Those paintings by Black artists that we see hanging in a gallery or major museum didn’t get there by happenstance. When it comes to the business of art, strong representation is essential for the creatives behind the works we consume. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The talents first had to be discovered by someone with a reasonable amount […]
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Hip Hop Mourns Death Of Legendary Graffiti Writer PHASE 2 | HipHopDX
NEW YORK, NY – Hip Hop is mourning the loss of yet another pioneer of the culture — PHASE 2. According to multiple social media posts, the legendary Bronx graffiti writer and flyer designer (real name Lonny Wood) passed away earlier this week. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Veteran New York City Hip Hop promotor Van Silk tells […]
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Russian Ballet Refuses to Stop Using Blackface | The Cut
Last week, American ballerina Misty Copeland posted a a photo to her Instagram of two ballerinas posing in blackface. “This is the reality of the ballet world,” she captioned the post, kicking off an international debate about racism in ballet. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The photo was an image reposted from the Instagram of a dancer in […]
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Dean’s List: Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys Focus on Collecting African-American Art | Art News
In May 2018, in a buzzing salesroom at Sotheby’s New York, the hammer fell on Kerry James Marshall’s Past Times (1997), a sprawling masterpiece that surveys a contemporary pastoral scene in which black figures are seen picnicking, boating, golfing, and playing croquet. Not long after, the price—$21.1 million, the highest figure for a work by […]
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The Black Artists You Should Know at Basel | Paper Mag
The art world’s annual December pilgrimage to Miami for Art Basel is currently underway. The glamorous mega fair and the more than two dozen satellite fairs that exist in its orbit draw tens of thousands of attendees each year. Some go to schmooze, some go to buy, and everyone arrives ready to party. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] […]
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After Misty Comes Marie. Breaking Barriers in ‘The Nutcracker.’ | The New York Times
This year, for the first time, New York City Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ has a black Marie, the young heroine whose life is charged with magic.
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Collector Ronald Ollie to discuss major gift to SLAM and related exhibition | The St. Louis American
“We have five generations of abstract artists represented in this exhibition,” said Alexis Assam, 2018-2019 Romare Bearden Graduate Museum Fellow and co-curator of “The Shape of Abstraction: Selections from the Ollie Collection” just ahead of the exhibition’s opening at Saint Louis Art Museum back in September. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] A tour led by Assam and exhibition […]
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‘Soul of a Nation’ Gives Black Artists Long-Overdue Visibility | SF Weekly
A new exhibit at the de Young on loan from the Tate Modern showcases decades of Black American art.
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Baltimore Museum Of Art Will Only Acquire Works By Women | Forbes
The Baltimore Museum of Art has announced that in 2020, only artwork created by women will be added to its permanent collection. In a bold move to reduce the gender imbalance in the museum’s collection, every single piece acquired next year, whether through a purchase or donation, will have been created by a woman. Big […]
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Guggenheim Hires First Full-Time Black Curator | The New York Times
Ashley James, most recently of the Brooklyn Museum, started there this week.
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