African American Art

African American Art

Nigel Freeman on the Legacy of Emma Amos, 1937-2020

We are sad to hear the news yesterday of Emma Amos’s passing. Emma Amos was a painter, printmaker, weaver and …

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A Brief History of AfriCOBRA

The AfriCOBRA movement was borne from the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements. The collective was founded in 1968…

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Etched in History: Printmakers of the Federal Art Project

As jobless Americans eventually found work with Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal Works Progress Administration (WPA)…

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Nigel Freeman on the Legacy of David C. Driskell, 1931-2020

We are greatly saddened to hear the news of David Driskell’s passing yesterday with the email announcement from the …

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Romare Bearden’s Letters to Art Historian Harry B. Henderson, Jr.

Here we take look at letters, postcards and greeting cards from Romare Bearden to his longtime friend and collaborat…

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Swann in Profile: Corey Serrant

Corey Serrant is the newest member of our African-American fine art department – in fact, he started the week …

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African-American Fine Art: June 2020 Highlights

At Auction June 4, 2020* Earliest Work by David Hammons to Come to Auction Post-War Paintings & Drawings: Norman…

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Historic Auction for African-American Art from the Johnson Publishing Co.

Our Thursday, January 30 sale of African-American Art from the Johnson Publishing Company was an all-around success.…

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Market Debuts: Artists to Watch in our January 30 Auction

Our January 30 sale of African-American Art from the Johnson Publishing Company features nearly 30 market newcomers.…

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The Johnson Publishing Co. Collection

In an introduction to the catalogue for our January 30 sale of African-American Art from the Johnson Publishing Comp…

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African-American Art from the Johnson Publishing Company

We welcome a new decade with 100 fine artworks from the collection of the Johnson Publishing Company, a great instit…

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Artist Profile: Kehinde Wiley

Who builds a statue of a young man with locks, perched on a horse ready to ride into the ranks of Confederate statue…