Betye Saar – BLACK ART IN AMERICA™

Close Looking: Betye Saar – Not Easily Expressed

Trelani Michelle — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 11:34:02 +0000

Close Looking: Betye Saar – Not Easily Expressed

                                       By: Shantay Robinson

Betye Saar’s career took off in the 1970s in an environment fraught with issues. Civil Rights legislation was being enacted and women collectively advocated for their inalienable rights. On

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Tales from The b.a.SKET: Black Art Sketches for the Contemporary Art Lover

Trelani Michelle — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 09:14:29 +0000

Tales from The b.a.SKET: Black Art Sketches for the Contemporary Art Lover

By D. Amari Jackson

This week, we reach into the b.a.SKET and pull out The 1972 Liberation of Aunt Jemima…

The idea was borne of violence. In 1972, … Read the rest

BAIA BITS: Frederick Douglass

Trelani Michelle — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 21:33:24 +0000

BAIA BITS

Little Moments Where Knowledge Meets Art

http://media-archive.blackartinamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/BB51a.mp3

Born into slavery in Talbot County, Maryland some time around 1818, Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey lived an impactful life. As a youth, Bailey was chosen to live in the house … Read the rest

Tinkering with the Source: The Work of Martha Jackson Jarvis

baiadmin — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 16:35:16 +0000

Tinkering with the Source: The Work of Martha Jackson Jarvis

By Shantay Robinson

Washington D.C. based visual artist Martha Jackson Jarvis has a long memory. Living with her grandparents in rural Virginia before moving to Philadelphia with her sister … Read the rest

Assemblage: Surpassing the Original Intent

baiadmin — Sun, 25 Oct 2020 03:24:20 +0000

Assemblage: Surpassing the Original Intent

By Shantay Robinson

According to MoMA, assemblage is a three-dimensional artwork made of found objects or non-traditional materials. Assemblage made its appearance in European museums in 1912 when Pablo Picasso created Still Life, a … Read the rest

Art of the Crossover: Jewels, Shackles, and Black Gallery Perspectives on Artists Leaving for Whiter Pastures

baiadmin — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 09:29:28 +0000

Art of the Crossover: Jewels, Shackles, and Black Gallery

Perspectives on Artists Leaving for Whiter Pastures

by D. Amari Jackson

…thinking about a pop record, somethin’ made for the station

for a whole new relation

ship of a … Read the rest

Black Art Auction Host Historic Auction Of African American Fine Art May 16

baiadmin — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 11:22:24 +0000

Black Art Auction Host Historic Auction Of African American Fine Art May 16

BLACK ART AUCTION is the only auction house in the world solely dedicated to selling African American Fine Art.

Alma Thomas, Untitled, 1972, watercolor on paper, 7

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Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem At The Gibbes Museum

baiadmin — Tue, 21 May 2019 11:16:01 +0000

The Gibbes Museum of Art to Exhibit Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem

The Gibbes Museum of Art is pleased to present Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem, a major traveling exhibition … Read the rest

Hampton Art Lovers Presents: “Ebony Broadsides, Celebration of the Masters”

baiadmin — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 17:10:20 +0000

Ebony Broadsides, Celebration of the Masters

April 17 – May 31, 2019

Exhibition Times: Tuesday to Saturday from 11am – 5pm

Ward Room House, 249 NW 9th St, Miami, FL 33136

Opening reception: April 17, 6-8pm

Hampton Art Lovers Presents: … Read the rest

Putting Their Money Where the Black Art Is: Museums Collect African American Art

baiadmin — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 18:45:43 +0000

Putting Their Money Where the Black Art Is: Museums Collect African American Art

By Shantay Robinson

The mainstream art market opened up in the 1990s, allowing non-white and women artists entrée into significant artworld institutions. In a 2004 talk … Read the rest