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Culture Type: The Latest News in Black Art, January 2025
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Culture Type: The Latest News in Black Art, January 2025

by Victoria L. Valentine on Feb 1, 2025 • No Comments
In January, artist and gallery founder Alonzo Davis died, Made in L.A. artists and USA Fellows were announced, Christina Kimeze and Mario Joyce joined new galleries, The Africa Center welcomed a new leader, the discovery of a rare William H. Dorsey painting was reported, and more   MARIO JOYCE, “Fragmented Memory,” 2024 (soil, vintage collage,...
Shrouds and Spirit Catchers: Woven Paintings by Alonzo Davis are Layered with Personal Meaning and Cultural Symbolism
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Shrouds and Spirit Catchers: Woven Paintings by Alonzo Davis are Layered with Personal Meaning and Cultural Symbolism

by Victoria L. Valentine on Jan 18, 2023 • No Comments
  ALONZO DAVIS, King’s Peace Cloth, 1985 (acrylic on woven canvas, 56 x 56 inches). | © Alonzo Davis, Courtesy Alonzo Davis and parrasch heijnen   ‘Alonzo Davis: The Blanket Series’ is on view at Parrasch Heijnen gallery in Los Angeles. The artist spoke about the series during oral history interviews with UCLA   REV....
Culture Type: The Month in Black Art, Here's What Happened in November 2022
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Culture Type: The Month in Black Art, Here’s What Happened in November 2022

by Victoria L. Valentine on Dec 10, 2022 • 2 Comments
  November highlights include Courtney Willis Blair heading White Cube gallery in New York, Alonzo Davis archives go to Driskell Center, first Black board chair at Florida’s Ringling Museum of Art, Mariane Ibrahim gallery opening in Mexico City   < APPOINTMENTS | Nov. 4: John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation in Sarasota, Fla.,...

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From the Archives: Shrouds and Spirit Catchers: Woven Paintings by Alonzo Davis are Layered with Personal Meaning and Cultural Symbolism

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