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The 20/21 British Art Fair at the Royal College of Art opens the new sales season after a summer of discontent. At 5pm tomorrow, Anthony Horowitz, the novelist best known for his tales about the teenage spy Alex Rider, turns his hand to the art world when he opens the 20/21 British Art Fair at …
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Back in 1955, the travelogue series, “Guided Tour,” came to Richmond to film an episode about the city. The short film, shot in black and white, explains that Richmond is home to 365,000 people, with major highways like U.S. Route 1 and Route 60 running through town. The narration highlights the “world famous shrines” to …
Maria Rosario Jackson, Ph.D., senior research associate at the Urban Institute and director of its Culture, Creativity and Communities Program, is the featured keynote speaker for “Community and Creativity” the 44th anniversary luncheon of the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum. The luncheon, a fundraiser for the museum, will take place Thursday, Sept. 15, at noon at …
Carnegie Museum of Art launches its much-anticipated exhibition of the photography of the late Charles “Teenie” Harris, an endeavor that is as much about American culture and Pittsburgh history — with a special focus on African-Americans — as it is about the art of image making. The Frick Art & Historical Center displays works by …
It would be putting it lightly to say the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art’s mission, “to emphasize works by and about women of the African Diaspora,” is unique. “There’s no other place like this in the nation,” is how museum director Andrea Barnwell Brownlee explains it in her second floor office of the Cosby …
September marks the beginning of “Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980,” a collaboration of more than 60 cultural institutions across Southern California, including San Diego, Santa Barbara and Palm Springs Initiated through grants from the Getty Foundation, this groundbreaking milestone event highlights the birth of the Los Angeles art scene post-World War II and …
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“Posing Beauty in African American Culture,” presented by the USC Fisher Museum of Art, delivers a visual feast of stunning photographs attempting to discuss what it has meant to be “black and beautiful” throughout black history. The leading themed section, “Constructing a Pose,” offers a snapshot into the lives of blacks through both natural and …
The new SCAD Museum of Art is a significantly expanded and re-imagined contemporary art and design museum conceived and designed expressly to enrich the educational milieu for SCAD students, professors, and art and design enthusiasts. SCAD Museum of Art re-opens to the public on Saturday, October 29. Inaugural exhibitions at the new museum include: Bill …
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When the Mint Museum opens its major retrospective of work by noted collage artist Romare Bearden in September, Raleigh and Thelmetia Bynum plan to be among the opening night visitors. But they might feel more at home among these masterpieces than most viewers. Not only do the Bynums have their own collection of works by …
On August 28, 1963, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech during the March on Washington. On Sunday August 28, 2011, exactly 48 years later, community members gathered in Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park at 4055 Nicollet Avenue South to celebrate the MLK Memorial in Washington, …
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The “Collard Greens” Circuit: An Alternative Model for the Distribution and Exhibition of African-American Independent Cinema All too often in the African-American community our conformist tendencies and moral conservatism leads us to a moribund complacency that is just as dangerous for our community as a whole as it is for our culture and the art …
The lifelong passion of a man has found a new home in Tuscaloosa. The Paul R. Jones Gallery of Art, located at 2308 Sixth St., is currently housing a 1,700-piece collection of American art estimated at over $4.8 million. The collection, donated to the University of Alabama in 2008 by Alabama native Paul R. Jones, …
The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts dedicates a special night to the military community every year. The free open house, held Aug. 18, honored active duty, Reserve, Guard, retirees and their families in the River Region. “This evening is our special way of demonstrating our appreciation for the contributions made by current and retired military …
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Save the date for the, “15th Annual Baltimore County African American Cultural Festival” on Saturday, September 17th from 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. at Towson Courts Patriot Plaza, 400 Washington Avenue in Towson. Entertainment will feature: Anthony David, Art Sherrod, Trina Broussard, Noel Gourdin, Marcus Johnson and April Sampe. Participants interested in the Idol Competition …
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The Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial, to be dedicated Sunday, is the first monument to a black leader on the National Mall, a landscape devoted to American cultural and political iconography. In Philadelphia, there is no such memorial, to King or any other black leader, in Center City. No African Americans have been favored …