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Conserving Black Modernism: New Grants Support Preservation of Historic Buildings Designed by Black Architects

Conserving Black Modernism: New Grants Support Preservation of Historic Buildings Designed by Black Architects

Founder’s Church of Religious Science, Los Angeles, Calif. | Photo by Mark Clennon, Courtesy African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund   FOUNDER’S CHURCH OF RELIGIOUS SCIENCE in Los Angeles was designed by renowned architect Paul R. Williams in 1960. Featuring a white, curvilinear facade fronted by an ornate concrete block wall, its “sleek, elliptical design...
Los Angeles: Art Community Turns Out to Honor Mark Bradford and Arts for Healing and Justice Network at Getty Prize Dinner

Los Angeles: Art Community Turns Out to Honor Mark Bradford and Arts for Healing and Justice Network at Getty Prize Dinner

May 13, 2024: Getty Prize recipient Mark Bradford at Getty Prize dinner at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, Calif. | Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for The J. Paul Getty Trust   THE GETTY FOUNDATION recently celebrated Los Angeles artist Mark Bradford and the many ways the arts can transform lives. Bradford received the...
2024 Getty Prize Goes to Mark Bradford, $500,000 Grant Will Be Awarded to Nonprofit of Artist's Choice

2024 Getty Prize Goes to Mark Bradford, $500,000 Grant Will Be Awarded to Nonprofit of Artist’s Choice

THE GETTY FOUNDATION in Los Angeles announced Mark Bradford is the recipient of the 2024 Getty Prize. Bradford makes large-scale paintings composed with layers of paper. Both abstract and conceptual, the work explores social and political structures and the adverse ways they impact the lives of vulnerable populations. The Getty Prize gives Bradford the opportunity...