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Latest News in Black Art: New Leader at McColl Center in North Carolina, Alvin Ailey Names Next Artistic Director, Laura Wheeler Waring Portrait Covers Antiques Magazine, Romare Bearden Documentary & More
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Latest News in Black Art: New Leader at McColl Center in North Carolina, Alvin Ailey Names Next Artistic Director, Laura Wheeler Waring Portrait Covers Antiques Magazine, Romare Bearden Documentary & More

by Victoria L. Valentine on Dec 10, 2024 • No Comments
Latest News in Black Art features updates and developments in the world of art and related culture   Asa Jackson. | Courtesy McColl Center   APPOINTMENTS Asa Jackson to Helm McColl Center for Artists in North Carolina The McColl Center in Charlotte, N.C., announced its next president and CEO. Asa Jackson will lead the art...
Fund for African American Art Transforming Brooklyn Museum's Holdings, Will Honor Collector Pamela J. Joyner at Annual Benefit
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Fund for African American Art Transforming Brooklyn Museum’s Holdings, Will Honor Collector Pamela J. Joyner at Annual Benefit

by Victoria L. Valentine on Mar 9, 2017 • 1 Comment
  THE FUND FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN ART at the Brooklyn Museum is honoring collector Pamela J. Joyner at its annual benefit March 16. The fund concentrates on gifts and purchases of pre-1945 works by important African American artists. Recent acquisitions include “Woman with Bouquet” (circa 1940) by Laura Wheeler Waring, Beauford Delaney’s 1945 “Untitled (Fang,...

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