Martha Henry Fine Art is a professional arts and education company providing sales, consultations, collection and exhibition management, and appraisals.
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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 serve the audience who discover new and exciting things about themselves, their communities and the society in which they live through experiencing visual art. She is the author of numerous catalog essays includingL: Welcome to the World of Mr. Imagination; The Roots of the Spirit: Lonnie Holley, Mr. Imagination, Charlie Lucas, Kevin Sampson; Art from the Inside: Paño Drawings by Chicano Prisoners; Jay Milder: Adam and Eve on the IRT and Other Biblical Tales; Jay Milder: Urban Visionary, Retrospective; and Robert Murray, Recent Works. She has appraised the collections of many private collectors, companies and institutions. In addition, Martha Henry and Martha Henry, Inc. Fine Art have rendered professional curatorial and art advisory services for institutions including: Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY; Virginia Beach Center for the Arts, Virginia Beach, VA; Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE; Fullerton Art Museum, Fullerton, CA; Snite Museum, Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN; INTUIT: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art., Chicago, IL; New England Center for Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, CT; Wiegand Art Gallery, Notre Dame de Namur University, Bellmore, CA; The 54th and the 55th Venice Biennales, Venice, Italy; The American Folk Art Museum, New York, NY; University of Louisville, Louisvsille, KY; and East River State Park, Brooklyn, NY among others. Ms. Henry earned an art history degree from Columbia University. She successfully completed a 15 hour course and examination on the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), the Congressionally-recognized set of appraisal standards promulgated by The Appraisal Foundation: completed in July 2014, effective through June 2016. She is a founding director of Urban Art Projects, Inc., Brooklyn, NY. She is a member of the American Association of Museums and a candidate for membership in the Appraisers Association of America.
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Winfred Rembert, 75, dies; Turned painful memories into art
Winfred Rembert survived a near-lynching in rural Georgia in 1967. Just 21, he had been stripped of his clothes by a mob of white men and hoisted upsi
Black Art in Utah Highlights Systemic Racism in the Beehive State
"Black Refractions," a touring exhibition now at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, throws into vivid relief the state’s shameful record on race.
See Works from Collector Pamela J. Joyner’s Historic Gift to SFMOMA
The donation includes works by Elizabeth Catlett, Norman Lewis, Richard Mayhew, and more artists.
Mildred Thompson’s Confounding, Cosmological Abstractions
There’s a certain irony to the fact that Thompson, an artist who was so in-tune with the patterns of nature and the universe, posed such a fundamental challenge to mainstream art histories.
How Black Americans used portraits and family photographs to defy stereotypes
The camera has long been used to defy a media landscape steeped in negative portrayals of Black families.
How Black people in the 19th century used photography as a tool for social change
Cameras played a critical role in the quest for social equality for Black Americans in the post-slavery era.
Such a lovely painting of one of Picasso's great loves.
Picasso completed the portrait in the same year as his famed Guernica.
Judith F. Baca’s Iconic ‘Great Wall’ Mural Gets an Update, Thanks to a Major Grant
The Los Angeles public artwork will get extended to the current moment, just in time for the Olympics.
Black Artists Take Over New Museum In Stellar Exhibition On Racist Violence In America
The "Grief and Grievance" show features such heavy hitters as Kara Walker, Lorna Simpson, Basquiat, and Nari Ward.
Although an artist herself, Samella Lewis has selflessly championed other artists throughout her life.
Other honorees include Deborah Willis, Maren Hassinger, Simone Leigh, and Nicole R. Fleetwood.
Two favorite artists from different centuries in dialogue.
Alexis Rockman on Martin Johnson Heade's "Hummingbird and Passionflowers""This picture is a time capsule and almost a heartbreaking artifact . . ."The Artist...
Photos: Swoon Unveils Fantastic New Sculpture And Mobile Performance Stage In Brooklyn Bridge Park
The House Our Families Built will visit three other NYC locations this month.
U.S. Premiere of 'Glasstress' Showcases The Work of Leading International Artists in Collaboration With Venetian Glass Masters
Some of the world's leading contemporary artists have been invited to breathe new life into centuries-old glassmaking in Venice ― maestros of glassblowing from the legendary Berengo Studio residency help artists manifest their visions. A new exhibition features 34 artists in the glass collabor...
Robert S. Duncanson, the most renowned 19th century black landscape painter, enters the White House.
Robert S. Duncanson’s work has not often been recognized outside Ohio.
At last!
A key Impressionist, Morisot has been the subject of renewed attention.
An interesting history of a flag once meant to unite the country, now means to divide.
