Studio Museum in Harlem Announces 2023-24 Artists-in-Residence: sonia louise davis, Malcolm Peacock, and Zoë Pulley
THE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM’S highly regarded artist-in-residence program is welcoming a new cohort: sonia louise davis, Malcolm Peacock, and Zoë Pulley. Working across a range of mediums from textiles and performance to graphic design and audio, the artists hail most recently from New York, New Orleans, and Providence, R.I. The news was announced...
Latest News in Black Art: Sonia Boyce Now Represented by Hauser & Wirth, Getty Acquires Maren Hassinger Archive, Tomashi Jackson Wins Rappaport Prize & More
Latest News in Black Art features updates and developments in the world of art and related culture Sonia Boyce © Sonia Boyce. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2023. Photo: Parisa Taghizadeh REPRESENTATION British artist Sonia Boyce (above) joined Hauser & Wirth gallery. The new representation is in collaboration with Apalazzo Gallery in Brescia,...
2013-2023: Since Culture Type Launched, Top 10 ‘Most Read’ Posts Focus on Ernie Barnes, Florida Highwaymen, Titus Kaphar, and Exhibitions of Black Female Artists
Culture Type is celebrating its 10th anniversary (2013-2023): A decade of art, history, and culture from a Black perspective CULTURE TYPE first launched a decade ago. Over the years, the most read posts have explored key artists, exhibitions, and curatorial appointments. Exhibition coverage that has drawn the most attention, did not focus on New...
Sixty Years Ago, the March on Washington Inspired Change and Drew Many Artists, Including a Future Photographer Named Frank Stewart
SIXTY YEARS AGO, Bayard Rustin stood on the grounds of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., hoping after a short two months of intense organizing that crowds of demonstrators would come to the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. “I was terrified people wouldn’t show,” Rustin told the Washington Post years later....
Departure: Sarah Workneh is Stepping Down From Co-Director Role at Skowhegan After 14 Years. Her ‘Commitment to the Program Has Been Unwavering’
AFTER 14 YEARS, Sarah Workneh is stepping down from her position as co-director of the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture. Known as the residency program “founded by artists for artists,” Skowhegan was established in 1946. Located on a 350-acre campus in Madison, Maine, Skowhegan’s nine-week summer program offers a profound educational experience for artists....
Latest News in Black Art: Photographer Roland Freeman Died, Nigeria Named New Culture Minister, A’Driane Nieves Joined Various Small Fires, Arem Duplessis Won National Design Award & More
Latest News in Black Art features updates and developments in the world of art and related culture Roland Freeman (1936-2023). | Photo by the artist LIVES Roland Leeon Freeman (1936-2023), a photographer and collector of quilts made by African Americans, died on Aug. 7 in Washington, D.C. He was 87. Freeman’s unrivaled...
Moving On Up: 34 Museum Curators and Arts Leaders Who Took on New Appointments in First Half of 2023
NEARLY THREE DOZEN Black curators and arts leaders accepted new appointments at an array of museums and arts institutions in the first half of 2023. Notably, Brooke A. Minto was appointed executive director and CEO of the Columbus Art Museum in Ohio. She joined the museum from the Black Trustee Alliance for Art Museums,...
Latest News in Black Art: Met Museum Acquired Rare Portrait With Complex History, Lane Coleman is Next Board Chair at Detroit Institute of Arts, Mary Evans Tapped to Lead London’s Slade School & More
Latest News in Black Art features updates and developments in the world of art and related culture Mary Evans. | Photo by Christa Holka APPOINTMENTS Nigerian born, British artist and educator Mary Evans (above) was named director of the University College London (UCL) Slade School of Fine Art. Over the past five...
Brandywine Workshop in Philadelphia Appoints Michele A. Parchment Executive Director, Marking First Leadership Change Since Its Founding in 1972
Michele A. Parchment. | Courtesy Brandywine Workshop and Archives Groundbreaking print workshop and arts organization founded by Allan L. Edmunds celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2022 IN PHILADELPHIA, the Brandywine Workshop and Archives (BWA) is welcoming a new executive director. The BWA Board of Directors announced the appointment of Michele A. Parchment, effective...
In Memoriam: Artist Jesse Lott, 80, Was a ‘Mythic Person’ and Co-Founder of Project Row Houses in Houston
“Jesse Lott: Art & Activism” is directed and edited by Cressandra Thibodeaux. The footage was shot by 28 students from the 14 Pews Film Academy. The film won Best Short Documentary at the International Black Film Festival and Tulsa American Film Festival. | Video by Cressandra Thibodeaux A short documentary made in 2017 explores...
