Art of Cool: Art Collecting Basics
by Shakira Hightower After a little time, you finally settled into the new, higher-paying gig. The loft you purchased as a starter home feels cozy enough, but would feel even cozier with art pieces...
View ArticleCaribbean, African American artists take on race, class, culture and identity
Friday, July 13, 2012 NEW YORK, USA (CMC) — Five artists here are addressing their Caribbean and African American heritage in a new exhibit — ‘Visions/Re-Visions: Caribbean & African American...
View ArticleAfrica’s Influence on Diaspora Art in US
The West African man is dressed in the khaki uniform and red fez worn by French colonial soldiers of the era. But he wasn’t a French soldier – he was a famous Senegalese dancer based in Paris at the...
View ArticleCurator Talk at the American Art Museum on African-American Art Exhibition
Jacob Lawrence’s 1941 Bar and Grill depicts the reality of segregation of the Jim Crow South, a new experience to the Harlem artist. American Art Museum In black and white, she sits reclined between...
View ArticleKen Johnson, Times Art Critic, Taken To Task In Open Letter
An open letter is demanding New York Times critic Ken Johnson acknowledge racist and sexist language in his recent writings. The art critic’s review of “Now Dig This! Art & Black Los Angeles” and...
View ArticleSome well-known human traits are now linked to creativity
BY MILTON ESTE Creativity is something that has always fascinated humanity — now scientists in those fields that typically deal with creativity have discovered a whole range of human traits which they...
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