Romare Bearden’s African American visions speak to all

Romare Bearden’s ‘Inscriptions At The City Of Brass,’ a 1972 collage on Masonite, achieved $355,000 plus the buyer’s premium in December 2022. Image courtesy of La Parisienne Des Arts and LiveAuctioneers.

NEW YORK — Lively and spontaneous scenes from the Harlem diaspora as well as depictions of the Black experience helped Romare Bearden (1911-1988) shift from being just a talented painter to one who broke through racial barriers. Making a statement on Black American culture, Bearden created powerful paintings and collages to take his rightful place among the best of the American modernists, most of whom were white. Using his own memories, literature, popular magazines, and African American history, his artworks told African American stories in a way that made them universal.

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Phaidon releases companion book for Faith Ringgold retrospective

On February 23, Phaidon releases ‘Faith Ringgold: American People,’ a companion book to the Ringgold retrospective opening at the New Museum in New York.
On February 23, Phaidon releases ‘Faith Ringgold: American People,’ a companion book to the Ringgold retrospective opening at the New Museum in New York.
On February 23, Phaidon releases ‘Faith Ringgold: American People,’ a companion book to the Ringgold retrospective opening at the New Museum in New York.

NEW YORK – Phaidon, in partnership with the New Museum, is pleased to present the companion volume to New York’s most complete retrospective of the art of Faith Ringgold (American, b. 1930-). Faith Ringgold: American People will be the most significant collection of scholarship on Ringgold’s work to date, bringing together more than 60 years of work. It was released in hardback on February 23, priced at $79.95.

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