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Kerry James Marshall’s Largest Work Yet Honors Women in the Arts | Hyperallergic

January 4, 2018African American Art, African American Culture ...

Marshall recently unveiled a 132-foot-wide, 100-foot-tall mural that pays homage to 20 women who shaped Chicago’s cultural scene.

How Black Artists, Dealers, and Collectors Are Boosting the Careers of Their Younger Peers | Artsy

December 27, 2017December 29, 2017African American Art, Black Art ...

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.

5 Black Artists Discuss Breaking Down Barriers | Format Magazine

December 21, 2017December 21, 2017African American Art, African American Photography ...

We asked 5 black artists to speak about their experiences as a person of color within the creative community. What the biggest barriers for black artists in 2016? What steps are necessary to break those barriers down?

Kehinde Wiley on Painting the Powerless. And a President. | The New York Times

November 29, 2017African American Art, African American History ...

LONDON — Early next year, a portrait of Barack Obama will go up on the walls of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington, produced by an artist who was chosen by Mr. Obama himself in the closing months of his presidency.

Baroque-Inspired Portraits Of Black Girls Highlight Their Amazing Natural Hair So Other Girls Would Stop Hiding It | Bored Panda

November 20, 2017African American Families, African American Lives ...

We are all full of natural beauty, we just need to bring it out. Regis and Kahran, a husband and wife team behind CreativeSoul did just that, only for young black ladies. Focusing on their hair, the duo created Afro Art, a series of gorgeous portraits that has cast a spell on everyone’s eyes.

Mary J. Blige and Carrie Mae Weems in Conversation: On Race, Women, Music and the Future | W Magazine

November 14, 2017African American Art, African American Entertainment ...

Long before female empowerment became a nationwide rallying cry, the artist Carrie Mae Weems and the singer-songwriter Mary J. Blige had their work cut out for them.

The Obamas and the Inauguration of Black Painting’s New Golden Age In America | W Magazine

November 12, 2017November 12, 2017African American Art, Black Art ...

When the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., recently broke the news that Barack and Michelle Obama have chosen the portraitists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald to paint them, respectively, into the halls of American history, it confirmed what we already knew: We have entered a new golden age of black painting.

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