What is a Gallery Wrap?
BlackStream Renaissance
October Gallery is Celebrating 27 Years in the African American Art Industry and has operated a physical art gallery in Philadelphia, PA since 1985. We have been connecting people with …
What is a Silkscreen Print?
Making Giclee or Art Prints
Is it worth creating art or Giclee prints of your work and what does it involve? From Denise Macgregor Think about all the time and effort you put into a painting. …
Art history hires two
As the History of Art Department’s non-Western requirements come under fire this semester, the department is continuing an effort to emphasize a more globalized approach to the study of art. …
‘Bedia Selects’ exhibits deeper visions of Central African art at Fowler
While all artists create their own works of art, Cuban American artist José Bedia is making the jump from artist to curator at the UCLA Fowler Museum. Bedia will be …
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Houston Fine Art Fair Brokers $6 Million in Art Purchases
The inaugural Houston Fine Art Fair reported robust sales for its exceptional roster of prominent exhibitors including galleries from 13 European and Latin American countries. Fair officials estimated sales at …
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Art of tomorrow
On a once-overlooked corner in Raleigh’s Depot Historic District, a stony Zen-like garden flanks the entrance to a new vision for the city’s arts scene. A museum has opened in …
Shifra Goldman dies at 85; champion of modern Mexican art
In the early 1970s, when Shifra Goldman proposed a doctoral dissertation on modern Mexican art, her professors at UCLAsneered. Compared to European art, the art of Latin America was, in …
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The Devil on the Door
Could a painting on a dope dealer’s storefront be the last work of Jean-Michel Basquiat? On a Saturday morning in the early summer of 1988, Jean-Michel Basquiat stepped through the …
MFA Unveils New Contemporary Art Wing
Less than a year after opening its high-profile Art of the Americas Wing, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston is set to unveil its latest upgrade — the new …
2011 Aaron Douglas Art Fair Planned For Sept. 24
Organized by the Central Topeka Turnaround Team, the 6th Annual Aaron Douglas Art Fair will celebrate Douglas’s legacy as “the father of African American art” and showcase diverse and emerging …
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Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum takes the theme of “Community & Creativity” to the next level
“Your presence here is wonderful, but leaving your money behind would even be a little bit better,” Maureen Bunyan, WJLA TV news anchor and mistress-of-ceremonies reminded everyone at the Smithsonian …
African American music museum planned
A new US$47.5m (£30m, EUR34m) national attraction examining the heritage of African American music is being planned for Nashville, US, with a proposed opening date of 2013. The National Museum …
DePaul unveils its masterpiece
There is no work by Ed Paschke. In “Re: Chicago,” the debut exhibit at DePaul University’s new art museum, movers and shakers in the local art world were asked to …