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‘2023 Observations in Black’ Photography Exhibit Opens in Pasadena - Los Angeles Sentinel
February 1st will mark the seventh edition of the annual Observations in Black photography exhibition in the city of Pasadena.  The post ‘2023 Observations in Black’ Photography Exhibit Opens in Pasadena appeared first on Los Angeles Sentinel.
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Just Gained 31 New Pieces from a Black Art Collector • EBONY
Pamela J. Joyner just gifted African American works for the SFMOMA, plus more culture news from around the world.
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MoAD, Artsy’s 2022 Art Auction Celebrates Many Voices, One Diaspora | Post News Group
“MoAD is so grateful to the incredible community of artists, galleries, and individuals who have enthusiastically lent their support to this year’s auction,” says Monetta White, executive director of MoAD. “Their generous response is a testament to the impact and importance of MoAD’s vital work to
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While Colonial History Erases Black Contributions, This Exhibit Showcases Them
For the first time in history, the art museums of Colonial Williamsburg are offering an “exhibition of decorative and folk art collections exclusively crafted by Black artists from the 18th
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Bring Color To Your Space With Target's Latest Artist Series Subjects, Chantelle Marlow And Jessi Raulet Of EttaVee
Target is committed to spending over $2 billion with Black-owned businesses by the end of 2025. They're striving to do that through their projects like their Artist Series, which amplifies
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Black Life Captured Through Quilting at the Bisa Butler: Portraits Exhibition. | Chicago Defender
Bisa Butler is a contemporary artist known for her quilted portraits that celebrate and focus on Black life. She says she wants to 'tell stories that have been forgotten over time.'  A Howard University graduate, Bisa Butler, studied painting during her undergraduate and art education while
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Community Beautification: Supporting our Community through Public Art
By Voice & Viewpoint Newswire A former SDG&E electrical substation in San Diego’s Southcrest neighborhood just got a month-long makeover by a world-renowned local artist. Located along South 43rd Street between Boston and Keeler Avenues, the facility has become the artistic canvas for a community
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Kehinde Wiley is Taking His Art Everywhere, All At Once - The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint
By JOCELYN NOVECK, AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kehinde Wiley was already well into his influential art career when his portrait of Barack Obama — arms crossed, perched on a chair amid […]
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At Art Basel 2021, Prizm Art Fair Set the Tone of Prioritizing Black Art and Existence • EBONY
Art Basel 2021 had one of the most inclusive and diverse collections in the program's history. Even so, Prizm Art Fair—a cutting-edge art expo, founded by Mikhaile Solomon, committed to expanding the spectrum of exhibiting international artists from the global African diaspora—was the only art show
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The Connection of One Art Collector's African Sculpture Collection to Blues Music • EBONY
It is easy to see why buying art might seem unattainable. When was the last time you went to an auction at Sotheby’s? Walked past Picasso in the hallway? Asked a financial advisor to research investment funds devoted to art? Buying art should be fun. Remember the poster collection hung in your
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Four Exciting Art Installations Celebrating Womanhood • EBONY
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Traces of the Trade: Documentary Filmmaker Investigates Her Family's Dark Past
By C. T. Smith Remember that one time in the “pre-Dolezal” era when a white woman held her family accountable for their involvement in the trans-Atlantic slave trade? Yea, well it happened in 2004. Documentary filmmaker Katrina Browne set it upon herself to investigate her familial involvement in
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Thelma Golden Talks On “How Art Shapes Cultural Change In A Society”
Thelma Golden is a curator at the Studio Museum in Harlem, and in this video she talks about how art can be used to shape and change a culture. She walks through three recent art shores that explore how art inspects and redefines culture. She works with post #black artists who use their works of
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Yolonda ‘Yogi Dada’ Carter: The Essence of an Artist
By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times Yolonda “Yogi Dada” Carter’s artistry is limited only by her imagination.  Carter has produced a work she’s named GRAFFICA which is set to premiere on February 12 as part of ArtWorks@TheDJD, a new cutting-edge digital performance series that will feature
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Adrienne Brown-David comes to Dallas! - Dallas Weekly
Last Friday, Pencil On Paper gallery hosted a VIP collectors night event to showcase their newest artist's collection, Adrienne Brown-David 'Taken Aback by My Own Beauty: Identity as Rebellion” The […] The post Adrienne Brown-David comes to Dallas! appeared first on Dallas Weekl
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New D.C. Photo Exhibit Is A Visual Ode To Black Fatherhood
The Washington, D.C.-based photo exhibit 'Framing Fatherhood' is a visual ode to Black fatherhood.
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Art Exhibition Remembers the Black Women who were Lynched - Los Angeles Sentinel
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Black Tampa-based artists New Roots Art Collective hold reception at HCC
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Artist layers ancestral wisdom and social commentary in multidisciplinary works at Studio@620
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The Artistry of Fairfield’s Erika Mixon
By Nicole S. Daniel The Birmingham Times Rather than leave the city where she grew up and where family still lives, visual artist Erika Mixon, decided to stay and make Fairfield a better place. “I always feel like it's important, somebody has to stick around, somebody has to help out or don't give
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10 Historic Black Artworks Worth Knowing About
The erasure and restoration of "Bélizaire" inspired us to put together a list of 10 other historic Black artworks you should know about. The post 10 Historic Black Artworks Worth Knowing About appeared first on NewsOne.
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Morehouse Alumni Donates $1M Art Collection Highlighting Black Artists
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Ida B. Wells Receives Her Flowers With New Monument Unveiled In Chicago
Years in the making, the newly unveiled sculpture brings to life the legacy of the famed journalist and activist for generations to come.
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Alice T. Gafford: Recognized as “The Dean of Black Artists in Los Angeles”
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May 18: An untitled Jean-Michel Basquiat work was sold for $110.5m, becoming the most expensive American painting ever, 2017 - Los Angeles Sentinel
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James Hampton: Secretly Built a Large Assemblage of Religious Art for God's Second Coming
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Artworks@DJD digital Series Premieres Jan. 29 Featuring Area Performers
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Artist, Obi Soulstar Captures Black/Life in America. | Chicago Defender
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