Tag: Black
Legacy Russell's 'Black Meme' Critiques Representations of Black Culture—But Doesn't Chart a Way Forward – ARTnews
Latest News in Black Art: New University Museum Directors, Infiniti Award for Photog Renell Medrano, Arvie Smith … – Culture Type
Well-Preserved Frescoes Uncovered in a ‘Black Room’ Banquet Hall at Pompeii – ARTnews
Man Sues Over Women-Only Art Installation, Liverpool Museum Seeks Identity of Black Model, Louvre Gets Bomb Threat, , and More: Morning Links for March 21, 2024 – ARTnews
Ingrid Pollard, Giant of the British Black Arts Movement, Wins the World’s Biggest Photography Prize – ARTnews
Joey McFarland Apologizes for Historic Black Photo at Movie Premiere – ARTnews.com
Historical photographs are usually handled with extreme care — held with gloves, stored with acid-free paper and protective sleeves, and hidden away from light and heat. But when Hollywood producer Joey McFarland showed up to the red carpet premiere of the movie Emancipation last month in Los Angeles, he showed off what he said was an original photograph of an enslaved man known as ...
Inhotim Removes Artist’s Work from Show About the Black Experience – ARTnews.com
Brazilian artist Maxwell Alexandre demanded that his work be removed from Inhotim, a museum and botanical garden in Brumadinho that counts among Brazil’s largest art institutions. His large-scale paintings were featured in an exhibition about the Black experience, and he said he had not consented to their inclusion. In a social media post, Alexandre wrote that he was embarrassed by “the communication of the ...
Pierre Soulages, Painter Who Exclusively Used Black, Dies at 102 – ARTnews.com
Pierre Soulages, a French painter who created hundreds of canvas almost exclusively in shades of black for decades, died at 102 on Wednesday. A representative for his New York gallery, LGDR, confirmed the news of his death. In France, Soulages has obtained legendary status for his sleek abstractions, which enact elegant plays between light and dark simply by juxtaposing uneven black strokes. He is ...
Just Above Midtown Was a Haven for Black Artists | Smart News
Senga Nengudi performing Air Propo at Just Above Midtown in 1981 Courtesy of Senga Nengudi and Lévy Gorvy During the 1970s and ’80s, ignored by the predominantly white New York art world, Black artists debuted groundbreaking sculptures, abstract paintings and performances in exhibitions at Just Above Midtown (JAM). Founded by artist and social activist Linda Goode Bryant, the gallery—visited by the likes of Stevie Wonder and Miles Davis—became a ...