African American Art

Change: On Kehinde Wiley's 'An Economy of Grace' at Sean Kelly

Bobby Elliott | Posted 05.25.2012

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On the surface, "An Economy of Grace" is a well-timed game-changer for painter Kehinde Wiley. After making a name for himself by exclusively painting men, "An Economy of Grace" presents Wiley's first series of portraits featuring women.

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From The Cotton Fields To The Art Gallery

Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: All Me: The Life and Times of Winfred Rembert, Winfred Rembert, Black Voices, Adelson Gallery, African American Artists, African American Art, Winfred Rembert Documentary, Civil Rights, Folk Art, Yale, Arts News

When most artists were in art school, Winfred Rembert was working on a chain gang. He was serving time in a Georgia prison after being arrested at a c...

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Are Sales of African American Art Picking Up or in Decline?

Daniel Grant | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Swann Galleries, Elizabeth Catlett, African-American Art, Robert Duncanson, Leslie Hindman, Benny Andrews, Christie's, Michael Rosenfeld, Hughie Lee-Smith, Sotheby's, Linda Johnson Rice, June Kelly, Arts News

The fate of sales devoted to African American artists, such as those at Swann and Leslie Hindman, may become unnecessary as more auction houses include these artists in their American art sales.

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Owens' Anthology Spotlights African-American Art

MutualArt | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Clifford-Owens, Performance Art, African American Art, MoMA PS1, Clifford Owens Ps1, Arts News

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Laylah Ali: "It's Not An Escapist Fantasy."

Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Illustration, Video, Hieroglyphics, African American Art, Women Painters, Greenheads, Ali, Laylah Ali, Martin Luther King Day, Freestyle, Comic, Arts News

Laylah Ali creates images which are as simple as comic books and as complex and hieroglyphics. Their flat, cartoonish aesthetic sharply contrasts the...

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Three Generations Of Detroit Artists Show Work At New Exhibit

HuffingtonPost.com | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Sabrina Nelson, Detroit Artists, Gregory Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., Senghor Reid, Detroit Arts, Richard Lewis, Black History Month, Video, African American Art, Martin Luther King, Detroit Around Town, Roots Branches and Seeds, Martin Luther King Day, Charles H. Wright Museum, Detroit News

As activity swirls at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the institution's busiest day of the y...

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Now Dig Kellie Jones Talking About Art and Black Los Angeles: Part 2

Dr. Tukufu Zuberi | Posted 03.13.2012

I recently visited an art exhibit chronicling the legacy of art in Black Los Angeles. The show is called "Now Dig This! Art & Black Los Angeles 1960-1980, " and I sat down to speak with the curator of the exhibit, Kellie Jones. Here's the second part of that conversation.

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Now Dig Kellie Jones Talking About Art and Black Los Angeles

Dr. Tukufu Zuberi | Posted 03.10.2012

I recently visited an art exhibit chronicling the legacy of art in Black Los Angeles. The show is at the UCLA Hammer Museum and is called "Now Dig This! Art & Black Los Angeles 1960-1980." I sat down to speak with the curator of the exhibit, Kellie Jones.

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Now Dig This: Charles White

Peter Clothier | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Art, Charles White, African American Artists, African American Art, Charles White Artwork, Charles White Artist, Charles White Art, Charles White Drawings, Arts News

He was not only an extraordinarily gifted artist who produced powerfully moving works of art; he was also an important pioneer who inspired a generation of young black artists to believe that they, too, had something of urgent importance to say.

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The Bearden Project: A Family Affair

Bobby Elliott | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Romare Bearden, African American Art, New York Arts Exhibitions, The Studio Museum in Harlem, Arts News

New York's centennial celebration of Romare Bearden has found its heart at The Studio Museum in Harlem.

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Kiss & Tell: Performance Art At MoMA PS1

Christopher Y. Lew | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Clifford Owens, African American Art, Marina Abramovic, Kara Walker, Chris Burden, Performance Art, Moma, MoMA PS1, Arts News

The near-impossible can happen in performance art. Chris Burden was famously shot in the arm for one performance, the late Italian artist Gino de Domi...

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The Transformative Power of African-American Artists

Juanita Moore | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Black Artists, Black History, African American History, African American Artists, African American Art, Charles H. Wright Museum, Black America, Detroit News

African-American art has been and can continue to be a catalyst in Detroit, home to many of the country's largest and most significant individually owned African-American art collections.

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PHOTOS: Exhibitions Celebrate Evolution Of African Art

Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Glenn Ligon, Pst, Video, African American Art, Art in Africa, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Slidepollajax, African Art, Leonard Freed, Pacific Standard Time, Basquiat, Alma Thomas, Now Dig This!, 30 Americans, Mutual Art, Arts News

(Via MutualArt) Much like the leaves of autumn, the face of America is ever-changing. And this is also true for the art world, which reflects back ...

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Guess The Artist: Answer Revealed!

The Huffington Post | Melinda Brocka | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Art, Video, African American Art, African American Artists, Romare Bearden Biography, Black Artists, Romare Bearden, Romare Bearden Art, Romare Bearden Collage, Arts News

Yesterday we showed you this artwork and asked you to guess the artist. Nearly half of you correctly guessed Romare Bearden. Bearden was born on th...

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Guess The Artist Who Created This American Flag: ANSWER

Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Flag, Betsy Ross, Black Artists, American Art, Civil Rights, African American, Black Power, Faith Ringgold, African American Flag, African American Art, Artist, American Flag, American Artist, Injustice Case, David Hammons, Lorna Simpson, Arts News

Yesterday we showed you an image of this artwork and asked you to guess the American artist, but only a third of you correctly identified the artist a...

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Guess The American Artist

Posted 09.02.2011

Read More: Black Power, Faith Ringgold, African American Art, Flag, Betsy Ross, Black Artists, Artist, American Flag, American Art, American Artist, David Hammons, Civil Rights, Lorna Simpson, African American, Arts News

Well-known for their engagement with civil rights and the Black Power movement, this African American artist created this version of the American flag...

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ART ESSAY: Henry Louis Gates Jr On The Image Of The Black In Western Art

theroot.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: African American Art, WEB Dubois Institute, W.E.B. Dubois, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Black Image in Art, Henry Louis Gates Jr the Root, Black Scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr, Arts News

The numerous contacts that Greeks, Romans and other Europeans had with people of African origin have been portrayed in art for thousands of years. The...

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PHOTOGRAPHY: W.E.B Du Bois' Talented Tenth In Pictures

theroot.com | By Kellee Terrell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Visitors to the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1900 were introduced to escalators, pictorial panoramas, the Paris Metro and the first films with s...

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The Art of Bronzeville

Paul Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: African American Art, Little Black Pearl, Faie African Art Gallery, Blanc Gallery, Chicago Art, Dusable Museum, Bronzeville Art District, Chicago News

Last month, my wife, Amy, and I did the grand 3rd Friday Night Tour of the Bronzeville Art District. It was an outstanding evening and it's happening...

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