Installation view of “Martin Puryear: Nexus,” Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art (Sept. 27, 2025-Feb. 8, 2026). Shown, MARTIN PURYEAR, “Aso Oke,” 2019 (bronze). © Martin Puryear, Jack Shear Collection. | Photo © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston On View presents images from noteworthy exhibitions THE SCULPTURAL WORKS...
Dec. 9, 2025: Nnena Kalu winner of the Turner Prize 2025, pictured in her exhibition at Cartwright Hall in Bradford, UK. | Photo: James Speakman/PA Media Assignments, Courtesy Tate THE UK’S TOP ARTIST PRIZE has been announced. London-based artist Nnena Kalu (b. 1966) won the Turner Prize 2025. She received the honor at a...
UZO EGONU (1931-1996), “Will Knowledge Safeguard Freedom 2,” 1985 (oil on canvas, 178 x 274.5 cm / 70.1 x 108.1 inches). | © Estate of Uzo Egonu. Tiana and Vikram Chellaram On View presents images from noteworthy exhibitions NIGERIA’S MODERN ART REVOLUTION comes to life in “Nigerian Modernism.” The groundbreaking exhibition explores the...
Installation view of “Mavis Pusey: Mobile Images,” Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), University of Pennsylvania. | Photo: Constance Mensch TEN YEARS AGO, curator Hallie Ringle embarked upon a fact-finding mission to learn about the life and work of Mavis Pusey (1928-2019), the Jamaican-American artist who pursued fashion before concentrating on painting and printmaking. Pusey...
Installation view of “Woody De Othello: coming forth by day,” Pérez Art Museum Miami (Nov. 13, 2025-June 25, 2026). | Photo: Lazaro Llanes FALL IS PRIME EXHIBITION SEASON at art museums worldwide, the time of year when institutions schedule their most important shows and landmark presentations. Fall 2025 is no exception. Must-see monographic exhibitions...
Lot 102: HENRY TAYLOR, “Before Gerhard Richter there was Cassi,” 2017 (acrylic on canvas, 84 x 66 inches / 213.4 x 167.6 cm). | Estimate $800,000-$1.2 million. SOLD for $2,063,000 fees included LOS ANGELES ARTIST Henry Taylor (b.1958) produces captivating narrative portraits—richly colored, loosely rendered, insightful images. Capturing his friends, family, Black history heroes,...
LORNA SIMPSON (American, born Brooklyn, New York, 1960), “For Beryl Wright,” 2021 (ink and screenprint on two gessoed fiberglass panels, Overall: 75 1/2 in. × 9 ft. 10 inches / 191.8 × 299.7 cm). LSN.017 On View presents images from noteworthy exhibitions NEW YORK ARTIST Lorna Simpson (b. 1960) built a critically recognized...
Lot 118: BARKLEY L. HENDRICKS (1945-2017), “Arriving Soon,” 1973 (oil and acrylic on canvas, in two parts, overall: 72 ⅝ by 105 ¼ inches / 184.5 by 267.3 cm). | Estimate $9 million-$12 million. UNSOLD A MASTERFUL PORTRAIT ARTIST, Barkley L. Hendricks (1945-2017) made paintings of friends, family, and acquaintances with timeless visual appeal,...
Lot 26: REGGIE BURROWS HODGES, “Swimming in Compton: Look Ma’,” 2019 (acrylic and pastel on canvas, 55 1/4 x 62 1/4 in. (140.3 x 158.1 cm). | Estimate $400,000-$600,000. SOLD for $541,800 fees included A MIXED-MEDIA WORK by Firelei Báez inspired by colonial strictures regulating how Black women appeared in public. An important study...
Lot 4: ALMA THOMAS, Untitled, 1968 (acrylic on cut and stapled paper, 18 1/2 x 34 1/4 inches / 47 x 87 cm). | Estimate $250,000-$350,000. SOLD for $477,300 fees included EMPLOYING COUNTLESS DAUBS of acrylic paint, Alma Thomas produced expressive and radiant abstract works defined by rhythmic patterns and exuberant color. Inspired by...
Lot 121: NOAH DAVIS (1983-2015), “The Casting Call,” 2008 (oil and acrylic on canvas, 60 x 62 inches / 152.4 x 157.5 cm). | Estimate $1 million-$1.5 million. SOLD for $2,002,000 fees included. RECORD RESULTS WERE MIXED for exceptional works by Black artists featured in The Now & Contemporary Evening Auction at Sotheby’s New...
