Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY September 13, 2024–January 19, 2025 National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC March 9–July 6, 2025 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL August 30, 2025–January 4, 2026 Elizabeth Catlett (1915–2012) was a pivotal Black woman artist of the twentieth century, though…
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"Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys" Brooklyn Museum February 10 to July 7, 2024 In an unparalleled union of art and music, the exhibition "Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys" ushers in a new era of appreciation for Black diasporic artists. Opening at…
Philip A. Robinson Jr. “Old Talks with New Icons” A Solo Exhibition Presented by The Untitled Space EXHIBITION ON VIEW November 20 – December 17, 2021 The Untitled Space 45 Lispenard Street, NYC 10013 On November 20, The Untitled Space presented "Old Talks with New Icons," a solo exhibition of works by artist Philip A. Robinson Jr. on display through…
Kandis Williams "A Line" A Solo Exhibition Presented By David Zwirner Gallery EXHIBITION ON VIEW October 28, 2021 – January 08, 2022 DAVID ZWIRNER GALLERY 52 Walker St, New York, NY 10013 The new David Zwirner gallery space, located at 52 Walker, celebrated its opening on Thursday, October 28, 2021, by unveiling Kandis William's new…
Photo Vogue Festival Live on the digital platform from November 18, 2021 Exhibitions at BASE Milano - November 18-21, 2021 Premiering digitally on November 18th, for its 6th edition, titled REFRAMING HISTORY, the Photo Vogue Festival exhibits a conscious fashion photography festival that focuses on the common ground between ethics and aesthetics. The festival's mission is…
As long as the art world has been bastion for self-expression and radical system-challenging, the structures that make it up have often been exclusionary and narrow-minded. Part of the work of the current fight against injustice is to examine the country’s most enduring fixtures- like art museums- and force the systemic hang-ups that’s baked into them…
Betye Saar "The Legends of Black Girl's Window" MoMA Through January 4, 2020 African American artist Betye Saar is celebrated with an examination of her early work as a printmaker in exhibition The Legends of Black Girl's Window, one of a few select other exhibits that are part of MoMA's Fall 2019 opening season. After…
“Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power” September 14th, 2018 - February 3rd, 2019 Brooklyn Museum: 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York The Brooklyn Museum will open “Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power,” a collection of over 150 works from 1963 to 1983 by sixty Black artists.…