in August 2015, the month before Pope Francis, his predecessor, appointed him bishop of Chiclayo, a city in the country’s north. To qualify, he had to live in Peru for at least two years and pass a civics test.
— along with Anna Wintour, the influential Vogue editor who always oversees the proceedings.Vogue editor Anna Wintour attends the 2019 Met Gala. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
Vogue editor Anna Wintour attends the 2019 Met Gala. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)Word on attendees trickles out slowly in the weeks leading up to the event. But this year there’s also awith stars from various fields. (They don’t have specific host duties, other than showing up and, it goes without saying, looking fabulous.)
It includes athletes Simone Biles and husband Jonathan Owens, Angel Reese and Sha’Carri Richardson; filmmakers Spike Lee, Tonya Lewis Lee and Regina King; and actors Ayo Edebiri, Audra McDonald and Jeremy Pope, and musicians Doechii, Usher, Tyla, Janelle Monáe and André 3000.Also in the group are author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; artists Jordan Casteel, Rashid Johnson and Kara Walker; playwrights Jeremy O. Harris and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins; and fashion figures Grace Wales Bonner, Edward Enninful, Dapper Dan and Olivier Rousteing.
This combination of photos shows, top row from left, Simone Biles, Doechii, Ayo Edebiri, Jeremy O. Harris and Regina King, and bottom row from left, Audra McDonald, Janelle Monáe, Angel Reese, Tyla and Usher. (AP Photo)
This combination of photos shows, top row from left, Simone Biles, Doechii, Ayo Edebiri, Jeremy O. Harris and Regina King, and bottom row from left, Audra McDonald, Janelle Monáe, Angel Reese, Tyla and Usher. (AP Photo)Negotiations between Harvard and Lanier lawyers resulted in a settlement that included the removal of the images from Harvard’s ownership.
On Wednesday, Lanier stood holding a portrait of Papa Renty while arm-in-arm with Susanna Moore, the great-great-great-granddaughter of Harvard biologist Louis Agassiz, who commissioned the images on behalf of the university and whose theories on racial difference were once used to support slavery in the U.S. Both great-great-great granddaughters — one of enslaved people and another of a man who exploited them — praised the resolution.“This is a moment in history where the sons and daughters of stolen ancestors can stand with pride and rightfully proclaim a victory for reparations,” Lanier said. “This pilfered property, images taken without dignity or consent and used to promote a racist pseudoscience will now be repatriated to a home where their stories can be told and their humanity can be restored.”
Moore called the images captured by her ancestor, Agassiz, a “deeply racist project.”“This victory reminds us that the meaning of such objects in museums can and should change,” she said. “This woman standing next to me, she knew all along she was not small and she was not alone.”