New Jersey’s largest museum has a new leader. On Wednesday, the Newark Museum announced that Linda Harrison had been selected to succeed Steven Kern as director and chief executive officer.
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In Ethereal Images, an Artist Superimposes Herself on Old Photos of Her Mother | Hyperallergic
Lebohang Kganye’s images are a poignant celebration of her mother’s spirit.
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African American Museum Shows Striking Photography And More In New Fall Exhibition Cotton | UWISHUNU Philadelphia
AAMP’s fall art exhibition explores the beauty of cotton in contrast with its role in slavery…
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Philly Mural Project ‘Portraits of Justice’ Confronts Mass Incarceration | Colorlines
Formerly incarcerated artists working with Mural Arts Philadelphia created a new art installation in defiance of former mayor and police chief Frank Rizzo’s history of violence in the city.
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In the Cradle of Hip-Hop, a South Bronx Gallery Bridges a Gap | The New York Times
“No galleries, to me, have accepted hip-hop to be a part of their DNA.”
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Digitally Altered Portraits Superimposed with Flowers, Antique Patterns, and Wildlife Illustrations by Tawny Chatmon | Colossal
Kate Sierzputowski Colossal Tawny Chatmon. Featured Image [dropcap]Maryland[/dropcap]-based artist Tawny Chatmon combines traditional portraiture with digital collage, layering elements of antique patterns, vintage botanicals, and wildlife illustrations onto images of her children and other relatives. Once printed, Chatmon often revisits the digital textures she has superimposed, physically adding layers of gold ornamental elements or paint. […]
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Record Kerry James Marshall ‘Study’ tops Sotheby’s $31 million Contemporary Curated auction in New York | ArtDaily.org
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s Contemporary Curated auction concluded last night in New York with a total of $31 million – the highest-ever total for the auction series since it was introduced at Sotheby’s in 2013.
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The Color Line | Baltimore Magazine
Black artists are finally receiving recognition in the mainstream art world, but it has been a long uphill battle toward equity, and it’s one that they’re still fighting.
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10-Year Old Violinist, Leah Flynn, Plays Tribute to Aretha Franklin on Her Violin | BlackNews
Her journey as a violinist extraordinaire is an inspirational story of tragedy turned triumph.
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First look: National Museum of African American Music unveils collection | Tennessean
Construction is well underway on the Downtown Nashville complex that will eventually house the National Museum of African American Music, scheduled to open in 2019.
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