After six decades quietly building a respected career, Sam Gilliam’s paintings are suddenly selling for over $2 million
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‘Dimensions’ at MCASD downtown presents a wide range of viewpoints – The San Diego Union-Tribune
The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego’s exhibit “Dimensions of Black” presents a wide array of art forms and subjects from the 1970s to modern times. What ties the more than 30 pieces together is that they are all created by African-American artists.
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How Black Modern Artists Defied a Singular Narrative in 1971 – Hyperallergic
1971: A Year in the Life of Color studies two exhibitions essential to the ongoing relationship between black American artists and modernism.
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The not-so-simple comeback story of pioneering artist Sam Gilliam
“I am outlandishly famous,” Sam Gilliam says on a recent afternoon as he walks across his sunlit studio in the District’s Brightwood Park.
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With African-American art hot, Newark Museum showcases ‘Modern Heroics’
There are all sorts of reasons why African-American art is the hottest thing on the market today, for both private collectors and museums, but the most compelling, of course, is the need to catch up.
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