On View: Paintings by Alvaro Barrington Focus of New York Gallery Exhibitions in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens
Installation view of “Alvaro Barrington: Wave Your Flags: Labor Day” On View presents images from noteworthy exhibitions TEAMING UP WITH Black female gallerists, Alvaro Barrington is showing paintings in multiple New York locations. “Alvaro Barrington: Wave Your Flags: Labor Day” is the inaugural presentation of Kyla McMillan‘s Saint George Projects. Featuring nearly 30...
Los Angeles: 5 New Gallery Exhibitions are Dedicated to Artists Lorna Simpson, Betye Saar, Amoako Boafo, June Edmonds, and Rashid Johnson
LOS ANGELES GALLERIES are brimming with new exhibitions featuring new works by prominent Black artists. The intergenerational slate includes Amoako Boafo, June Edmonds, Rashid Johnson, Lorna Simpson, and Betye Saar, all of whom have coinciding museum exhibitions and public art projects at a variety of venues nationwide. LORNA SIMPSON, “Recurring,” 2021 (ink and...
Expanding the Legacy of Noah Davis, Underground Museum Announces Inaugural Winners of Curatorial Prize Named for Artist
THE UNDERGROUND MUSEUM (UM) in Los Angeles announced three recipients of the new Noah Davis Prize today. Curators Candice Hopkins, Jamillah James, and Thomas Jean Lax are the inaugural winners of the prize. Each will receive $25,000 and participate in a curatorial symposium at the museum in spring 2022. Supported by the Chanel Culture...
Latest News in Black Art: Storm King Center Commissions Martin Puryear Sculpture, Mellon-Funded Report Assesses U.S. Monuments, Rashod Taylor Wins Arnold Newman Photography Prize & More
Latest News in Black Art features news updates and developments in the world of art and related culture Scale model of Martin Puryear’s permanent commission for Storm King Art Center. | © Martin Puryear Studio. Photo by SandenWolff Commissions Storm King Art Center commissioned Martin Puryear to create a site-specific sculpture for...
On View: ‘Robert Pruitt: To Control the Universe’ at Salon 94 in New York
On View presents images from noteworthy exhibitions THE EMPOWERING ELEMENTS of the super natural and extra-human possibility thread Robert Pruitt‘s figurative portraits. For his latest exhibition, Pruitt is presenting 11 “heroically-scaled” drawings. “Robert Pruitt: To Control the Universe” is inspired by James Baldwin’s “Stranger in the Village.” The title of the exhibition references...
Latest News in Black Art: New Gallery Representation for Artists Rick Lowe, Steffani Jemison, and Ifeyinwa Joy Chiamonwu, Plus Jordan Carter Named Curator at Dia Art Foundation & More
Latest News in Black Art features news updates and developments in the world of art and related culture Representation Houston, Texas-based artist Rick Lowe (right) is now represented by Gagosian. His first solo exhibition with the gallery is planned for fall 2022 at Gagosian New York. The founder of Project Row Houses in...
Paintings by Gerald Lovell Featured in ‘Really Love,’ Netflix Film Stars Kofi Siriboe as Artist Struggling to Find His Voice
THE MAIN CHARACTER in the Netflix movie “Really Love” is an artist who makes heavily impastoed portraits, candid scenes of everyday life. Kofi Siriboe of “Queen Sugar” stars in the love story as Isaiah. The paintings attributed to his character in the film were actually created by artist Gerald Lovell. Chicago-born, Atlanta-based Lovell is...
MacArthur Foundation Announced 2021 Fellows, Including Artists Jordan Casteel and Daniel Lind-Ramos, Curators Nicole Fleetwood and Jacqueline Stewart
THE MACARTHUR FOUNDATION in Chicago announced a new class of fellows today, 25 visionaries who help us “reimagine what’s possible.” Talented change makers in the visual arts are represented among 2021 MacArthur Fellows, including Nicole R. Fleetwood, who is known for her groundbreaking exhibition and book project, “Marking Time: Art in the Age of...
New York: 5 Gallery Exhibitions Explore Work of Artists Dawoud Bey, Mickalene Thomas, John Akomfrah, Zanele Muholi, and Calida Rawles
CURRENTLY ON VIEW IN NEW YORK, London-based John Akomfrah is presenting a new film project he’s been continuously working on since March 2020 at Lisson Gallery. It’s an “archive of today, made in real-time.” Inaugural solo exhibitions of Chicago photographer Dawoud Bey and Los Angeles artist Calida Rawles are featured at Sean Kelly and...
On View: ‘Dawoud Bey: An American Project’ at Whitney Museum of American Art in New York
“A Young Man Resting on an Exercise Bike, Amityville, NY” (1988) by Dawoud Bey On View presents images from noteworthy exhibitions CHICAGO PHOTOGRAPHER Dawoud Bey has been chronicling America since the mid-1970s, training his lens on individuals, communities, and histories that are often unseen, yet central to the nation’s narrative. “Dawoud Bey: An...
