Culture Talk: Collector Pamela Joyner on the Artists Defining the History and...
SINCE 1999, PAMELA J. JOYNER and Alfred J. Giuffrida have focused their collecting on abstract art by artists of African descent. Nearing 100 artists, the collection is documented in a hefty volume,...
View ArticleCulture Talk: Frank Stewart on His Jazz Photographs, Approach to Image...
THE ARRAY OF IMAGES Frank Stewart has made over the course of his career is dizzying. He’s photographed African American culture in its many forms—art, food, dance, and music, jazz in particular....
View ArticleAn Ode to Tina Turner, Nikita Gale’s First Solo Museum Exhibition is About...
“PRIVATE DANCER” (2020) by Nikita Gale THE FIRST SOLO MUSEUM EXHIBITION of Nikita Gale is an abstract sculptural installation at the California African American Museum (CAAM) in Los Angeles. Composed...
View ArticleCulture Talk: Director Sam Pollard on His New HBO Documentary ‘Black Art: In...
Trailer for “Black Art: In the Absence of Light.” | Video by HBO THE OPENING SCENE OF Sam Pollard‘s documentary “Black Art: In the Absence of Light” is half-century-old footage of NBC’s Tom Brokaw...
View ArticleCurator Laura Hoptman Reflects on Meeting David Hammons and Organizing Her...
IN THE LATE 1960s, David Hammons developed an inventive method for creating monoprints, using grease, pigment, and his own body to make the impressions. He was living and working in Los Angeles at...
View ArticleCulture Talk: Long-Serving Museum Trustee Denise Gardner on Being Elected...
THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO announced last week that Denise Gardner was elected chairperson of the Art Institute of Chicago Board of Trustees. She is the first woman and first African American to...
View ArticleCulture Talk: Lisa Howie on Organizing Inaugural Atlantic World Art Fair,...
AS THE GLOBAL ART MARKET, historically centered around Europe and North America, increasingly recognizes the contributions of artists in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America, a new art...
View ArticleCulture Talk: Hilton Als Sheds Light on His Toni Morrison Exhibition, ‘I...
‘TONI MORRISON’S BLACK BOOK,’ the latest exhibition curated by Hilton Als at David Zwirner Gallery in New York, is a love letter to the renowned author and editor. “I wanted to not only do this...
View ArticleCulture Talk: Curator Kanitra Fletcher on Afro-Atlantic Histories: Exhibition...
A VISUAL REVELATION, “Afro-Atlantic Histories” presents a sweeping account of the African Diaspora. The exhibition explores the “historical experiences and cultural formations” of Black people of...
View ArticleCulture Talk: Lisa Edmiston on Auctioning Major Artworks by Norman Lewis, Sam...
MAJOR PAINTINGS by Norman Lewis, Sam Gilliam, Charles Alston, Edward Bannister, and Romare Bearden are among the auction highlights at Bonhams in New York this week. The premium works by key figures...
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