Category: Art

Patricia Marroquin Norby, most recently of the National Museum of the American Indian in New York, will soon join the Metropolitan Museum of Art. — Sarah Bahr, The New York Times For the first time in its 150-year history, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has hired a full-time Native American curator: Patricia Marroquin Norby. Dr. Norby […]

“We can thank ‘Hawk’ for maintaining the photographs, the costumes, the films, the memorabilia, and the artifacts of New Orleans street culture,” Mayor LaToya Cantrell said in a statement — The Associated Press, NBC News NEW ORLEANS — Sylvester Francis, the founder of the small but highly respected Backstreet Cultural museum that features an array […]

Monuments glorifying white supremacy are coming down. Will more projects like Ayokunle Odeleye’s rise up in their place? By Emil Moffatt, WABE, NPR In his home workshop in Stone Mountain, Georgia, Ayokunle Odeleye’s larger-than-life pieces of public art often start as a small wooden mock-up, that he shapes with a lathe. The finished product can […]

By Vanessa Osbourne, Naturally Curly Inspiration is everywhere and all you have to do is be open to finding it, receiving it, and letting it move you to action. I was first introduced to Karla Ferguson through a short feature entitled Queen of Arts in TXTURE, a lifestyle magazine for naturals. The feature gave a brief overview of Karla […]

The Ghanian sculptor worked with cheap, commonly found objects for decades until he arrived at just the right one By El Anatsui, The Guardian It wasn’t normal for someone like me to become an artist. Growing up in rural Ghana, there was nothing like a museum or art gallery, and nobody pursued art as a […]

By David Salazar, OperaWire PBS is set to present “Porgy and Bess” on July 17, 2020, as part of its Great Performances at the Met series. The telecast, which starts at 9 p.m., stars Eric Owens and Angel Blue in the title roles. Other cast members include Alfred Walker as Crown, Frederick Ballentine as Sportin’ Life, Latonia […]