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Introduction tо Spirituality Аs thе Νеw Black Art In thе Middle Ages thеrе wаs а kind оf magic whісh wаs termed black magic оr black art. Тhіs magic wаs supposed tо conjure things fоr thе practitioner, good things fоr hіmsеlf аnd evil things fоr hіs enemies. Іt wаs аn art whісh wаs considered tо influence …
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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 art for 27 years. We deliver magic and romance to the art experience. October Gallery believes that art is for everyone. We like to compare …
by Daniel Grant “This is still a very young market, and we’re adding new artists all the time,” said Swann Galleries’ Nigel Freeman. “This” refers to African American art, an area of dedicated sales that Swann pioneered back in 2007, holding twice-yearly auctions since then. Something else being added to this market is another auction …
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Whether or not they call it home, African-American artists of the past century have repeatedly explored their ties to the South. This region may appear in their art as a literal space located below the Mason-Dixon Line or as a “place” of mind, memories, dreams, spirit, history or culture. “Southern Journeys,” which opens Jan. 28, …
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The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University presents the exhibition, Promises of Freedom: Selections from the Arthur Primas Collection, on display in the Bill L. Harbert Gallery and Gallery C from Dec. 10, 2011-March 10, 2012. Promises of Freedom features an impressive range of works from a significant private collection of …
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From Roll Hardy and Lillian Pitt to Kara Walker and Romare Bearden, November’s art scene swings into heavy action with tonight’s First Thursday openings. But as much variety and provocation as the monthly gallery walk promises, a lot of Portland art fans are also in serious hurry-up-and-wait mode. As in hurry up and wait for …
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October 10, 2011 Category: Entertainment Posted by: Felicia McGuffie ABOVE PHOTO: David Charles, AKA The Illest Illustrator, from Baltimore. The 26th Annual Philadelphia International Art Expo is a three day indoor/outdoor art event along the 7100 – 7200 blocks of historic Germantown Avenue in the city’s Mt Airy neighborhood running Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October …
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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 …
Savannah steals a little thunder this fall with the opening of a major showcase for African-American art, but Atlanta doesn’t lack for big cultural events of its own. Here’s a quick sampling: The Walter O. Evans Center for African American Studies, adding an exemplary collection of African-American art collected by the retired Savannah surgeon to …
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“Unexpected Encounters” is the theme of the 2011 National Black Arts Festival, and, indeed, there are many acquaintances worth making (or renewing) as the popular event hits full stride this week. Centered in downtown and Midtown Atlanta, especially next weekend when Centennial Olympic Park becomes the festival’s nexus, the NBAF continues through July 17. Here’s …
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The National Black Arts Festival officially launches July 7, but most of the performances fall over the closing July 15-17 weekend at Centennial Olympic Park, other downtown sites and at Midtown’s Woodruff Arts Center. The main offerings the fest’s first weekend, scattered across the metro area, are in the visual arts, with an abundance of …
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When Louis Hawkins met revered art collector Arthur Primas at the Flint Institute of Arts (FIA) in February, he heard something he’ll never forget. “He said, ‘I’m not really an expert in art.’ But that he was drawn to pieces and would go home and research the artist and that time period and that’s how …
Dr. Walter O. Evans shares collection with a Frederick Douglass descendant, a British film crew and a leading American scholar The Frederick Douglass papers of Savannah art collector Dr. Walter O. Evans will come to life tonight as the great-great-great grandson of the famed abolitionist reads from them during a National Geographic Channel special that …
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Romare Bearden (1911-88) spent more than 30 years striving to be a great artist, and in the early 1960s, when he took up collage in earnest, he became one. A small exhibition at the Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, organized to celebrate the centennial of Bearden’s birth, delivers this message with unusual clarity. It contains only 21 …
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By: ROGER CATLIN NEW HAVEN — — Before Black History Month disappears next week, it’s worth noting a major show on the subject of African American identity that opened last week at the Yale University Art Gallery. The 54 pieces in “Embodied: Black Identities in American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery” were chosen …