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1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair
Founded by Touria El Glaoui in 2013, 1-54 is the leading international art fair dedicated to contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora with annual editions in London, New York and Marrakech. Drawing reference to the fifty-four countries that constitute the African continent, 1-54 is a sustainable and dynamic platform that is engaged in contemporary…
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, 50 Golborne, AFRONOVA GALLERY, Aicon Gallery, Aruna D’Souza, Burning in Water, Catinca Tabacaru, contemporary art from Africa, contemporary art from the African diaspora, Derrick Adams, Elaine Mokhtefi, Elmarsa, Emmanuel Iduma, Galerie Cecile Fakhoury, Gallery 1957, Hatim Belyamani, HUBERTY & BREYNE GALLERY, Jack Bell Gallery, James Cohan, Jay Pather, Joiri Minaya, Katharina Maria Raab, Lawrence Lemaoana, Leilah Babirye, MAGNIN-A, NIC Kay, Nkiru Nzegwu, Nontsikelelo Mutiti, Officine dell” Immagine, Phoebe Boswell, Remi Onabanjo, Retro Africa, Sapar Contemporary, Serubiri Moses, Sophia Azeb, Sulger-Buel Lovell, Tafeta, Touria El Glaoui, Tyburn Gallery, Vigo Gallery, West Harlem Art Fund, Yossi Milo Gallery, Zina Saro-Wiwa
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MICHELLE OBAMA’S NOD TO GEES BEND QUILTS
The colorful pattern speaks to the uniquely Obama-esque blend of patriotism and activism, tradition and modernity. Quilting is the essence of Americana; specifically, the pattern evokes the strikingly modernist quilts created by the isolated African-American community of Gee’s Bend, Alabama, beginning in the late nineteenth century. Created from recycled scraps of fabric, often in…
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OMO VALLEY
Wearing make-up to feel more confident and attractive is common practice for Western women. And although they live in a world far removed from urban life, it’s the same for women of the Karo tribe in Ethiopia. Using white chalk and…
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BLACK PANTHER PREMIERES
FILM SYNOPSIS After the death of his father, T’Challa returns home to the African nation of Wakanda to take his rightful place as king. When a powerful enemy suddenly reappears, T’Challa’s mettle as king — and as Black Panther — gets tested when he’s drawn into a conflict that puts the fate of Wakanda and…
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THORNTON DIAL IS NOW ON VIEW
David Lewis is pleased to announce a survey of major works by Thornton Dial. The gallery is located at 88 Eldridge Street, Fifth Floor, New York, NY 10002. In 1993, Dial made his New York museum solo debut with Thornton Dial: Image of the Tiger, at the New Museum (in association with the American Folk Art…
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20TH ANNIVERSARY
We wish to thank the artists that we have presented to serve the people of New York City with diverse art work. …
12th Avenue, Adrienne Reynolds, Allen Hansen, Ana Rokafella, Angel Chevrett, Anne Lau, Arches of Harlem, Ariel Jackson, Art Kartel, assemblage art, Badder Israel, Barbara Korman, Barry Charles Johnson, Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum, Bentley Meeker, BG 183, Brian Convery, Bridging Stone Figures, Brim Fuentes, Brimming on the Edge, Bronx, Carlton Murrell, Charlie Reynoso, Chelsea, Chris Harris, City College of the City University of New York, Clymenza Hawkins, Colin Chase, Columbia University, Cotton Club, Counting Sheep, Dan Ericson, Daniel Del Valle, Debra Swack, Dianne Dwyer, Dianne Smith, Doug Quackenbush, DUMBO, East Harlem, Edward Lee, Ellen Maynard, Gail Shaw Clemons, George Crespo, Golden Lasso, Governors Island, Grant’s Tomb, Gumboot Juba, Hamilton Grange, Harlem, Hosea Johnson Percy Cardona, Iliana Emilia Garcia, Ina Archer, Jackson Heights Queens, Jamal Shabazz, James Best , Jill Lipotti, Jose Columna, Joseph Whippler, Joshua Reynolds, Karen Leon Aponte, Karlos Carcamo, Kenjiro Kitade, Kenly Dillard, Kenneth LeRitchie, Kiki Smith, Kyu Seok Oh, Lady Bird Johnson, LADY K-FEVER, Laura James, Leo Tecosky, Loosely Coupled, Luanda Lozada, Luis Pagan, Luminata, Madeline Schwartzman, Mark Kang-O’Higgins, Marthalicia Matarrita, Ms. Boom Box, Natalie Wood, NoLita, Nora Mae Carmichael, NY Restoration Project, Patrick Singh, Peace Park, Pedro Ramirez, pop-up digis, Pratt Department of Digital Arts, Rafia Santana, REE, Repurpose Lighting Intervention, Reuben King, Robert Diken, Rudy Guiterrez, Sacred Body of the Omo Valley People, Sai Morikawa, Savona Bailey-McClain, Scherezade Garcia, Shani Peters, Shiro, SIENIDE, Sleeping Beauty, Soho, Soraya Marcano, St. Nicholas Park, Stephen Beveridge, Story Piles, Take Me to the River, The Arches of Harlem, The H in Harlem, The Tunnel, Times Square, Tomo Mori, Tyson Hall, Under the Viaduct, Unity Ribbon, Vicki DaSilva, Vladimir Ginzburg, Washington Heights, West Harlem, West Harlem Art Fund, West Harlem Piers, Yasmin Hernandez, Yves Marie Vilain