Latest News in Black Art: 50-Year Retrospective of Bead Artist Joyce J. Scott, Jack Shainman Gallery Adds Emanoel Araújo Estate to Roster, Archives of American Art Honoring Ruth Fine & More
Latest News in Black Art features updates and developments in the world of art and related culture Joyce J. Scott’s 50-year retrospective opens at the Baltimore Museum of Art in March 2024. | Photo by Joseph Hyde, Courtesy Goya Contemporary EXHIBITIONS Coming soon in spring 2024, the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA)...
In Store: Museum of Modern Art Commissioned Exclusive Puzzle by Artist Nina Chanel Abney
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART (MoMA) commissioned an exclusive jigsaw puzzle by New York artist Nina Chanel Abney. The 1,000-piece puzzle is inspired by “Girl before a Mirror,” Pablo Picasso’s 1932 painting from MoMA’s collection. Abney’s fresh interpretation of the Picasso work shows the reflection of a figure gazing into a mirror. The puzzle’s...
Highly Regarded Sculptor Simone Leigh is Going to Washington Where Central Themes of Her Practice Took Root
Simone Leigh at Stratton Sculpture Studios in Philadelphia, Pa., where she’s produced monumental works (2020). | Photo by Shaniqwa Jarvis, Courtesy ICA Boston The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., acquired a major sculpture by Simone Leigh and the artist will be in conversation at the museum this weekend WHEN SHE WAS...
British Fashion Designer Grace Wales Bonner is Curating ‘Artist’s Choice’ Exhibition at Museum of Modern Art This Fall
HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON, “Washington, D.C.,” 1957 (gelatin silver print, 6 3/4 × 10 inches / 17.1 × 25.4 cm). | Gift of John C. Waddell. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. © 2023 Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Photos, courtesy Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris The practice of Wales Bonner is informed by Black art, history, and culture....
Latest News in Black Art: Oliver Lee Jackson Received Lee Krasner Award, Williams Sisters Auctioning Ernie Barnes Works, Nigeria Exhibiting at Venice Biennale & More
Latest News in Black Art features updates and developments in the world of art and related culture Oliver Lee Jackson. | Photo by Weston Wells AWARDS & HONORS The Pollock-Krasner Foundation announced painter, sculptor, printmaker, and educator Oliver Lee Jackson is the recipient of the foundation’s Lee Krasner Award recognizing a lifetime...
Diane Jean-Mary Appointed Executive Director of Black Trustees Alliance for Art Museums, Group Aims to Transform Museums into More Equitable Institutions
THE BLACK TRUSTEES ALLIANCE for Art Museums (BTA) is welcoming Diane Jean-Mary as its next executive director. Jean-Mary was previously an executive at LaPlaca Cohen, an arts consultancy where she worked with art museums and cultural institutions on strategic vision, organizational development, and socio-cultural impact. The Black Trustees Alliance is committed to Black representation in...
Latest News in Black Art: Romi Crawford is Democratizing Art School, Brooklyn Exhibitions Honor Spike Lee and Jay-Z, Tiona Nekkia McClodden Joined White Cube Gallery & More
Latest News in Black Art features updates and developments in the world of art and related culture Portrait of Tiona Nekkia McClodden. | Photo by Gioncarlo Valentine REPRESENTATION White Cube Gallery announced its representation of visual artist, filmmaker, and curator Tiona Nekkia McClodden. Addressing issues surrounding race, gender, sexuality, and social commentary,...
New Conceptual Works by Kevin Beasley Channel Memories Through Domestic Sounds, Familial Materials, and Consumer Products
Installation view of “Kevin Beasley: In an Effort to Keep,” Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York, N.Y. (May 13-July 28, 2023). | Photo by Jason Wyche HOW DOES SOUND DOCUMENT our experiences and preserve memories? Kevin Beasley gathered five artists in a Brooklyn apartment outfitted with 36 microphones for two days, recording the collective experience...
Design Industry Celebrates Best in Books, Recognizing Volumes on Artists Wangechi Mutu, Shikeith, and Just Above Midtown
Winning selections included books dedicated to a variety of visual artists. ONE Of THE MOST ANTICIPATED museum exhibitions of 2022 paid tribute to Just Above Midtown, the storied New York gallery space Linda Goode Bryant launched nearly half a century ago, providing a platform for Black artists when they were largely shut out of...
Latest News in Black Art: Melanie Adams Named Interim Director of Women’s History Museum, Architect David Adjaye Facing Serious Allegations, Black Rock Senegal Selects New Artists & More
Latest News in Black Art features updates and developments in the world of art and related culture Melanie Adams. | Courtesy Anacostia Community Museum APPOINTMENTS Melanie Adams, the Roger Ferguson and Annette Nazareth Director of the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum since 2019, is stepping in as interim director of the forthcoming American...
