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Latest News in Black Art: Gaëlle Choisne Won Top Art Prize in France, Deborah Willis is Board Chair at Andy Warhol Foundation, Investing in Young Memphis Artists & More

Latest News in Black Art: Gaëlle Choisne Won Top Art Prize in France, Deborah Willis is Board Chair at Andy Warhol Foundation, Investing in Young Memphis Artists & More

Latest News in Black Art features updates and developments in the world of art and related culture   Gaëlle Choisne. | Photo by Hugues Lawson-Body   AWARDS & HONORS Gaëlle Choisne Won France’s Top Art Prize The Prix Marcel Duchamp 2024 went to French Haitian artist Gaëlle Choisne (b. 1985). A Paris-based sculptor and video...
Latest News in Black Art: Sanford Biggers, Willie Cole, Torkwase Dyson Elected to National Academy of Design, Curator Jade Powers Joins Birmingham Museum of Art, Aperture Magazine Puts Lens on Accra

Latest News in Black Art: Sanford Biggers, Willie Cole, Torkwase Dyson Elected to National Academy of Design, Curator Jade Powers Joins Birmingham Museum of Art, Aperture Magazine Puts Lens on Accra

  Latest News in Black Art features updates and developments in the world of art and related culture   From left, Willie Cole. | Photo by Zak Pontz, Courtesy of the artist; Torkwase Dyson. | Photo by Suzie Howell, Courtesy PACE Gallery; and Sanford Biggers. | Photo by Gioncarlo Valentine, Courtesy of the artist  ...
Latest News in Black Art: Torkwase Dyson and Dominic Chambers Joined New Galleries, Alma Thomas House for Sale in Washington, D.C. & More

Latest News in Black Art: Torkwase Dyson and Dominic Chambers Joined New Galleries, Alma Thomas House for Sale in Washington, D.C. & More

  Latest News in Black Art features news updates and developments in the world of art and related culture   Artist Torkwase Dyson in her New York studio. | Photo by Weston Wells   Representation Torkwase Dyson joined Gray, the Chicago-based gallery. Dyson’s practice spans painting, drawing, installation, and sculpture. Her abstract works explore how...
Torkwase Dyson, Whose Work Grapples with Black Spacial Politics, Wins Studio Museum's 2019 Wein Artist Prize

Torkwase Dyson, Whose Work Grapples with Black Spacial Politics, Wins Studio Museum’s 2019 Wein Artist Prize

  THE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM presented the 2019 Joyce Alexander Wein Artist Prize to Torkwase Dyson at its annual gala this evening in New York City. The $50,000 prize is awarded annually to an African American artist recognizing exceptional “innovation, promise, and creativity.” Dyson’s interdisciplinary practice is centered around black spatial politics. She considers...
Latest News in African American Art: Ntozake Shange Has Died, Torkwase Dyson at Colby College, Dutch Pavilion at 2019 Venice Biennale & More

Latest News in African American Art: Ntozake Shange Has Died, Torkwase Dyson at Colby College, Dutch Pavilion at 2019 Venice Biennale & More

Artist Torkwase Dyson. | Photo by Gabe Souza   The following review of the past week or so presents a snapshot of the latest news in African American art and related culture:   NEWS Nigeria is planning a new Benin Royal Museum to display historic bronze sculptures looted from Benin by British troops in 1897...