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Latest News in Black Art: 5 Percent of Los Angeles Museum Board Members are Black; Sonia Boyce, Christina Quarles, and Cigna Samson Join New Galleries
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Latest News in Black Art: 5 Percent of Los Angeles Museum Board Members are Black; Sonia Boyce, Christina Quarles, and Cigna Samson Join New Galleries

by Victoria L. Valentine on May 28, 2021 • No Comments
  Latest News in Black Art features news updates and developments in the world of art and related culture   Artist Christina Quarles is now represented by Hauser & Wirth. Shown in her Los Angeles studio, 2021. | Courtesy the artist and Pilar Corrias, London. Photo by Ilona Szwarc   News The Los Angeles Times...
1-54 London: Contemporary African Art Fair Pairs Gallery Presentations with Robust Lineup of Artist Talks
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1-54 London: Contemporary African Art Fair Pairs Gallery Presentations with Robust Lineup of Artist Talks

by Victoria L. Valentine on Oct 4, 2018 • No Comments
  THREE TREES HAVE SPROUTED in the courtyard at Somerset House where the latest edition of 1-54 London is underway. The installation is by acclaimed Sudanese artist Ibrahim El-Salahi, one of the most critically recognized figures in African and Arab Modernism. “Meditation Tree” is part of his ongoing investigation into the tree/body metaphor and references...
Frieze London: Black Artists, Women in Particular, are Notably Present in Select Programming and Exhibitions
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Frieze London: Black Artists, Women in Particular, are Notably Present in Select Programming and Exhibitions

by Victoria L. Valentine on Oct 4, 2018 • 1 Comment
“Untitled” (1998) by Berni Searle   FRIEZE LONDON AND FRIEZE MASTERS officially open to the public today and black women are notably present. This afternoon, artist Julie Mehretu will be in conversation with Thelma Golden of the Studio Museum in Harlem. The conversation is part of Frieze Masters Talks, which is focusing on women speakers...

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