“It’s as if the older you get, the less you are revered or respected. That doesn’t make sense to me. It should be the opposite.”
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Whose Nation? The Art of Black Power | The New York Review of Books
“Soul of a Nation,” which originated at the Tate Modern in London, features some 170 works made by black artists between 1963 and 1983.
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How an Artist Learned About Freedom From ‘The Negro Motorist Green Book’ | The New York Times
“It’s like reading a fairy tale book. I see the names of beauty schools and men’s clubs and taverns, and I think, ‘What does that place look like?’”
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Fountain Street Church, George Bayard collaborate to bring “African American Artists Tell the Story” to community | CulturedGR
An exhibit of 10 African American artists’ work, from local to nationally known, opened January 7, with a reception Tuesday, January 16. The exhibit presents work that places African American experience in the context of the American experience.
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Meshell Ndegeocello Previews New Covers LP With Prince Song | Rolling Stone
Hear singer-songwriter’s “Sometimes It Snows in April” and Force MDs’ “Tender Love” from new ‘Ventriloquism’ album.
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Eloquent Photo-portraits of 60 Contemporary Artists of Color | Hyperallergic
Elia Alba’s photo-portraits act as a kind of measure of the intimacy she has earned with her subjects.
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How the black radical female artists of the ’60s and ’70s made art that speaks to today’s politics | Los Angeles Times
All of it points to the unique issues black women artists faced (and continue to face) as women and artists in a society in which race plays a defining role.
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Kerry James Marshall’s Largest Work Yet Honors Women in the Arts | Hyperallergic
Marshall recently unveiled a 132-foot-wide, 100-foot-tall mural that pays homage to 20 women who shaped Chicago’s cultural scene.
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Five 2017 reissued albums by Black artists | New York Amsterdam News
As 2017 comes to an end, it is important to reflect on the re-emergence of great music of the past, as well as celebrating new music that was released this year.
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How Black Artists, Dealers, and Collectors Are Boosting the Careers of Their Younger Peers | Artsy
At the Seattle Art Fair in the summer of 2016, the Togolese artist Clay Apenouvon wrapped the booth of Mariane Ibrahim Gallery, a local black-owned contemporary art space, in ripped-up black plastic bags. Inside this installation (entitled Film Noir, 2016) were partially visible works by the gallery’s artists of African descent, including photographs by the African-American self-portraitist Ayana V. Jackson.
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