Last week Swann Galleries had the pleasure of hosting an artist talk with Barkley L. Hendricks, whose “unique …
An auction focused on the politically charged and artistically fertile period of the 1960s and 70s, Swann Galleries&…
Swann Galleries is pleased to offer the first significant work by assemblage artist Noah Purifoy to come to auction …
Swann’s African-American Fine Art Department discusses art-world sensation Kara Walker. Kara Walker is one of …
On this date in 1969, Moneta Sleet, Jr. won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for this image of a mourning …
Swann’s African-American Fine Art Department, writes about the catalogue cover image for the upcoming auction Shadow…
Among the featured artists in Swann’s February 13, 2014 auction, Shadows Uplifted: The Rise of American-American Fin…
The image chosen for the cover of Swann’s upcoming sale Point of Departure: Postwar African-American Fine Art …
Figurative artists Eldzier Cortor, Hughie Lee-Smith and Charles White stayed true to their roots in social realism a…
Robert Scott Duncanson was the first African-American landscape painter to achieve international recognition. T…
Romare Bearden is undoubtedly one of America’s greatest artists. Today, his collages are viewed as some of the most …
Contemporary African-American artist David Hammons is known for his body prints and assemblages of found objects, su…
