Melissa Hunter Davis is a creative entrepreneur and the master mind behind Sugarcane . Sugarcane Magazine is an online journal about art of Africa and the African Diaspora. She has an affinity for African arts, African culture, African performers and African literature. Follow her at @sugarcanemag
December 6th marked an important day for Senegal and the African diaspora, as the Musée Civilisations Noires ( Museum of Black Civilization or MCN) opened to the world with sacred African artifacts and world-class Black art.
When Art Basel arrived in Miami Beach in 2001, collectors, jet-setters, visual artists, curators and administrators, and lovers of all-things-cultural on South Beach, flooded the area and satellite locations.
The National YoungArts Foundation has launched many young people to the career of their dreams. Kerry Washington, Viola Davis, Billy Porter, and Judith Hill have all been winners after the competition ended.
Above: Kerry James Marshall at David Zwirner Kerry James Marshall, Untitled (Large Colours), 2018 215.2 x 305.5 x 10.2 cm David Zwirner is pleased to present Kerry James Marshall:
Above: Image from Grant Macdonald Sotheby’s Institute of Art is pleased to announce the launch of Art of Luxury, a groundbreaking, new 15-week immersive course introducing the global industry of luxury goods and services.
VRt Ventures, in partnership with Shepard Fairey and Juxtapoz Magazine, today announced the launch of “DAMAGED,” a VR/AR immersive experience allowing fans to step inside Shepard Fairey’s largest solo exhibition to date.
National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts) is thrilled to announce today, during National Arts in Education Week, its fall exhibition curated by Project for Empty Space’s Jasmine Wahi titled Education as the Practice of Freedom.
National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts) is thrilled to announce today, during National Arts in Education Week, its fall exhibition curated by Project for Empty Space’s Jasmine Wahi titled Education as the Practice of Freedom.
Above: Devan Shimoyama, Tasha, 2018, Courtesy of the artist. The Andy Warhol Museum announces Devan Shimoyama: Cry, Baby, opening October 13, 2018.
Above: Non-Orientable Nkansa II, 2017 by Ibrahim Mahama. White Cube, Installation, Mixed media. Courtesy of Art Basel/White Cube. Art Basel signature had quite a few artists from the African diaspora on view and pieces by black artist sold.
