What we’re Watching: Art9ist) #8-Sheena Rose
This weeks film featuring Sugarcane favorite Sheena Rose and her character work/performance art.
Black Art Markets: How We Are Holding Up During COVID-19 by Angela N. Carroll
The world, and in this case, Black Art Markets have been indelibly changed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Unemployment rates have soared to levels that exceed those reported in the last recession.
FAHAMU PECOU “Trapademia II: LIT” ONLINE EXHIBITION: April 30 – May 30, 2020
Above: Black Skin White Masks 2020, Acrylic on canvas60 x 48 in / 152 x 122 cm Lyons Wier Gallery is pleased to present “Trapademia II:
Social Distancing: New Photography by @seriqueofficial
A photography series by @seriqueofficial – ‘A visual exploration of what it means to cultivate a space for your own peace and well-being.
Remembering the Legacy of Dr. David C. Driskell by Angela N. Carroll
We stand on the shoulders of giants, real people more god than man who persevere despite unfathomable odds. They put it all on the line for the whole.
Artist Spotlight: Khalif Tahir Thompson
A nudge from a high-school teacher got Queens, New York-based artist Khalif Tahir Thompson started in painting, and that encouragement helped open him to new experiences.
Nana Opoku: Afroscope, Ancestral Embracement and Claiming the Future by Mame Bonsu
Above: We Float In The Cosmos With Amun-Ra, Digital Collage, Photoshop , 24” x 24” “For me, it’s a way of looking at the future, looking at alternate realities with an Afrocentric perspective or point of view.
Black Art Auction Prepares for First Sales Event
Above: Ed Clark, The China Series, acrylic on canvas. Black art is more popular than ever, and we now have a new art auction house, Black Art Auction, showcasing some of the best African American artists in the nation that is slated to raise the hammer on May 16, 2020.
While the Museum is Closed: Our Top Seven List of Online Museums, Galleries, Tours and Videos for your Art Fix by Jeff Nesler
We’ve seen many social posts offering top ten lists of virtual museum tours, a constructive thing to do while you’re social distancing at home—but we thought, what about Sugarcane’s special niche—African diaspora art?
What We Liked at the Armory Show
Above: Work by Whitfield Lovell. Photo by Halima Taha. Despite the concerns over Coronavirus or COVID-19, The 2020 Armory Show went on last weekend with an array of fantastic work by Black artists.