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Editor’s Note: Curator and art historian Alayo Akinkugbe is CNN Style’s guest editor for the month of November. The child is tucked away in the bottom left-hand corner, but in the mind of curator and art historian Alayo Akinkugbe, his presence fills the entire frame. But Akinkugbe holds a magnifying glass over these slim fragments, off-cuts of the dominant whitewashed narrative of art history, and forces them to take up space. “I think a lot of it was down to the fact that (art history) is viewed as an elite, white field. The coincidence at times feels “sinister” for Akinkugbe, but she believes there is longevity in the increased interest in and support for Black art and artists.
Persons: Alayo Akinkugbe, London CNN — Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s, , Rossetti, Akinkugbe, Bélizaire, Jacques Amans ’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, De Agostini, Tate, , weren’t, ” Akinkugbe, Polly Alakija, Pius Utomi Ekpei, , Chris Ofili, Lee Pretious, George Floyd Organizations: CNN, London CNN, National Gallery, Royal Academy of Arts, Opera, Getty, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, New York Times Locations: London, Lagos, Nigeria, , Falomo, Benin, AFP, Nigerian, British
At other times, she's chatting with her white counterparts about how better to address the unique needs of creators of color. Influencer marketers, creators, and public relations professionals BI spoke with said they're working to ensure this doesn't happen in the creator economy, often referencing research from the past few years that details the pay inequity between white creators and creators of color. Based on this data, three influencer marketers and creators shared their recommendations with BI on improving pay equity for creators of color. Koo also notes the unique responsibility people in her position have in paying creators of color equitably. "Influencer marketing professionals have great power in driving DEI conversations by choosing which voices should represent prominent brands," she said.
Persons: Petit's, influencers, Yasmin Koo, Ogilvy, Booth, Megumi Robinson, Petit, Antonia Alakija, they're, Alakija, Koo Organizations: Business, Meta, League, Color, Association of National, ANA, PR, Belle Communication
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