This Week in Black Art October 18- October 24
Raymond J. McGuire’s Eye is on 2021 Above: Raymond J. McGuire On Thursday, Oct. 15, Studio Museum in Harlem board Chairman Raymond J.
The Week in African Art and Culture (October 11 – 17, 2020)
This week in African art and culture, there are two solo exhibitions on view: one from an emerging artist who has gradually travelled through several group exhibitions to his first solo in Accra, and the other by an established artist who is continually leaving significant imprints of his strides in the contemporary art scene, showing in Paris.
This Week in African Art and Culture (September 27 – October 3, 2020)
The past week in the African art and culture scene can be described as one of awe and recognition. The proliferation of a coming generation of practitioners in a multidisciplinary scope is an indication of the diverse forms of expression soon to be encountered in the contemporary art scene.
This Week in Black Art: September 27-October 2
This week’s news in Black art focuses on institutional changes. The National Museum of African American History and Culture has announced a new director.
This Week in Black Art: September 13-September 19
Black Men Win Big in Fashion This year’s CFDA (Council of Fashion Designers of America, Inc.) Fashion Awards, announced on Sept.
When an Artist Took a Stand for Racial Diversity and Inclusion, and Won by Angela N. Carroll
Above: Johanne Rahaman. Photo by Maggie Steber Documentary photographer Johanne Rahaman has traveled the state of Florida in search of the persistence of Black presence;
Forging Monuments, Dismantling Statues by Angela N. Carroll
Legend has it that the Statue of Liberty was supposed to be a sister. I like to imagine that sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi would have chuckled at the brutal irony of his commission.
The Radical Imaginaries of Renee Cox by Angela N. Carroll
Above: Raje for President by Renee Cox Renee Cox isn’t about the bullshit: she is sharp and unapologetic about the subjects she channels.
Juneteenth
Above: Mark Bradford, Black Wall Street, 2006, Collage on paper, mounted on canvas. When I was in high school, Juneteenth was a Texas holiday.
When Liberty Burns: An Interview with Filmmaker Dudley Alexis by April Dobbins
Dudley Alexis is a Haitian American filmmaker based in Miami. His most recent documentary, When Liberty Burns, highlights the life and death of Arthur McDuffie who died after a brutal police beating.
