast: WBEZ News
Episode: The archives of ‘Ebony’ and ‘Jet’ are revived in new Theaster Gates exhibition
Description: A new exhibit at the former Stony Island Trust and Savings Bank pays tribute to the Johnson Publishing Company – the now-defunct Chicago-based media group behind Ebony and Jet magazines.
It’s been put together by Chicago artist Theaster Gates, who has been preserving the archives that make up the exhibit.
He sat down with WBEZ Rundown podcast host Erin Allen to discuss how he came into possession of these archives, and his motivations for the exhibit.
HOST: DIXON