African American Art Archives

Carrie Mae Weems, African American Photography, Black Photography, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue

How Carrie Mae Weems Rewrote the Rules of Image-Making | The New York Times Style Magazine Perhaps our best contemporary photographer, she creates work that insists on the worth of black women — both in art and in life.

October 19, 2018

Perhaps our best contemporary photographer, she creates work that insists on the worth of black women — both in art and in life.

Camryn Green, African American Art, Black Art, African American Literature, Black Literature, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue

She’s sold 500 paintings and written a children’s book. She’s 13. | The News & Observer Camryn, an eighth-grader at Thales Academy in Rolesville, talks about how she juggles it all and offers some advice for other young entrepreneurs.

October 18, 2018

Camryn, an eighth-grader at Thales Academy in Rolesville, talks about how she juggles it all and offers some advice for other young entrepreneurs.

Black Anime, African American Artists, African American Art, Black Artists, Black Art, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN

Black Women Animate Partners with Cartoon Network for Boot Camp | Colorlines The group is working to get Black women in the door in the animation industry.

October 17, 2018

The group is working to get Black women in the door in the animation industry.

Linda Harrison, Newark Museum, Museum of African Diaspora, MoAD, African American Art, Black Art, African American Museum, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue

Newark Museum Names New Director | The New York Times New Jersey’s largest museum has a new leader. On Wednesday, the Newark Museum announced that Linda Harrison had been selected to succeed Steven Kern as director and chief executive officer.

October 15, 2018

New Jersey’s largest museum has a new leader. On Wednesday, the Newark Museum announced that Linda Harrison had been selected to succeed Steven Kern as director and chief executive officer.

Lebohang Kganye, African Artist, Black Artist, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D

In Ethereal Images, an Artist Superimposes Herself on Old Photos of Her Mother | Hyperallergic Lebohang Kganye’s images are a poignant celebration of her mother’s spirit.

October 15, 2018

Lebohang Kganye’s images are a poignant celebration of her mother’s spirit.

African American Museum Philadelphia, AAMP, African American Art, Black Art, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D

African American Museum Shows Striking Photography And More In New Fall Exhibition Cotton | UWISHUNU Philadelphia AAMP's fall art exhibition explores the beauty of cotton in contrast with its role in slavery...

October 11, 2018

AAMP’s fall art exhibition explores the beauty of cotton in contrast with its role in slavery…

Portraits of Justice, African American Art, Black Art, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D

Philly Mural Project ‘Portraits of Justice’ Confronts Mass Incarceration | Colorlines Formerly incarcerated artists working with Mural Arts Philadelphia created a new art installation in defiance of former mayor and police chief Frank Rizzo’s history of violence in the city.

October 10, 2018

Formerly incarcerated artists working with Mural Arts Philadelphia created a new art installation in defiance of former mayor and police chief Frank Rizzo’s history of violence in the city.

Free Richardson, The Compound, Hip Hop Gallery, African American Art, Black Art, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D

In the Cradle of Hip-Hop, a South Bronx Gallery Bridges a Gap | The New York Times “No galleries, to me, have accepted hip-hop to be a part of their DNA.”

October 5, 2018

“No galleries, to me, have accepted hip-hop to be a part of their DNA.”

Tawny Chatmon, African American Art, Black Art, African American Photography, Black Photography, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D

Digitally Altered Portraits Superimposed with Flowers, Antique Patterns, and Wildlife Illustrations by Tawny Chatmon | Colossal “My camera remains my primary tool of communication, while my constant exploration of diverse ways of expression moves me to add several different layers using a variety of mediums...”

October 2, 2018

Facebook0Twitter0MailKate Sierzputowski Colossal Tawny Chatmon. Featured Image Maryland-based artist Tawny Chatmon combines traditional portraiture with digital collage, layering elements of antique patterns, vintage botanicals, and wildlife illustrations onto images of her children and other relatives. Once printed, Chatmon often revisits the digital textures she has superimposed, physically adding layers of gold ornamental elements or paint. […]

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

Record Kerry James Marshall ‘Study’ tops Sotheby’s $31 million Contemporary Curated auction in New York | ArtDaily.org NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s Contemporary Curated auction concluded last night in New York with a total of $31 million – the highest-ever total for the auction series since it was introduced at Sotheby’s in 2013.

September 27, 2018

NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s Contemporary Curated auction concluded last night in New York with a total of $31 million – the highest-ever total for the auction series since it was introduced at Sotheby’s in 2013.

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