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September 16, 2014|Swann Communications|African-American Fine Art

Must-See Fall Show: Norman Lewis & Lee Krasner at the Jewish Museum

Last week, From the Margins: Lee Krasner and Norman Lewis opened at the Jewish Museum. The exhibition combines the works of an unlikely pair: Lee Krasner, a female Jewish artist…

August 4, 2014 | African-American Fine Art

African-American Artists on Martha’s Vineyard

Martha’s Vineyard, an affluent summer colony located on an island south of Cape Cod, has long attracted African American artists. Lois Mailou Jones’s oil on canvas, Monday at Menemsha, 1943,…

May 22, 2014 | African-American Fine Art

Kara Walker: The Talk of the Town

Alaina McEachin of Swann’s African-American Fine Art Department wrote this insightful piece on art-world sensation Kara Walker. Worth the wait: Kara Walker’s A Subtlety or the Marvelous Sugar Baby… …

January 30, 2014 | African-American Fine Art

James Amos Porter, The Father of African-American Art History

Alaina McEachin, of Swann’s African-American Fine Art Department, writes about the catalogue cover image for the upcoming auction Shadows Uplifted: The Rise of African-American Art. The cover for our February…

January 16, 2014 | African-American Fine Art

California Artists Pauline Powell Burns and Beulah Woodard

Among the featured artists in Swann’s February 13th auction, Shadows Uplifted: The Rise of American-American Fine Art, are Pauline Powell Burns and Beulah Ecton Woodard. These early Californian artists stand…