BROOKLYN, NY.- The Brooklyn Museum is inaugurating a new collecting initiative that will focus on the acquisition of works by African American artists that were created between the mid-nineteenth century and 1945. In the first three years, the Museum i…
Clarke Auction’s Eighth Fine Auction Opens at Spectacular New Larchmont Location
LARCHMONT, NY.- On Sunday, September 12, 2010 at 2:00 pm, Clarke will open its cavernous new facility with its Eighth Fine Art Auction, featuring fresh-to-market and exceptional 19th and 20th Century paintings and sculpture. Clarke’s latest Fine Art A…
"Pattern, Costume and Ornament" Explores the Meanings of Decoration in Contemporary African and African-American Art
BIRMINGHAM, AL.- “Pattern, Costume and Ornament” opened at the Birmingham Museum of Art on June 6 in the Bohourfoush Gallery. The works gathered in the exhibition were created by African and African-American artists and drawn from the Museum’…
Posing Beauty in African American Art on View at Taubman Museum of Art
ROANOKE, VA.- The Taubman Museum of Art presents Posing Beauty in African American Culture as part of its summer exhibition schedule, along with works by James Grashow and Primitivo Suarez-Wolfe. Posing Beauty in African American Culture opened to th…