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The Story of Charles Ethan Porter, an African American Still-Life Painter | Hyperallergic

Karen Chernick, Hyperallergic Porter’s struggle, and the ensuing invisibility of his work, are as much a part of his story as his masterful paintings that dignify humble everyday objects. At the end of his life, Charles Ethan Porter’s walls were covered with a career’s worth of paintings portraying apples, cherries, and corn, but he tragically…

Nick Cave, African American Art, African American Artist, Black Art, Black Artist, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, Wriit,

Nick Cave: Using materials that range from twigs to crystals to rainbow-colored hair, the artist makes sculptures that, for all their beauty, are visceral and necessary critiques of racial injustice. | The New York Times

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Megan O’Grady, The New York Times THE INAUGURATION OF Nick Cave’s Facility, a new multidisciplinary art space on Chicago’s Northwest Side, has the feeling of a family affair. In April, inside the yellow-brick industrial building, the classical vocalist Brenda Wimberly and the keyboardist Justin Dillard give a special performance for a group that includes local friends, curators and…

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Legacy Russell Appointed Associate Curator at Studio Museum of Harlem | The Network Journal

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Aziz Gueye Adetimirin, The Network Journal Golden, chief curator at the Studio Museum of Harlem, today announced the appointment of Legacy Russell to serve as assistant curator of exhibitions at the Studio Museum. Her experience is in organizing exhibitions and events, writing for diverse audiences from popular to academic, and, most recently, serving as European…

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The passing of artist Harry L. Davis | Black Art In America

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“It’s with a heavy heart that I announce the passing of our dear friend and renowned artist Harry L. Davis. He was a warrior, a gentle giant, and a warm spirit…R.I.P.

Jean-Michel Basquiat, Basquiat, African American Art, Black Art, African American Artist, Black Artist, African American News, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN

‘Boom For Real’ Paints a Portrait of Jean-Michel Basquiat As a Young Man | Colorlines

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The upcoming documentary explores Basquiat’s formative teenage years in New York City.

Kerry James Marshall, African American Art, Black Art, African American Artist, Black Artist, Amy Sherald, Race, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D

Wall Street Rush to Scoop Up Black Art Sends Prices Sky High | Bloomberg

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Black artists, long overlooked and undervalued, now occupy one of the hottest corners of the market.

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Charles White: A Retrospective, The Art Institute Chicago, Summer 18′ | Art Institute Chicago

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A superbly gifted draftsman and printmaker as well as a talented mural and easel painter, he developed a distinctive and labor-intensive approach to art making and remained committed to a representational style at a time when the art world increasingly favored abstraction.

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