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 …
A Brief History of AfriCOBRA
The AfriCOBRA movement was borne from the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements. The collective was founded in 1968…
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)…
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 …
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…
Swann in Profile: Corey Serrant
Corey Serrant is the newest member of our African-American fine art department – in fact, he started the week …
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…
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.…
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.…
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…
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…
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…