The artworks are perhaps a homage. Basquiat, who died of a suspected drug overdose at 27, in 1988, began his career as a graffiti artist before going on to become a celebrated art-world figure, acclaimed for his primitive, boldly colored figures, textual fragments and raw imagery that often referred to African history, slavery and colonialism.
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For the first time in 30 years, a book celebrates black women photographers | Quartz
I’m doing my small part to add to this conversation by creating this document. But it is the gatekeepers, the editors, and curators, who really need to do examine their processes of inclusion.
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Opening a window on Worcester’s past | The Boston Globe
WORCESTER – On a winter day around 1904, Raymond Schuyler perched on a sled with his wee daughter between his knees and posed with his children for a portrait. The only boy, standing behind his father, wears a big knit cap.
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#DrawingWhileBlack Is an Online Celebration of Gifted Black Artists | OkayAfrica
The hashtag was created by Twitter user, Annabelle H, who mapped out the rules for #DrawingWhileBlack on her page last Wednesday.
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Kara Walker’s Triumphant New Show Is the Best Art Made About This Country in This Century | Vulture | NY Magazine
James Baldwin once said that “no true account really of black life can be held, can be contained, in the American vocabulary.”
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Why the Works of Visionary Artist Jacob Lawrence Still Resonate a Century After His Birth | Smithsonian Magazine
His vibrant and bold paintings tell stories of liberation, resistance and resilience.
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The Black American Women Who Made Their Own Art World | Hyperallergic
We Wanted a Revolution at the Brooklyn Museum tracks the shape-shifting radicalism of black women artists, authors, filmmakers, dancers, gallerists, and public figures between 1965 and 1985.
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In Harlem, a New Triennial Parses the Historical, Political, and Social Context of “Uptown” | Hyperallergic
The inaugural show at Columbia University’s Wallach Art Gallery spotlights 25 artists living or practicing north of 99th Street.
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These 20 Female Artists Are Pushing Figurative Painting Forward | Artsy
“We are living in a time that’s ripe with debate over what it means to be a human in one kind of body or another,” says Emily Mae Smith.
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Bert Long, Jr. Gallery: Artist Talk w/Romeo Clay Robinson | Houston Museum of African American Culture
Romeo Clay Robinson loves people! He finds their condition, feelings, thoughts, dreams, and aspirations interesting, consequential and holding extreme value.
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