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Latest News in Black Art: Simone Leigh Departs Hauser & Wirth, CAAM Names Isabelle Lutterodt Deputy Director, Collectors Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys Grace Cover of Architectural Digest & More
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Latest News in Black Art: Simone Leigh Departs Hauser & Wirth, CAAM Names Isabelle Lutterodt Deputy Director, Collectors Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys Grace Cover of Architectural Digest & More

by Victoria L. Valentine on Nov 3, 2021 • No Comments
  Latest News in Black Art features news updates and developments in the world of art and related culture   Simone Leigh photographed at Stratton Sculpture Studios, 2020. | © Simone Leigh, Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo by Shaniqwa Jarvis   Repesentation BROOKLYN-BASED ARTIST Simone Leigh is departing Hauser & Wirth. ARTnews...
New Florida Home of Tennis Phenom Serena Williams Has Art Gallery Featuring Works by Radcliffe Bailey and Leonardo Drew
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New Florida Home of Tennis Phenom Serena Williams Has Art Gallery Featuring Works by Radcliffe Bailey and Leonardo Drew

by Victoria L. Valentine on Feb 7, 2021 • No Comments
Serena Williams shows off her new Florida home where her tennis trophies and growing at collection are on display. | Video by Architectural Digest   NORTH OF MIAMI, the new home of tennis champion Serena Williams boasts a trophy room with open shelves displaying her U.S. Open, Wimbledon, French Open, and Australian Open awards and...
Ballet Icon Misty Copeland is a Budding Collector of African American Art
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Ballet Icon Misty Copeland is a Budding Collector of African American Art

by Victoria L. Valentine on Sep 3, 2020 • 1 Comment
Misty Copeland opens her New York apartment up to Architectural Digest, revealing a penchant for African American art. | Video by Architectural Digest   LOCATED ON THE UPPER WEST SIDE of Manhattan, Misty Copeland‘s three-bedroom apartment was recently showcased by Architectural Digest (AD). She gave the design magazine’s audience a video tour. The home’s theme,...
Shonda Rhimes Has Two Hughie Lee-Smith Paintings in Study of Her L.A. Home
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Shonda Rhimes Has Two Hughie Lee-Smith Paintings in Study of Her L.A. Home

by Victoria L. Valentine on Jan 17, 2019 • No Comments
In her home study, Shonda Rhimes talks about Hughie Lee-Smith’s 1988 painting “Counterpoise.”   ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST publishes photos of spectacular, light-filled homes. The magazine’s latest feature focuses on the Los Angeles residence of Shonda Rhimes, an Italianate villa she recently renovated where paintings by Hughie Lee-Smith (1915-1999) hang in the study and living room. “His...
Art + Practice Co-Founder Eileen Harris Norton Gives Her Art-Filled Home a Refresh
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Art + Practice Co-Founder Eileen Harris Norton Gives Her Art-Filled Home a Refresh

by Victoria L. Valentine on Nov 13, 2018 • 1 Comment
Eileen Harris Norton at home with works by Alma Thomas and Kara Walker.   OVER THE FIREPLACE, an Alma Thomas (1891-1978) painting shares the mantel with a small sculpture by Kara Walker. Elsewhere in the home a Kerry James Marshall work hangs adjacent to a Glenn Ligon neon that reads “negro sunshine.” The November issue...

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