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She is committed to nurturing American visual arts through advising and developing institutional and private collections, as well as educating the public through curated exhibitions in galleries, universities, museums, corporations and public parks nationwide. She serves on state and local art panels and juries and has been a guest lecturer at art fairs, universities and museums. These activities
She is committed to nurturing American visual arts through advising and developing institutional and private collections, as well as educating the public through curated exhibitions in galleries, universities, museums, corporations and public parks nationwide. She serves on state and local art panels and juries and has been a guest lecturer at art fairs, universities and museums. These activities
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Diaspora artist from South Africa updates Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights.
Simphiwe Ndzube masterly weaves Bosch’s iconography into his macabre landscapes that reflect water scarcity.
A history of my favorite color.
While indigo’s etymology identifies it as a “product of India,” it has a long history.
Historic Obama Portraits Coming To The Brooklyn Museum
Kehinde Wiley's portrait of Barack Obama and Amy Sherald's portrait of Michelle Obama will be on display at the Brooklyn Museum through October 24th.
In New Memoir, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge Offers Candid Takes on S*x, Gender, Art, and Love
P-Orridge, who helped popularize nonbinary identity, wrote h/er memoir while living out h/er last days with leukemia.
The World on a Single Plane: Joseph E. Yoakum at the Art Institute of Chicago
An exhibition of more than one hundred works by Joseph Yoakum illuminates the pleasures and difficulties of the visionary artist’s immense oeuvre.
I was familiar with the sculpture by Barthe but not his model. He was the counterpoint to Josephine Baker.
A double portrait of the dancer and Harlem Renaissance icon at Swann Galleries evokes his allure as an artist's model and his indelible imprint on modernism.
See paintings from a massive new coffee table book from Taschen, "Frida Kahlo: The Complete Paintings," by Luis-Martín Lozano.
Kudos to Ruth Hardinger for her retrospective at Mana Contemporary.
Throughout her fifty-year practice, Ruth Hardinger has infused Conceptual and Post-Minimal aesthetics with a greater concern for the relationships between land and materials.
Wangechi Mutu: between the earth and the sky | Psyche Films
Wangechi Mutu’s otherworldly artworks grow from the ground up
In Henry Taylor’s Paintings, the Past Bleeds Into the Present
Taylor’s paintings emphasize that golf and horse racing, though once exclusively activities for privileged white men, depended on the support of men who were almost invariably Black.
How Alma Thomas’s Radiant Paintings Plotted a New Course for Abstraction
A traveling survey exposes previously unseen sides of her oeuvre.
With a New Book and Major Exhibitions on the Horizon, Barkley L. Hendricks’s Photography Comes into Focus
The fourth of a five-volume series of publications shows the artist’s eye behind the camera.
Looking forward to this film.
"Summer of Soul," Questlove’s directorial debut, seeks to resurrect the memory of the Harlem Cultural Festival, a vital touchstone of Black music.
The Forgotten “Black Woodstock” of 1969
"Summer of Soul," Questlove’s directorial debut, seeks to resurrect the memory of the Harlem Cultural Festival, a vital touchstone of Black music.
Electric Images: Ming Smith’s Transcendent Photography
"Evidence," the inaugural show at Nicola Vassell Gallery, emphasizes Smith’s track record as a photographer who both loves and riffs on the language of her medium.
UNESCO Report Warns Stonehenge, Venice Could Soon Be ‘Endangered’ Sites
The ancient capital city of Ashur (Qal’at Sherqat) and Liverpool’s waterfront are also to be considered at a UNESCO conference next year.
An Alabama Quilting Collective Receives $250K to Build a Museum
The Freedom Quilting Bee Legacy, a nonprofit in Alabama, has received a grant from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation and Community Partnership.
MacKenzie Scott Grants Go to Studio Museum in Harlem, Souls Grown Deep, and More
A collected $2.7 billion was given to 286 organizations.
Cinque Gallery, Another Chapter of Black Art History
The legacy of Cinque Gallery demonstrates that the work of Black artists between 1969 and 2004 was as diverse as its mainstream counterpart.
India’s Vibrant and Idiosyncratic Truck Art
The graceful art form has a long history, but is currently under threat of disappearing.
Why David Hammons’s Elusive Art Continues to Intrigue, Mystify, and Provoke
In his mysterious and puzzling work, he has explored topics such as visibility and racism.
Rijksmuseum Opens Landmark ‘Slavery’ Exhibition Offering ‘More Complete Picture of History’
The show focuses on 10 individuals who lived between the 17th and 19th centuries.
Work by Carrie Mae Weems Acquired by National Gallery, Displayed With Memorial to Black Union Soldiers
Two panels of Weems’s work features a photograph of a 19th-century memorial to the soldiers in the 54th Regiment, now on display beside the original sculpture.
The Poetic Grace of Maren Hassinger’s Vessels
Lithe yet sturdy, Hassinger’s sheer organic forms belie their industrial materials.
The Darker Side of Keith Haring
The exhibition “Keith Haring: Radiant Gambit” presents a more complicated — and certainly more interesting — take on an artist best known for his zippy visuals.
Takashi Murakami Guest Curates 'Super-Rough' With Outsider Art Fair Dealers in New York
Japanese artist Takashi Murakami will guest curate Super-Rough, a large-scale group exhibition of close to two hundred sculptural works by approximately 50-60 self-taught, visionary and vernacular folk artists from around the world. Overseen by Murakami, in collaboration with several dozen Outsi...
Twelve African American Artists Commissioned to Ruminate on the Great Migration
An exhibition at the Mississippi Museum of Art and the Baltimore Museum of Art will include new work by Mark Bradford, Torkwase Dyson, and Carrie Mae Weems.
If you are in NYC, today is Film Forum's last performance (3 pm) of Jeffrey Wolf's excellent documentary on Traylor's life, Chasing Ghosts.
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) has announced the gift of nine captivating works on paper created with paint, graphite and colored pencils by the iconic African American artist Bill Traylor. This generous donation is from the collection of B.K. Fulton and Jackie Stone. “These two group...
Smithsonian Digitizes the Vast Archive of Artist Charles White
More than 17,000 items make up this collection of photographs, writings, correspondence, and biographical material from 1933 throughout the artist's life.
At Last, Melvin Edwards’s Steel Abstractions Come to City Hall Park
Brighter Days is bound to transform what we imagine possible with monuments.
State of the Union: Faith Ringgold at Glenstone
For decades, Faith Ringgold has invited the dark shadows of American life onto the nation’s bright face, chronicling its grim histories, untold betrayals, and unsung heroes. The sound-bite descript…
How Emma Amos’s Art and Activism Powerfully Confronted Racism and S*xism
“I try to make a painting resonate in some kind of way,” the artist once said.
A welcome move...
The name change of a local creek in central Iowa reflects broader national trends that are recognizing derogatory or racist connotations.
Never-Before-Exhibited David Hammons Body Prints Head to New York—See Photos
Visit the post for more.
Mapping Anti-racist Street Art in Minneapolis and Worldwide
The George Floyd and Anti-Racist Street Art database includes more than 1,800 images of artworks worldwide.
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