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One of the nation’s most important and comprehensive collections of African-American art presented in its entirety For over a 50-year period, John and Vivian Hewitt visited galleries, artists’ studios and …
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Dodai Stewart Numéro magazine has issued an apology of sorts for the African Queen editorial in the March 2013 issue, in which Ondria Hardin, a 16-year-old, blond-haired, blue-eyed model, was …
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To many outsiders, the South African art world may seem to have produced no more than a few major talents — most notably William Kentridge. Their work further suffers by …
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On the last night of Black History Month in a beautiful little art gallery in the city’s midtown, Jermaine Tripp stood in front of a stunning, pastel drawing of the …
For much of the past century of Modern art, African-American artists often looked like outliers. Why did pioneering black painters like Boston-native Loïs Mailou Jones continue to work realistically as …
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Originally published on CaliforniaHomeDesign.com Exactly 150 years ago, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring, “all persons held as slaves” shall be “forever free.” And, the Museum of the …
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‘Say It Loud’ emphasizes museum’s renewed initiative to collect works by diverse artists By Jan Sjostrom Daily News Arts Editor The 40 works by 23 artists in Say It Loud: …
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By Richard Reep Published: February 27, 2013 African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era and Beyond Mennello Museum of American Art 900 E. Princeton St. 407-246-4278 mennellomuseum.com $4 Unlike …
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Bisa Butler is one of a few dozen artists who will be a part of the exhibit Wonderfully Made: African-American Fine Art in the Atrium at 6 Court St. in …
Osnat is a self-representing Canadian artist. She is best known for her large-size original abstract landscape and Contemporary modern paintings, but she mostly enjoys the combination of these three. As …
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The art book that has introduced millions of people around the globe to art An accessible, informative and fun A – Z guide to artists from medieval times to the …
Have you ever made a piece of art, but you did not know what to name it? Here are a few steps that just might put you on the right …
The surreal theft of a Salvador Dali painting in broad daylight came to a realistic conclusion in court when publicist Phivos Istavrioglou recently pled guilty to stealing Dali’s “Cartel de Don …
NEW YORK (RNS) A new exhibit at New York’s Museum of Biblical Art makes one point clear and inescapable: Biblical narratives and imagery have been an underlining constant in …
“Liberation is impossible if we fail to see ourselves in more positive terms. For without a change of vision, we are slaves to the oppressor’s ideas and values –ideas and …