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March 25, 2024

The landmark exhibition The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism at the Met here in New York has brought deserved new attention to the visual art achievements of the…

March 6, 2024

This season's African American Art auction features an array of Harlem Renaissance pieces, post-war figurative art, and contemporary art.

December 18, 2020

The December 10, 2020, sale of African American Art was met with enthusiasm from collectors. The sale saw nine auction records set, as well as an auction debut from contemporary…

November 5, 2020

At Auction December 10, 2020 Previewing by Appointment Only Through Wednesday, December 9 This sale will include significant works by innovative artists, including a fine example…

April 2, 2020

As jobless Americans eventually found work with Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal Works Progress Administration (WPA), George Biddle, an artist and childhood friend of the…

August 26, 2019

At Swann, we're lucky to contribute to an overall market correction, offering exceptional art by women of color, whose work on the themes of feminism and identity is increasingly…

August 26, 2019

A strong section of fine sculpture coming on October 8 includes works by Selma Burke, Elizabeth Catlett, Sargent Johnson, Richard Hunt and Augusta Savage.

August 6, 2019

Highlights this fall from the African-American Fine Art department: sculptures by Elizabeth Catlett, Sargent Johnson and Augusta Savage, iconic works by Carrie Mae Weems,…

April 9, 2019

Artist Records for Amos, Leigh, Lovelace O’Neal, Pindell & More     We saw strong results for African-American…

December 3, 2018

At Auction April 4 Complete Catalogue   A powerful charcoal drawing by Charles White, Caliban, 1950, is one of the top lots in the sale. Never exhibited publicly, this…