African American Art Archives

Firelei Báez, African American Art, Black Art, Louis Armstrong, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, Willoughby Avenue

Redrawing the History of Women of Color in Vibrant Hues | Hyperallergic Firelei Báez: Joy Out of Fire, on view at Harlem’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, offers long-overdue recognition for a number of women activists, writers, artists, and politicians of color.

December 12, 2018

Firelei Báez: Joy Out of Fire, on view at Harlem’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, offers long-overdue recognition for a number of women activists, writers, artists, and politicians of color.

Mickalene Thomas, Romare Bearden, Posing Modernity, The Black Model from Manet and Matisse to Today, Mickalene Thomas, African American Art, Black Art, Racism, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, Willoughby Avenue

Deconstructing Race in Western Painting | Hyperallergic The most interesting part of this excellent exhibition is its presentation of black modernists, for here we enter relatively unfamiliar territory.

December 10, 2018December 11, 2018

The most interesting part of this excellent exhibition is its presentation of black modernists, for here we enter relatively unfamiliar territory.

Abbye B., African American Artist, Black Artist, African American Art, Black Art, Tessera Arts Collection, Philadelphia Art, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN

New Fishtown gallery spotlights women artists of color | The Inquirer Daily News A new art gallery has opened in Fishtown that's dedicated to showing the works of female artists of color, and it draws its inspiration from a decades-before-her-time "maker" (and candy-shop owner) from North Philly.

December 10, 2018

A new art gallery has opened in Fishtown that’s dedicated to showing the works of female artists of color, and it draws its inspiration from a decades-before-her-time “maker” (and candy-shop owner) from North Philly.

Decolonize This Place, Brooklyn Museum, Art History, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, Willoughby Avenue

Decolonize This Place Demands Repatriation of “Imperial Plunder” at the Brooklyn Museum | Hyperallergic Parallel to today’s protest at the RISD Museum, organizers from Decolonize This Place gathered at the Brooklyn Museum to decry stolen objects in the Brooklyn Museum’s collection.

December 3, 2018

Parallel to today’s protest at the RISD Museum, organizers from Decolonize This Place gathered at the Brooklyn Museum to decry stolen objects in the Brooklyn Museum’s collection.

Naima Keith, California African American Museum, CAAM, African American Museum, African American Curator, Black Art, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, Huffpost

How I Got My Art Job: Naima Keith of California’s African American Museum on Quitting a PhD to Pursue Her Dreams | Artnet News The museum's deputy director got her start during a curatorial stint at the Hammer Museum.

November 23, 2018

The museum’s deputy director got her start during a curatorial stint at the Hammer Museum.

Harlem School of the Arts, African American Art, Black Art, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, Willoughby Avenue

Harlem School of the Arts Tops a Million in Contributions for the Second Straight Year | The Network Journal

November 21, 2018

Facebook0Twitter0MailTNJ Staff , The Network Journal Buck Ennis. Yvette Campbell leads the Harlem School of the Arts. Featured Image This year’s Harlem School of the Arts (HSA) Masquerade Ball and After Party, an annual benefit gala in support of the 54-year-old arts organization, surpassed expectations once again by raising over a million dollars, for the […]

Blk & Blue at ABXY Gallery, Malik Roberts, African American Art, Black Art, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, Willoughby Avenue

A Portrait of Black Mental Health in Hues of Black and Blue | Hyperallergic Influenced by Picasso’s Blue Period, Malik Roberts explores the repercussions of generational poverty, racism, and violence in Black communities using monochromatic hues.

November 15, 2018

Influenced by Picasso’s Blue Period, Malik Roberts explores the repercussions of generational poverty, racism, and violence in Black communities using monochromatic hues.

Kerry James Marshall, African American Art, Black Art, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, Willoughby Avenue

Kerry James Marshall named most influential contemporary artist | The Guardian American painter’s dealer, David Zwirner, tops ArtReview Power 100, with #MeToo third

November 14, 2018

American painter’s dealer, David Zwirner, tops ArtReview Power 100, with #MeToo third

Misty Copeland, African American Dance, African American Ballet, Black Girls Do Ballet, African American Art, Black Art, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, Willoughby Avenue

How Misty Copeland is empowering at-risk youth through dance | The Guardian To see Misty Copeland dance is to witness seemingly physics-defying strength and utmost grace in action.

November 13, 2018November 13, 2018

To see Misty Copeland dance is to witness seemingly physics-defying strength and utmost grace in action.

Roy Hargrove, African American Music, Jazz, Original Art Form, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, African American News

Roy Hargrove, Trumpeter Who Gave Jazz a Jolt of Youth, Dies at 49 | The New York Times Roy Hargrove, a virtuoso trumpeter who became a symbol of jazz’s youthful renewal in the early 1990s, and then established himself as one of the most respected musicians of his generation, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was 49.

November 8, 2018

Roy Hargrove, a virtuoso trumpeter who became a symbol of jazz’s youthful renewal in the early 1990s, and then established himself as one of the most respected musicians of his generation, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was 49.

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