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New Online Exhibition Chronicles the Many Facets of Frida Kahlo’s Life and Work | Hyperallergic
Faces of Frida, a partnership between Google Arts & Culture and 33 partner museums, brings together some 800 artifacts from ultra-high resolution images of her work to personal objects and rarely-seen photos.
Read MoreAmy Sherald on Her “Gentle Presentation of Black Identity” and More | Hyperallergic
Sherald, who has a solo show at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, shares her reasons for painting and what’s next for her career.
Read MoreThe passing of artist Harry L. Davis | Black Art In America
“It’s with a heavy heart that I announce the passing of our dear friend and renowned artist Harry L. Davis. He was a warrior, a gentle giant, and a warm spirit…R.I.P.
Read More‘Boom For Real’ Paints a Portrait of Jean-Michel Basquiat As a Young Man | Colorlines
The upcoming documentary explores Basquiat’s formative teenage years in New York City.
Read MoreWall Street Rush to Scoop Up Black Art Sends Prices Sky High | Bloomberg
Black artists, long overlooked and undervalued, now occupy one of the hottest corners of the market.
Read MoreNot Enough Color In American Art Museums | NPR
The current furor over the Brooklyn Museum’s appointment of a white woman to oversee the museum’s African Art collection is not surprising or infuriating to Steven Nelson. Nelson is an African American art historian at UCLA who specializes in African art, and he says, “There are very few of us in the field.”
Read MoreWishing A Very Happy Birthday to Dr. Samella Lewis | Black Art In America
Artist and art historian Samella Lewis is renowned for her contributions to African American art and art history.
Read MoreCharles White: A Retrospective, The Art Institute Chicago, Summer 18′ | Art Institute Chicago
A superbly gifted draftsman and printmaker as well as a talented mural and easel painter, he developed a distinctive and labor-intensive approach to art making and remained committed to a representational style at a time when the art world increasingly favored abstraction.
Read MoreA New Film Charts 150 Years of African-American Art | Hyperallergic
Black Is the Color, a 50-minute documentary, offers a survey of African-American art from 1867 to today.
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