The Black Art Exhibits of 2020
Art at its core has been a way to portray emotions without words. The most amazing exhibits of some artists’ careers have come out in 2020.
Raggin’ On: The Art of Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson’s House and Journals features new work by beloved artist
Above: Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, Easter Egg Hunt, 1993, watercolor with thread, 29 ¾ x 44 in., Columbus Museum of Art, Estate of the Artist.
A Conversation with Jumaane N’Namdi by Charles Moore
Jumaane N’Namdi, director of the N’Namdi Contemporary Gallery, grew up immersed in the art world. The second-generation gallerist launched his career in Chicago (1997-2012), expanded to New York (2001-2009), and since has put down roots in the Little Haiti neighborhood of Miami (2012).
New Book Puts Focus on the Black Art Collector By Kendra Walker
I read all these books on art collecting, and they were wonderful books, but they were written by white males or females, talking about white collectors who collected white art.
This Week in African Art and Culture (November 29 – December 5, 2020)
Above: Installation view: Dickens Otieno | Mbati Tailor | at Circle Art Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya | 2020 Addis Fine Art Presents Solo Exhibition:
This Week in African Arts and Culture (November 22 – 28, 2020)
This week on the African art and culture scene: Simphiwe Ndzube is interrogating indigenous belief systems around witchcraft in his surrealistic paintings, presented in a solo show in South Africa.
