Black and Basel: A guide to where to find Black Art during Art Week Miami
By Jeff Nesler, Patonya Parker, and Sumaiyah Wade Although COVID is spiking in a second wave, rays of hope are finally beginning to appear through this bleak situation.
WOODIE KING, JR. TO RETIRE JUNE 30 AS HEAD OF NEW FEDERAL THEATRE Hands company’s leadership to Elizabeth Van Dyke
Above: Woodie King,Jr. Woodie King, Jr., Founder and Producing Director of New Federal Theatre (NFT), will retire from leadership of the famed theater company on June 30, 2021, handing the baton to NFT’s newly appointed Artistic Director, Elizabeth Van Dyke.
This Week in African Art and Culture (May 2 – 8, 2021)
This week in African art and culture, renowned British-Nigerian artist Shonibare is named coordinator for the world’s largest contemporary art exhibition taking place in the U.K.
This Week in Black Art and Culture: Frieze NYC, Funding HBCU Art Museums, No Politics at the Olympics
This week in Black art and culture, the world is studying and chiming in on Black influence and how it affects us politically, artistically and socially.
This Week in African Art and Culture – (April 24 – May 1, 2021)
This week in African art and culture, South Africa is brimming with events and notable prizes. In Johannesburg, Berman Contemporary, an art gallery is exhibiting a group of artists who are exploring and experimenting with paper as a medium.
This Week in Black Art and Culture April 25-April 29: NFT Fails, FAMU Gifted Ghanaian Art, Ruth Carter Honored
This week in Black art and culture, NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) and their morality regarding posthumous work is being questioned. After an uproar, a Chadwick Boseman NFT handed out to nominees at the Academy Awards is being redesigned.
L.A.-based Afro Futurist Artist Brandon Deener – “That’s When it Became more Clear that Art is Going to Get Me Places that my Music Didn’t.” by Kendra Walker
Above: Brandon Deener. Photo by Indi Moret. Los Angeles-based artist Brandon Deener takes an Afro-futuristic approach to his painting. Best known for his portraiture, Deener tethers between two different styles.
This Week in African Art and Culture (April 18 – 24, 2021)
Rencontres de Bamako Announces Curatorial Team for 2021 Edition Organizers of Rencontres de Bamako (Bamako Encounters), the biennial dedicated to African photography and video, have announced the curatorial team for its 13th edition.
This Week in Black Art and Culture April 18-24, 2021: Roderick Sykes Passes Away , María Magdalena Campos-Pons Receives 2021 Pérez Prize and, More
This week in Black art and culture, we share the deeply tragic loss of Roderick Sykes, the co-founder of the Los Angeles art center, St.
Retro Africa Announces Solo Exhibition by Alimi Adewale
Retro Africa is pleased to present Changing Faces: New Frontiers in Figurative Art, a solo contemporary art exhibition by Alimi Adewale.
This Week in Black Art April 18-24: Roderick Sykes Passes Away, Black Theatre Festival on Youtube and, María Magdalena Campos-Pons Wins the 2021 Pérez Prize
This week in Black art and culture, we share the deeply tragic loss of Roderick Sykes, the co-founder of the Los Angeles art center, St.
Interview: Photographer Shawn Theodore’s Night Stars Exhibition Explores Vanishing Black Spaces by Kendra Walker
Above: Famn Jade Ble by Shawn Theodore. Kendra Walker, an art writer and advisor based out of Atlanta, sits down with Shawn Theodore to discuss his solo exhibition of photographic work titled Night Stars, that was on view at Paradigm Gallery, Philadelphia until April 11, 2021.
In Conversation with Wynona Mutisi by Barnabas Ticha Muvhuti
Above: Photo taken by Evaan Jason Ferreira Wynona Mutisi is an emerging artist from Harare, Zimbabwe. Her multidisciplinary practice includes printmaking, graphic design and illustration.
This Week in African Art and Culture – (April 11 – 17, 2021)Art Prizes, Literary Prizes and Remembering Phumlani Pikoli
This week in African art and culture, a South African artist and a Zimbabwean photographer have been announced as winners in prestigious international art awards.
This week in Black Art: The Fowler to Return Benin Bronzes, Denise Graves is the First Black Board Chair of a Major Museum and More
This week in Black art and culture, progress is being made in the return of Benin artifacts. History is being written as the first Black female board chair of a major U.S.
New Avenues for Black Creative Succe$$: NFTs and Art in the Digital Dimension by Angela Carroll
For those who feel most comfortable in virtual worlds, the sale and procurement of digital assets including rare collectibles and NFTs (non-fungible tokens), is a prevailing lifestyle—a means through which to champion a creative community that is often ignored.
ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO ANNOUNCES DENISE GARDNER AS NEXT CHAIRPERSON OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHICAGO
Above: Denise Gardner, 2021. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. Image by Lori Sapio. The Art Institute of Chicago announced today the election of Denise Gardner as the organization’s new chairperson of the Board of Trustees.
Alteronce Gumby: Somewhere Under the Rainbow / The Sky is Blue and What am I by Charles Moore
Above: Alteronce Gumby. Photo by Daniel Greer On March 19th, the exhibition Somewhere Under the Rainbow / The Sky is Blue and What am I formulated by mixed-media artist Alteronce Gumby premiered at the Charles Moffett and False Flag art galleries in New York, where the exhibition will be shown until April 25th.
Swann Galleries’ African American Art Auction Features Ed Clark and More
Above: ROBERT JAMES REED, JR. (1938 – 2015) Plum Nellie – Norfolk Suite. Swann Galleries’s spring sale of African American Art will take place on Thursday, April 22.
This Week in Black Art Black Women Winning, New Exhibits, and More
This week in Black art, visual art takes up the most recent news in progress. Two museums have instated Black women as figureheads, one for the first time in its history.
Lagos, Nigeria-based artists Adegboyega Adesina and Johnson Eziefula are brought together for a joint show by Destinee Ross-Sutton and the Ross-Sutton Gallery
Above: © Adegboyega Adesina, courtesy the artist and Destinee Ross-Sutton, 2021 Seeing is believing. Destinee Ross-Sutton’s Ross-Sutton Gallery delivers – A show of kindred spirits, by duo Adegboyega Adesina and Johnson Eziefula.