7th Annual Fine Art + Fashion
Photo by Moses Robinson Fine Art + Fashion Mark your calendars now for the 7th Annual Fine Art + Fashion: A Neiman Marcus presentation to benefit NBAF, Thursday evening, March …
Charles Bibbs – Visual Artist
Charles Bibbs Contemporary Visual Artist Entrepreneur and Philanthropist Internationally acclaimed artist Charles Bibbs, whose work is featured in museums, galleries, organizations, and homes …
John & Vivian Hewitt Collection of African-American Art (Video)
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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Norton exhibit features works by African-American, African artists
‘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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The Art Book: New Edition [Hardcover]
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 …
Dali Theft: Phivos Istavrioglou, Moncler Publicist, Pleads Guilty For Stealing Salvador Dali Painting
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 …
The Fine Art of Framing
The primary purpose of a frame on an oil or acrylic painting is to focus your attention on the work of art—to create a unified whole that stands alone, separate, …
Black Artists: 30 Contemporary Art Makers Under 40 You Should Know (PHOTOS)
As Black History Month comes to a close, we’ve picked 30 young black artists who are contributing to the ongoing conversation of race and representation in contemporary art. Whether through …
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DuSable Day 2013!
Join us for DuSable Day, honoring the memory and legacy of the “Father of Chicago,” Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable, Chicago’s first settler, and marking our city’s 176th birthday! This day …
Fore
Nov 11, 2012 – Mar 10, 2013 Studio Museum in Harlem Fore presents twenty-nine emerging artists of African descent who live and work across the United States. Born between 1971 …
Winter/Spring 2013 Issue of Studio Magazine
Studio Winter/Spring 2013 covers (left): Kianja Strobert, Untitled (detail), 2012. Courtesy the artist and Zach Feuer, New York (right): David Hartt, Lounge, 2011. Courtesy the artist and Corbett vs. Dempsey, …
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From Sun Magazine: Vic Carter, the collector
By Mary Carole McCauley, The Baltimore Sun Vic Carter’s spacious Howard County home is filled with more than 300 original paintings, small sculptures and figurines by black artists — …
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Portrait artist Simmie Knox captures spirit of black trailblazers
Along the continuum of representational art, Simmie Knox takes the Hippocratic Oath to do no harm. A nip here. A dissolved wrinkle there. In the end, a portrait is …
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Black History Month offers art collections at three area sites
by Clint Cooper As a woman in the male-dominated engineering field, Carnetta Davis understood well the plight of black artists trying to be recognized with their peers in other races. …
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LOS ANGELES: Henry Taylor
February 23 – March 30, 2013 Opening reception: Saturday, February 23, 6 – 8 PM BLUM& POE 2727 South La Cienega Boulevard Los Angeles, CA Blum & Poe is very …