May 19, 2024White Knight Auction, IncMickalene Thomas 'Untitled' (Black Is Beautiful) Usa, 2017 Inkjet PrintUS$5,000
Mickalene Thomas small portraits show opens Sept. 8 at Yale galleryNEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Yale University Art Gallery will present Mickalene Thomas / Portrait of an Unlikely Space from September 8 through January 7, 2024. Co-organized by the renowned artist Mickalene Thomas (b. 1971-, M.F.A. 2002) and Keely Orgeman, the gallery’s Seymour H. Knox, Jr., associate curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, the project is […]
Hughie Lee-Smith painting sets world auction record at SwannNEW YORK — The spring offering of African American Art closed out the March auctions at Swann Galleries with an exceptional marathon sale bringing $3.6 million and an 89% sell-through rate, with 214 of the 241 lots on offer finding buyers.
Nat’l Museum of Women in the Arts unveils first off-site exhibition, Jan. 29WASHINGTON – The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) announces its first off-site exhibition to take place while its historic building is temporarily closed to the public for a major renovation. On view at the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center from January 29, 2022 through May 22, 2022, Positive Fragmentation: […]
Giving African-American artists their dueNEW YORK – African-American artists have played a critical role in the canon of American art history for years but still remain undervalued despite the bevy of well-known artists like Charles Ethan Porter, Faith Ringgold, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Edmonia Lewis, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kara Walker, Sam Gilliam and others.