National Cathedral Commissions Kerry James Marshall to Design New Stained-Glass Windows, Replacing Confederate Images
WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL has turned to a great American artist and one of the nation’s top poets for a high-profile project intended to put the renowned, institution on the right side of history. Several years ago, the National Cathedral embarked on a process of replacing two stained-glass windows featuring images of the Confederate flag...
Latest News in Black Art: Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe Joines Almine Rech, Janet Taylor Pickett Now Repped by Jennifer Baahng Gallery, Maurita N. Poole Appointed Director of Newcomb Art Museum & More
Latest News in Black Art features news updates and developments in the world of art and related culture Representation Almine Rech now represents Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe in Europe, the UK, and China. The Ghanaian painter is known for his powerful, culturally rich portraits and vivid color palettes is also represented by Roberts...
Happy Birthday: Alma Thomas Would Have Been 130 Today, New Exhibitions, Film, Books & More Celebrate the Pioneering Artist
Alma Thomas at the Whitney Museum in 1972 | Smithsonian Archives of American Art TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF FALL and the 130th anniversary of the birth of Alma Thomas (1891-1978), an occasion for celebration. The pioneering artist known for her vibrant and rhythmic abstract paintings was born Sept. 22, 1891. Inspired...
On View: ‘Dindga McCannon: In Plain Sight’ at Fridman Gallery in New York City
In 2012, Dindga McCannon paid tribute to Black women in aviation. On View presents images from noteworthy exhibitions A CO-FOUNDER OF THE ARTIST COLLECTIVE Where We At Black Women Artists, Dindga McCannon established her artistic identity during the Civil Rights Movement and the onset of the feminist arts movement, concerns that inform...
Best of September: 13 New Museum Exhibitions Feature Artists Ulysses Jenkins, Adam Pendleton, Deborah Roberts, Naudline Pierre, Arthur Jafa, Lorna Simpson & More
THE FIRST MUSEUM retrospective of pioneering video/performance artist Ulysses Jenkins opens this week at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The exhibition is co-curated by ICA Associate Curator Meg Onli and Erin Christovale, associate curator at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. Following Kerry James Marshall and...
On View: ‘Be Your Wonderful Self: The Portraits of Beauford Delaney’ at Michael Rosenfeld Gallery in New York City
Installation view of “Be Your Wonderful Self: The Portraits of Beauford Delaney” On View presents images from noteworthy exhibitions A RARE OPPORTUNITY to view a broad selection of portraits by Beauford Delaney (1901–1979), this exhibition features a 1962 self portrait and two dozen paintings of people in the Delaney’s orbit. The selection includes...
A Nexus for the Black Community, Tone Memphis is Presenting ‘On The Road: Chocolate Cities,’ Group Exhibition Explores Space, Place, and Belonging
A GROUP EXHIBITION in Memphis, Tenn., brings together a slate of mostly rising artists whose work explores notions of Blackness, space, place, and belonging. Tone Memphis, a Black arts nonprofit in Memphis, Tenn., is presenting “On The Road: Chocolate Cities: Exploration of Space Across the Black Diaspora.” Organized by Larry Ossei-Mensah, the exhibition reflects...
Latest News in Black Art: Theo Tyson Appointed Fashion Curator at MFA Boston, Bisa Butler Talks to CBS, Esteban Jefferson Now Repped by 303 Gallery & More
Latest News in Black Art features news updates and developments in the world of art and related culture Curator theo tyson. | Photo by Frances Neyra Claudio Appointments The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) appointed theo tyson (above) Penny Vinik Curator of Fashion Arts. She previously served as the Polly Thayer...
Retrospective of Michael Richards Showcases Rigor, Promise of Artist Who Died in Sept. 11 Terrorist Attack on World Trade Center
A RESIN AND STEEL SCULPTURE standing seven-and-a-half feet tall on a central platform anchors the first museum retrospective of Michael Richards (1963-2001). A seminal work from his series about the Tuskegee Airmen, “Tar Baby vs. St. Sebastian” (1999), depicts a Black male figure wearing a Tuskegee Airman suit with 18 miniature US P-51 Mustang...
5 New Art Gallery Exhibitions to See Now Feature Deborah Roberts, Carla Jay Harris, Jarrell Gibbs, LaKela Brown, and Brittney Leeanne Williams
THE FALL EXHIBITION SEASON is officially underway and some of the first new gallery shows to open feature five early- and mid-career artists to watch. Each has a unique visual voice. What unifies their latest work is a resonance with the contemporary moment. Deborah Roberts, Carla Jay Harris, and Brittney Leeanne Williams are confronting...
