I know the world is bruised and bleeding, and though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence. Like failure, chaos contains information that can lead to knowledge – even wisdom. Like art.
LIVING BLACK ARTISTS
Yamou Abderrahim, Virgil Ablon, Nina Chanel Abney, Derrick Adams, Nelson Amako, El Anatsui, Hurvill Anderson, Nicole Awai, Firelei Baez, Radcliffe Bailey, Zenobia Bailey, Sadie Barnette, Kevin Beasley, Sanford Biggers, Kraig Blue, Amoako Boaso, Chakaia Booker, Mark Bradford, Greg Breda, Deidre Brown, Bisa Butler, Sokari Douglas Camp, Jordan Casteel, Nick Cave, Naomi Chambers, Cezanne Charles, Colin Chase, Jonathan Lyndon Chase, Tawny Chatmon, Wesley Clark, Kevin Cole, Alfred Conteh, Renee Cox, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Kenturah Davis, Nadia DeLane, John Dowell, Leonardo Drew, Conrad Egyir, Derek Fordjour, Latoya Ruby Frazier, Meschac Gaba, Ellen Gallagher, Theater Gates, Vanessa German, Jerrell Gibbs, Sam Gilliam, David Hammons, Jannette Jwahir Hawkins, Barkley Hendricks, Richard Hunt, Kudzanai-Violet Hwai, Oliver Lee Jackson, Ronald Jackson, Gordon C. James, Barry Johnson, Hosea Johnson, Rashid Johnson, Amanda King, Pope. L, Joy Labingo, Yoyo Lander, Deana Lawson, Simone Leigh, Gerald Lovell, Glenn Ligon, Fabiola Jean-Louis, Nelson, Makamba, Kerry James Marshall, Delita Martin, Richard Mayhem, Julie Mehretu, Wangari Mathenge, Dario Mohr, Nastio Mosquito, Wangechi Muti, Woodrow Nash, Senga Nenguidi, Arcmanoro Niles, Collins Obiji, Toyin Odutola, Lorraine O’Grady, Chris Ofili, Mary Lovelace O’Neal, John Outterbridge, Josh Paige, Ebony Patterson, Adam Pendleton, Howardena Pindell, Adrian Piper, Noah Purifoy, Martin Puryear, Nathaniel Mary Quinn, Faith Ringgold, Deborah Roberts, Tracey Rose, Allison Saar, Dread Scott, Tchabalala Self, Lawson Seydou, Amy Sherald, Yinka Shonibare, Lorna Simpson, Dianne Smith, Ming Smith, Shinique Smith, Kevin Snipes, Vaughn Spann, Giovanna Swaby, Evita Tezeno, Mickalene Thomas, Hank Willis Thomas, Joshua Tree, Kara Walker, Nari Ward, Kehinde Wiley, William T. William, Deborah Willis, Fred Wilson, Saya Woolfalk, Alisha Wormsley, Carrie Mae Weems, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
Swann Gallery holds the record for selling a Norman Lewis painting. Untitled sold for $964,000.
They are the lead market for — John Biggers, Elizabeth Catlett, Aaron Douglas, Sam Gilliam, Faith Ringgold, Charles White, Hale Woodruff.
Records sales:
Frank Bowling
Robert Colescott
Speaker Victor
Beauford DeLaney
William H.Johnson
Charles White
Hale Woodruff
September 2018 Research
2.2 billion dollars in auction sales over ten years by African American artists
1.2 percent of global auction sales which was 180 billion.
Baquiat sales account for 1.7 billion of the 2.2 billion total, roughly 77percent
Other top artists : Mark Bradford, David Hammons, Glenn Lgon, Kerry James Marshall, Julie Mehretu
DECEASED MASTER ARTIST
Charles Alston, Emma Amos, Edward Mitchell Bannister, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Romare Bearden, Selma Burke, Elizabeth Catlett, Ed Clarke, Beauford Delaney, Dora DeLarios, Thornton Dial, Aaron Douglas, David Driskell, Robert S. Duncanson, Meta Vaux Fuller, Verdi Hayes, Joshua Johnson, William H. Johnson, Lois Maliou Jones, Jacob Lawrence, Mary Edmonia Lewis, David R. MacDonald, Archibald Motley, Gordon Parks, Augusta Savage, Georgette Seabrooke, Henry Ossawa Turner, Jame Van der Zee, Charles White, Jack White, Jack Whitten
WEST HARLEM ART FUND 