Nov. 17 | Lot 20A: BEAUFORD DELANEY (1901-1979), “The Sage Black,” 1967 (oil on canvas, 35 ½ x 33 inches / 90.2 x 83.8 cm.). | Estimate $500,000-$700,000. SOLD for $1.525,000 RECORD, fees included BUILDING A COLLECTION of African American art for nearly half a century, Robert and Faye Davidson of Pasadena, Calif., acquired...
BRITISH ARTIST Barbara Walker (b. 1964) is now represented by Victoria Miro. Walker makes figurative drawings and paintings that explore issues of race, gender, class, power, representation and belonging. Walker made the shortlist for the 2023 Turner Prize. The recognition was based on “Burden of Proof,” a series of drawings installed at the Sharjah Biennial...
Installation view of “With Passion and Purpose: Gifts from the Collection of Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson” (June 7-Oct. 5, 2025) at the National Gallery of Art. Shown, works by Elizabeth Catlett (foreground), Mavis Pusey, and Daniel LaRue Johnson (from left, in background). | Photo by Victoria L. Valentine GEORGIA COLLECTORS Larry D....
DISGUISE, Gallery view of “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, N.Y. (May 10-Oct. 26, 2025). Shown, From left, OFF-WHITE, Ib Kamara, Jackets with white thread embroidery of anatomical male and female chest and torso motifs (Spring/Summer 2023). | Photo © The Metropolitan Museum of Art A VELVET LIVERY JACKET from...
Installation view of “Sahara Longe The Other Side of the Mountain,” Arnolfini, Bristol, UK (June 28-Sept. 28, 2025). | Lisa Whiting Photography for Arnolfini. All rights reserved On View presents images from noteworthy exhibitions NEW FIGURATIVE PAINTINGS by British artist Sahara Longe capture real and imagined scenes, based on dreams, personal memories, and...
Installation view of “Amy Sherald: American Sublime,” Whitney Museum of American Art (April 9-Aug. 10, 2025). Shown from left, “Ecclesia (The Meeting of Inheritance and Horizons)” (2024) and “Trans Forming Liberty” (2024). | Photo by Tiffany Sage/BFA.com. © BFA 2025 ANOTHER VENUE HAS BEEN ADDED to the touring schedule of “Amy Sherald: American Sublime.”...
KERRY JAMES MARSHALL, “Haul,” 2025 (acrylic on PVC panel in artist’s frame, 221 x 321 cm). | © Kerry James Marshall. Image courtesy David Zwirner, London. Photo: Kerry McFate ONE OF THE GREAT HISTORY PAINTERS of our time, American artist Kerry James Marshall‘s latest exhibition is aptly titled. “Kerry James Marshall: The Histories” at...
Jennifer Packer. | Photo by Joshua Franzos, Courtesy Heinz Family Foundation TIME IS REQUIRED to truly see and consider the paintings and drawings of Jennifer Packer (b. 1984). The artist makes portraits, floral still lifes, and interior scenes grounded in art history and engaged with the politics of culture and identity, visibility and mourning....
Painting 1: This is the first version of “The Sugar Shack” by Ernie Barnes. The painting is owned by Eddie Murphy and was used for the cover of a Marvin Gaye album. Shown, ERNIE BARNES, “The Sugar Shack,” 1976 (acrylic on canvas). | Image Courtesy Ernie Barnes Estate The artist said he painted ‘The...
Joint Appointment: SFMOMA and Museum of African Diaspora Named Cornelia Stokes to Newly Created Role of Assistant Curator, Art of the African Diaspora
Dec 20, 2025
On View: ‘Jacob Lawrence: African American Modernist’ at Kunsthal KAdE is First Retrospective of Celebrated Artist in Europe
Dec 18, 2025
On View: ‘Martin Puryear: Nexus’ at MFA Boston is Rare, Career-Spanning Showcase of Sculptor’s Master Craftsmanship
Dec 13, 2025
Groundbreaking Achievement: 2025 Turner Prize Goes to Nnena Kalu, First Artist With Learning Disability to Win Prestigious Award
Dec 11, 2025
On View: ‘Nigerian Modernism’ at Tate Modern Charts Artistic Revolution Against Backdrop of Political and Cultural Rebellion
Dec 8, 2025
