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.
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In 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 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 MoreSoul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power | Timeout
This exhibition flips the idea of ‘black art’ on its head, tracing an under looked 20-year period of creative innovation among African-American artists.
View MoreThe Vibrant Art Of Roxbury’s Ekua Holmes Recalls The Harlem Renaissance | 90.9 WBUR
Ekua Holmes is a welcome anachronism in African-American art, a woman who illuminates contemporary painting by embracing an aesthetic from the past.
View MorePhotographer Alex Harsely lights up June Kelly Gallery – New York Amsterdam News
A lot of planning goes into a seemingly candid photograph when an artist is at work. This fact becomes self-evident when you visit the current show at June Kelly Gallery titled “Alex Harsely: An Overview,” now on display through July 28.
View MoreThe Colour Black | Contemporary And
Where in the primary place of artistic experience do we encounter the Black subject? That is one of the questions that artist Kerry James Marshall has asked throughout his career. MOCA Los Angeles values in the first US retrospective Marshall’s lifelong contribution to the depiction of non-stereotypical Black life.
View MoreA Crowdfunding Effort Launches to Commemorate Khadija Saye, Artist Killed in London Inferno – Hyperallergic
The campaign, launched by three friends and supporters of Saye’s, aims to raise £50,000 to promote the work of other young artists.
View MoreThe African-American artists exciting savvy collectors – Financial Times (FT)
A new appreciation of African-American art by auction houses, museums and prestigious galleries – spurred on by the Obamas’ legacy – is exciting an international audience. Buy before prices soar, says Francesca Gavin.
View MoreKerry James Marshall addresses the absence of blackness – San Diego Reader
We’re the violators of their culture of leisure.
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