On a recent Thursday evening, Philadelphia art collector William Skeet Jiggetts sat in the foyer of Awbury Arboretum’s Francis Cope House surrounded by grand collages taken from the walls of his East ...
An exploration of the vast works by African American artists is the current centerpiece exhibit at Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts Center at Christopher Newport University. "Cinderella Man," an oil ...
President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, recently added some color to the White House art collection, and African-American art collectors were thrilled. While there are only a few black artists ...
The museum, which has long collected works by black artists, rehangs some of its galleries to offer a fascinating journey ...
An exhibition of Gordon Parks's photography at Harvard University’s Ethelbert Cooper Gallery highlights the unique role that Kasseem Dean is attempting to carve out as collector of Black art. The crux ...
One of the most important African American art collections lives in a Los Angeles home. How does someone become a fine art collector? Dr. Joy Simmons discovered her love of art when taking a class ...
Last week, the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) acquired “Bird” (1990), a striking sculpture by David Hammons, the MacArthur Genius Grant-winning African American artist known for his witty conceptual ...
The Detroit Institute of Arts has revamped its African American arts collection and brought it to the heart of the museum. “Reimagine African American Art,” which opened Saturday, was organized by the ...
Artworks at the Kalahari Resorts & Conventions don’t just look African. They are African. Hand picked by owners Todd and Shari Nelson–and family–on purchasing trips to the continent. ByChadd Scott, ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This collection includes 329 black and white photographic prints, measuring 8 x 10 inches or smaller, that depict African art objects and were ...
The reopening of the reimagined African American art galleries marks the first step in a sweeping redesign of the museum’s second-floor North Wing.