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Latest News in Black Art: Storm King Center Commissions Martin Puryear Sculpture, Mellon-Funded Report Assesses U.S. Monuments, Rashod Taylor Wins Arnold Newman Photography Prize & More
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Latest News in Black Art: Storm King Center Commissions Martin Puryear Sculpture, Mellon-Funded Report Assesses U.S. Monuments, Rashod Taylor Wins Arnold Newman Photography Prize & More

by Victoria L. Valentine on Sep 30, 2021 • No Comments
  Latest News in Black Art features news updates and developments in the world of art and related culture   Scale model of Martin Puryear’s permanent commission for Storm King Art Center. | © Martin Puryear Studio. Photo by SandenWolff   Commissions Storm King Art Center commissioned Martin Puryear to create a site-specific sculpture for...
Retrospective: The Latest News in Black Art - Black Women Artists for Black Lives Matter
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Retrospective: The Latest News in Black Art – Black Women Artists for Black Lives Matter

by Victoria L. Valentine on Sep 3, 2016 • No Comments
RETROSPECTIVE is a review of the latest news and happenings related to art by and about people of African descent. This week, highlights include news that black women artists gathered in New York in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. Also motivated by the movement, a group of black creative directors launched an initiative...

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