Firelei Báez: Joy Out of Fire, on view at Harlem’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, offers long-overdue recognition for a number of women activists, writers, artists, and politicians of color.
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Deconstructing Race in Western Painting | Hyperallergic
The most interesting part of this excellent exhibition is its presentation of black modernists, for here we enter relatively unfamiliar territory.
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New Fishtown gallery spotlights women artists of color | The Inquirer Daily News
A new art gallery has opened in Fishtown that’s dedicated to showing the works of female artists of color, and it draws its inspiration from a decades-before-her-time “maker” (and candy-shop owner) from North Philly.
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Decolonize This Place Demands Repatriation of “Imperial Plunder” at the Brooklyn Museum | Hyperallergic
Parallel to today’s protest at the RISD Museum, organizers from Decolonize This Place gathered at the Brooklyn Museum to decry stolen objects in the Brooklyn Museum’s collection.
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How I Got My Art Job: Naima Keith of California’s African American Museum on Quitting a PhD to Pursue Her Dreams | Artnet News
The museum’s deputy director got her start during a curatorial stint at the Hammer Museum.
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Harlem School of the Arts Tops a Million in Contributions for the Second Straight Year | The Network Journal
TNJ Staff , The Network Journal Buck Ennis. Yvette Campbell leads the Harlem School of the Arts. Featured Image [dropcap]This[/dropcap] year’s Harlem School of the Arts (HSA) Masquerade Ball and After Party, an annual benefit gala in support of the 54-year-old arts organization, surpassed expectations once again by raising over a million dollars, for the […]
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A Portrait of Black Mental Health in Hues of Black and Blue | Hyperallergic
Influenced by Picasso’s Blue Period, Malik Roberts explores the repercussions of generational poverty, racism, and violence in Black communities using monochromatic hues.
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Kerry James Marshall named most influential contemporary artist | The Guardian
American painter’s dealer, David Zwirner, tops ArtReview Power 100, with #MeToo third
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MoMA Is Finally Giving Legendary Black Artist Charles White His Due | Vice
Black people have made great art forever but have been mostly ignored by large museums. Nearly 40 years after his death, White is finally getting the acclaim he deserves.
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How Carrie Mae Weems Rewrote the Rules of Image-Making | The New York Times Style Magazine
Perhaps our best contemporary photographer, she creates work that insists on the worth of black women — both in art and in life.
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