We may think of flags as fixed symbols with a specific meaning, but there are few symbols whose significance is truly permanent.
In pictures: Dante’s vision of hell goes online
As Dante observed: ‘The path to paradise begins in hell.’
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Enduring Fame: Why the ’80s Art Star Remains Relevant Now
He continues to have appeal for younger artists, musicians, and brands alike.
'It Should've Happened A Long Time Ago': Whitney Retrospective Gives Black Photographers Their Due
"Working Together: The Photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop" spotlights one of the few networks for Black artists in the 1960s.
'Emma Amos: Color Odyssey' Traveling Exhibition and Catalogue Debut This Winter
The new book “Emma Amos: Color Odyssey” accompanies the exhibition of the same name, on view at the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia from January 30 through April 25, 2021, before traveling to the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute from June 19 to September 12, 2021, and th...
Black Artists Claim Their Birthright of Abstraction
The artists at False Flag Gallery demonstrate the through line between art of the African continent and modern abstraction.
Identifying Slut-Shaming, Racism, and Transphobia in the Byzantine World
In his new book, Roland Betancourt examines how stories of gender, race, and sexuality from the Byzantine world of the Eastern Mediterranean provide insight into the intersectionality that existed in the medieval world.
High Museum of Art To Premiere Major Traveling Survey of David Driskell’s Art
The High Museum of Art in Atlanta has announced its co-organization of the exhibition “David Driskell: Icons of Nature and History,” celebrating the breadth of the renowned American artist’s oeuvre and marking the first major survey of his work since his death in April 2020. Driskell (1931-202...
'¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now' Unites Historic Civil Rights-Era Prints With Works by Contemporary Graphic Artists at the Smithsonian
Features More Than 100 Artworks From the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Leading Latinx Collection In the 1960s, Chicano activist artists forged a remarkable history of printmaking rooted in cultural expression and social justice movements that remains vital today. The exhibition “¡Printing ....
Ming Smith Shook Up Photography in the ’70s. Now, She Is Coming into Full View.
She has been a star in recent survey shows and is now the subject of a new book from Aperture.
Sam Gilliam’s Long-Awaited Pace Exhibition Blurs the Boundaries of Painting
The volume of works on view in Sam Gilliam’s exhibition at Pace is impressive for any artist. More so for an artist who is 86.
This Biden-Harris Campaign Ad Is Inspired by Artist Lorraine O’Grady
A new video advertisement from the president-elect references O’Grady’s 1983 performance “Art Is...”
WANGECHI MUTU: I Am Speaking, Are You Listening? Response to Colonialism Takes Over the Legion of Honor in 2021
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco has announced WANGECHI MUTU: I Am Speaking, Are You Listening?, a sprawling, site-specific exhibition (February 6 – August 1, 2021) of new and recently created sculpture, collage, and film by visionary Kenyan American artist Wangechi Mutu. Staked .....
How Jacob Lawrence Used Painting to Powerfully Tell the Histories of Black Americans
His ‘Migration’ series is considered one of the defining bodies of work in the history of American modernism.
A Jacob Lawrence Painting, Thought Missing for Decades, Was in a NYC Apartment All Along
A recent visitor to the Metropolitan Museum’s current Jacob Lawrence exhibition knew of an artwork by Lawrence in a neighbor’s collection that he suspected might belong to the Struggle series.
How Jacob Lawrence Used Painting to Powerfully Tell the Histories of Black Americans
His ‘Migration’ series is considered one of the defining bodies of work in the history of American modernism.
Whitney to Present Exhibition of Kamoinge Workshop Photographers this November
This November, the Whitney presents Working Together: The Photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop, a groundbreaking exhibition featuring over 150 photographs by fourteen early members of the Kamoinge Workshop, nine of whom are living and working today. In 1963 a group of Black photographers based...
Artists Like Jeffrey Gibson and Carrie Mae Weems Encourage Voting With New Billboards
Jenny Holzer and Tomashi Jackson are also participating in “Art for Action,” the largest non-partisan public art campaign to raise voter awareness.
Sculptor Simone Leigh Picked to Represent United States at 2022 Venice Biennale
The Institute of Contemporary Art Boston will act as the commissioning institution.
Cal State LA Exhibition Highlights Renowned Los Angeles Artist Betye Saar
Nearly half a century after Cal State LA hosted renowned Los Angeles artist Betye Saar’s first solo show, the work of the iconic assemblage artist has returned to the university as part of a new art exhibition. Saar, 94, is known for her celebrated assemblage works—stirring collections a.....
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