Black History Month Is Here And We’re Honoring It In A Special Way

Posted on February 3, 2016 by october

GETTY Black History Month was officially recognized by the U.S. government in 1976. We’re looking back, but more importantly, looking ahead.  02/01/2016 07:39 am ET | Updated 1 day ago Lilly WorknehSenior Black Voices Editor, The Huffington Post February is here, and that means Black History Month is, too! For forty years, America has observed Black History Month …

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How Much is that Painting? 10 Black Artists Whose Work Garners Top Dollar at Auction

Posted on February 1, 2016 by october

by VICTORIA L. VALENTINE on Jan 25, 2016 • 2:10 pm THE 2016 AUCTION SEASON is gearing up in early February when the major houses in New York are holding their first modern and contemporary art sales of the year. Although art by African American and African diasporic artists represents a nominal share of the lots offered (if they are …

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Ebony G. Patterson …when they grow up…

Posted on February 1, 2016 by october

The Studio Museum’s Project Space will feature a new site-specific, mixed-media installation by Ebony G. Patterson on the subject of violence committed against young people of color (including deadly police actions) and the fears that focus on these same young people, who in the eyes of too many people appear as threats rather than victims. In the …

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BLACK PORTRAITURE[S] II: REVISITED

Posted on February 1, 2016 by october

This two-day event reconstructs a selection of panels from the most recent conference in the series held at Villa La Pietra in Florence, Italy here at New York University’s Washington Square campus. Black Portraiture[s] II: Imaging the Black Body and Re-staging Histories, explored the impulses, ideas, and techniques undergirding the production of self-representation and desire, …

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How Easy Is It To Get An Art-Backed Loan?

Posted on February 1, 2016 by october

Kathryn Tully ,  CONTRIBUTOR  I write about art and investing Would you spend more money on art if you thought that you could borrow money against its value? After all, buying art can be an expensive business and collectors are often loathed to part with it. Even collectors who do want to sell soon discover that …

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Modern African-American art gets the spotlight

Posted on January 27, 2016January 27, 2016 by october

“In Conversation: Modern African American Art” comes to the Peabody Essex Museum just as interest in art by black Americans is — belatedly — bubbling to the surface in New England’s art museums. Prompted by the opening of its Art of the Americas Wing, the Museum of Fine Arts, in particular, has spent several years …

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Dos and dont’s of investing in art

Posted on January 27, 2016January 27, 2016 by october

Michael van Rensburg THE most successful art investors are profit driven, numbers savvy, and always on the lookout for opportunities. Futuregrowth portfolio manager Michael van Rensburg has been investing in art for almost 20 years. “Ever since I was a young school boy, I’ve  been spotting opportunities to buy and sell things to make a …

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Why 2015 was One of the Most Outstanding Years of Anticipated, Appreciated and Awarded African-American Artistic Achievement in the History of the United States

Posted on January 25, 2016January 27, 2016 by october

Mark BatsonMark Batson is a multi-platinum award winning producer, musician and songwriter for Alicia Keys, Dave Matthews Band, Dr. Dre and Eminem Kendrick Lamar drops number #1 album, To Pimp A Butterfly. Considered a genre bending, crown achievement for hip-hop music, Kendrick’s 2015 album opened the doors for the possibility of the rebirth of classic …

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Stop Giving New York Transplants All The Credit For Detroit’s Art Scene

Posted on January 25, 2016January 27, 2016 by october

Move from Brooklyn to Detroit for the cheap rent: get applause. Spend years building your hometown’s arts community: get ignored. Kate Abbey-Lambertz National Reporter, The Huffington Post CARLOS OSORIO /ASSOCIATED PRESS Artist Tyree Guyton arranges the shoes in his 2011 Detroit installation “Street Folk.” Guyton is most known for the Heidelberg Project, a permanent public art park he …

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Travel To Salvador de Bahia

Posted on January 24, 2016January 27, 2016 by october

Salvador, also known as São Salvador,Salvador de Bahia, and Salvador da Bahia (Brazilian Portuguese: [sawvaˈdoʁ da baˈi.ɐ]), is the capital of the Brazilian state of Bahia. With 2.9 million people (2013), it is the largest city proper in the Northeast Region and the 3rd-largest city proper in the country, after São Paulo andRio de Janeiro. Founded by the Portuguese in 1549 as the first capital of Brazil, Salvador is one of the oldest colonial cities in theAmericas. A …

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Cheadle’s ‘Ahead’ captures Miles Davis’ spirit

Posted on January 24, 2016January 27, 2016 by october

Cheadle, pictured on the Cincinnati set of ‘Miles Ahead’ in July 2014. The Miles Davis film is planned for release by Sony Pictures Classics next year. (Photo: Madison Schmidt, AP) Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY3:09 p.m. EDT October 11, 2015 NEW YORK — Miles Ahead isn’t your standard biopic. Unlike most films based on real people, Don Cheadle’s Miles Davis yarn is …

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DuSable Museum of African American History Names Chief Curator

Posted on January 24, 2016January 27, 2016 by october

CHICAGO, Jan. 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — The DuSable Museum of African American History has a new chief curator – Leslie Guy, an arts consultant and curator of collections and exhibits for museums and private collectors in Philadelphia. Born and educated on the East Coast, Guy is the former director of curatorial services for the African American Museum ofPhiladelphia. She said she …

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Spike Lee Lauds Academy Changes, Still Plans To Skip Oscars

Posted on January 24, 2016January 27, 2016 by october

ANGELA WEISS VIA GETTY IMAGES Lee said he would skip the Academy Awards and go to the Knicks game instead. Lee praised Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs and the organization’s board of governors for “trying to do the right thing.” PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Spike Lee applauds the Academy for making changes to increase …

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TMA spotlights African-American art

Posted on January 19, 2016January 27, 2016 by october

Home / Life / Discover / TMA spotlights African-American art with ‘Embracing Diverse Voices’ TMA spotlights African-American art with ‘Embracing Diverse Voices’ Published on Saturday, 9 January 2016 19:16 – Written by JON PERRY, Special to the Tyler Paper Celebrating its 45th anniversary, the Tyler Museum of Art casts the spotlight on our nation’s diversity for its first major exhibition of …

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Exhibition featuring African American art from 3 Michigan museums on display

Posted on January 17, 2016January 27, 2016 by october

 The Community Art project area allows anyone especially children to draw and paint and have their works posted on the board as part of the COMMON GROUND exhibition at the Muskegon Museum of Art in Muskegon, Mich., on December 30, 2015. By Brandon Champion on January 03, 2016 at 10:50 AM, updated January 03, 2016 at 10:52 AM …

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