Latest News in Black Art: Ralph Lemon Now Repped by Paula Cooper Gallery, LACMA Fêted Simone Leigh, CFDA Honored Rachel Scott, Quincy Jones Has Died & More
Latest News in Black Art features updates and developments in the world of art and related culture Ralph Lemon, an artist, choreographer, and 2020 MacAarthur Fellow, joined Paula Cooper Gallery. | Photo: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation REPRESENTATION Paula Cooper Gallery Added Ralph Lemon to Roster Ralph Lemon (b. 1952), a...
President Biden Will Award 20 National Medals of Arts, Recipients Include Carrie Mae Weems, Mark Bradford, and Spike Lee
From left, National Medal of Arts recipients Mark Bradford and Carrie Mae Weems. | Photos: Courtesy of Mark Bradford; © Rolex, Audoin Desforges. Courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, and Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin The President will also award National Humanities Medals today PRESIDENT BIDEN is celebrating...
Culture Type Gift Guide 2023: Celebrate the Holidays with 50 Great Finds Inspired by Leading African American Artists
THE GRAPHIC QUILT DESIGNS of Gee’s Bend artists inspired a new line of upholstered furniture available exclusively from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Studio Museum in Harlem recently added new items to its Barkley L. Hendricks Collection. Interior designer Sheila Bridges continues to expand the line of products featuring her clever Harlem Toile de...
Latest News in Black Art: Romi Crawford is Democratizing Art School, Brooklyn Exhibitions Honor Spike Lee and Jay-Z, Tiona Nekkia McClodden Joined White Cube Gallery & More
Latest News in Black Art features updates and developments in the world of art and related culture Portrait of Tiona Nekkia McClodden. | Photo by Gioncarlo Valentine REPRESENTATION White Cube Gallery announced its representation of visual artist, filmmaker, and curator Tiona Nekkia McClodden. Addressing issues surrounding race, gender, sexuality, and social commentary,...
Latest News in African American Art: Henry Taylor and Simone Leigh Join Hauser & Wirth, United States Artists 2020 Fellows, Made in L.A. 2020 Artist List & More
Artists Simone Leigh and Henry Taylor have joined Hauser & Wirth. The following review presents a snapshot of recent news in African American art and related black culture: REPRESENTATION One of the world’s largest galleries with nine locations (and a 10th planned in Menorca), Hauser & Wirth started off the new year with...
Carrie Mae Weems Photographed Spike Lee for Time Magazine
Spike Lee photographed by Carrie Mae Weems SPIKE LEE was on Martha’s Vineyard in July. He was there to film scenes for season two of his Netflix series “She’s Gotta Have It,” hang out with a reporter writing about him for Time magazine, and have a portrait made by artist Carrie Mae Weems. Lee...
