W.E.B. Du Bois Medal

Theaster Gates Receives Harvard’s W.E.B. Du Bois Medal

Harvard University gave its highest honor in African and African American studies to eight people at Sanders Theatre on October 8, and the artist among them spent his acceptance doing something characteristic. Theaster Gates, the youngest of nine children raised on Chicago’s
October 17, 2026

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