Tough stretch for Motown fans as Miracles’ Bobby Rogers, Temptations’ Richard Street and Damon Harris pass away

As excitement builds on Broadway for the opening of “Motown: The Musical,” news for real-life Motown singers over the past few weeks has been far more somber. Bobby Rogers, a founding member of the Miracles, died Sunday at his Southfield, Mich., home. He was 73. That followed the death last Wednesday of Richard Street, a …

Metropolitan Museum leaders are con artists: Suit claims deceptive admissions signs mislead public into paying for museum that’s free to the public

By Daniel Beekman AND Rich Schapiro / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS The Met’s admission policy is as deceptive as an M.C. Escher sketch — duping millions of people into paying entrance fees even though it’s supposed to be free, a new lawsuit charges. A trio of disgruntled museumgoers have filed a class action suit, saying …

NYC art show to draw thousands, make millions

NEW YORK – New York City‘s annual art fairs week is expected to draw tens of thousands of visitors and generate millions of dollars. Mayor Michael Bloomberg helped kick off the activities Wednesday. A gala was held at the granddaddy of all art fairs, The Armory Show at Piers 92 and 94 on the Hudson …

Romare Bearden: ‘Urban Rhythms And Dreams Of Paradise’ Stuns At ACA Galleries

The Huffington Post  |  By Priscilla Frank Take a deep breath before diving into the color-drenched palette of multimedia artist Romare Bearden. In his 1988 obituary, the New York Times referred to the 75-year-old artist as the nation’s “foremost collagist.” This month, we’re going gaga over ACA Galleries‘ exhibition of Bearden’s later works, entitled “Urban …

G. Caliman Coxe, African-American abstract artist

  Keeping up with Payne Fine Arts Warren Payne For four decades G. (Gloucester) Caliman Coxe (1907-1999) was the dean of African-American artists in Louisville, Kentucky,  an art scene in the 1950s and ‘60s that included such artists as Bob Thompson and Sam Gilliam, among several others. Coxe, a native of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, lived in …

Friends of African-American Art and Culture Celebrates Successful Inaugural Year

COLUMBIA, SC – The Columbia Museum of Art membership affiliate group, Friends of African-American Art and Culture (FAAAC) celebrates its first anniversary at an annual meeting on Tuesday, March 12 at 5:30 p.m. The meeting is open to everyone and features speaker Dr. Terry K. Hunter, an artist and educator from Orangeburg, SC. $5 or free …

image of Sir Charles, Alias Willie Harris Barkley Leonnard Hendricks (artist)

Barkley Leonnard Hendricks (artist) American, born 1945 Sir Charles, Alias Willie Harris, 1972 oil on canvas overall: 213.6 x 182.9 cm (84 1/8 x 72 in.) William C. Whitney Foundation Sir Charles, Alias Willie Harris offers a tripled image, its single subject captured as if in a time-lapse. Whether with eyes closed meditatively (on the …

A Renaissance Man in Teaneck, NJ

Danielle M. Bennett Moses Groves was not always an artist. As a bass, baritone, and second tenor, he recorded with his group, Little Jimmy and The Tops, their hit singles, “Puppy Love” and “Say You Love Me” in 1959. Little Jimmy and The Tops were especially successful in Philadelphia. They also performed three times at …

From Black Power to Migrants’ Power

By Robin Cembalest Posted 01/22/13 “There have been the singing nun and the flying nun, but the hippest of all is Los Angeles’s painting nun,” noted Newsweek in its 1967 cover story on Sister Corita Kent, the artist, activist, and teacher, whose first career survey, as The Saratogian reports, opened at the Francis Young Tang Teaching Museum …

Blonde Beyonce: Bey Debuts A New Look For ‘Mrs. Carter Show World Tour’ Promo

Beyonce surprised fans on Tuesday evening when she posted a new promo for her upcoming Mrs. Carter Show World Tour. In the Pepsi-branded poster, four leggy Beyonces are shown with long platinum blonde locks — a color the Grammy-winning performer has never rocked before — Beyonce kicks off The Mrs. Carter Show world tour on …

Kara Walker – Visual Artist

  Kara Walker (artist) American, born 1969 From the Tour: African American Artists: Collection Highlights Freedom, a Fable is an illustrated artist’s book with text and pop-up silhouettes. At first glance it appears to be a nineteenth-century children’s book, but it is decidedly not. It tells the story of a female slave whose life after …

Mathew Knowles: I’m Proud of Beyoncé

By Derrick Bryson Taylor On Saturday, Beyoncé opened up about splitting ways with her former manager and father Mathew Knowles in her documentary, Life Is But a Dream. The pop icon explained that the decision to become her own manager wasn’t about selling records, but about having her support system and family back. “I felt …

African Fashion And Culture Celebrated With Diesel+EDUN Collaboration (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post  |  By Julee Wilson Africa is slowly but surely making its presence in the world fashion. The continent has provided endless inspiration for designers, celebrities and virtually anyone who has come in contact with its beauty, which includes us. After visiting Johannesburg this past October for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Africa, we were …