After the success of her sugar sphinx, the artist is a whole different kind of public figure — and figuring out a whole new approach to public art.
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Raphael Saadiq Is the Most Underappreciated R&B Artist of All Time. Yeah, I Said It | VSB The Root
When was the last time you had a conversation about great artists and Raphael Saadiq’s name came up?
View MoreIn an Unused Harlem Church, a Towering Work of a ‘Genius’ | The New York Times
Julie Mehretu, a MacArthur Foundation “genius,” is executing a monumental new commission for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
View MoreIs It Jazz? Improvisation? Tyshawn Sorey Is Obliterating the Lines | The New York Times
NEW HAVEN — “I never listen to music passively,” the musician and composer Tyshawn Sorey said recently, nestled in an easy chair at his home studio here.
View MoreThe Black American Women Who Made Their Own Art World | Hyperallergic
We Wanted a Revolution at the Brooklyn Museum tracks the shape-shifting radicalism of black women artists, authors, filmmakers, dancers, gallerists, and public figures between 1965 and 1985.
View MoreIn Harlem, a New Triennial Parses the Historical, Political, and Social Context of “Uptown” | Hyperallergic
The inaugural show at Columbia University’s Wallach Art Gallery spotlights 25 artists living or practicing north of 99th Street.
View MoreMisty Copeland Becomes a Face of Estée Lauder, and Ballet Takes Note | The New York Times
Supermodels and actresses have generally been the ones to land high-profile, lucrative modeling contracts to promote major cosmetics companies. Enter the ballerina.
View MoreBert Long, Jr. Gallery: Artist Talk w/Romeo Clay Robinson | Houston Museum of African American Culture
Romeo Clay Robinson loves people! He finds their condition, feelings, thoughts, dreams, and aspirations interesting, consequential and holding extreme value.
View MoreInt’l African-American Museum’s New Genealogy Research Center Will Help Black People Trace Their Roots | Atlanta Black Star
Sticking to its mission of encouraging visitors to trace their family history, the International African-American Museum in Charleston, S.C., announced the launch of a new genealogical research center on Tuesday, July 18.
View MoreSmithsonian Museum Taking African Americans to Paris | Afro
Want to go on a luxurious trip to Paris with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture where you’ll learn about the city that famously embraced African-American expats?
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