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DERRICK ADAMS NEW WORKS
Tilton Gallery presents Derrick Adams’ newest body of work, Figures in the Urban Landscape through January 6th, 2018. It will be his fourth solo show with the gallery. A reception for the artist will be held Wednesday, November 8th from 6 to 8pm. Derrick Adams is a New York–based, multidisciplinary artist, working in…
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JACOB LAWRENCE TURNS 100
My belief is that it is most important for an artist to develop an approach and philosophy about life – if he has developed this philosophy, he does not put paint on canvas, he puts himself on canvas. Jacob Lawrence In honor of the centennial of…
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NINA CHANEL ABNEY’S NEW WORKS AT JACK SHAINMAN
Jack Shainman Gallery is presenting Nina Chanel Abney’s first solo exhibition at the gallery. Combining representation and abstraction, her work captures the frenetic pace of contemporary culture, broaching subjects as diverse as race, celebrity, religion, politics, sex, and art history. The series of new paintings presented here explores the tumultuous relationships between exterior and interior,…
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WOMEN UNITE
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery presented this summer The Time Is Now, a group exhibition featuring thirty-two artists whose work the gallery has consistently championed for three decades through thematic group exhibitions as well as multiple solo shows. The exhibition, which takes its title from a protest sign captured by Bettmann on Fifth Avenue…
Agnes Pelton, Alice Neel, Alice Trumball Mason, Alma Thomas, Ann Ryan, Barabara Chase-Riboud, Betye Saar, Charmion von Wiegand, Chelsea, Claire Falkenstein, Claire Zeisler, Dorothea Tanning, Elaine de Kooning, Florence Miller Pierce, Gertrude Greene, Grace Hartigan, Hannelore Baron, Irene Rice Pereira, Jay DeFeo, Joan Mitchell, Kay Sage, Lee Bontecou, Lee Krasner, Lee Lozano, Lenore Tawney, Louise Nevelson, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Mary Bauermeister, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, Nancy Grossman, NYC, Ruth Asawa, Yayoi Kusama
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SURREALISMO OJOS DE MEXICO
Throckmorton Fine Artis pleased to announce the exhibit, Surrealismo Ojos de Mexico (Surrealism in Mexican Photography) featuring forty photographs by celebrated artists—foreign and national—which, according to gallery founder Spencer Throckmorton, “Demonstrate the enduring influence of Surrealism on photography in Mexico. …
Antonio Renoso, black and white photography, Flor Garduno, Graciela Iturbide, Hector Garcia, Kraige Block, Latin American photography, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Mexican surrealism, Nacho Lopez, photography, Rosa Covarrubias, Savona Bailey-McClain curator, Spencer Throckmorton, Surrealismo Ojos de Mexico, Throckmorton Fine Arts, West Harlem Art Fund
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SANFORD BIGGERS DEBUT AT MARIANNE BOESKY
Marianne Boesky Gallery is pleased to present Selah, Sanford Biggers’ first solo exhibition with the gallery. Through symbolic gestures and imagery Biggers creates an experience that highlights often overlooked cultural and political narratives in American History. The artist’s expansive body of…
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ABIGAIL DEVILLE TRAILBLAZING ABSTRACT ART
“IF TRAILBLAZING WAS EASY, THE ROAD WOULD BE PAVED” Abigail DeVille was born in 1981 in New York, where she lives and works. Maintaining a long-standing interest in marginalized people and places, DeVille creates site-specific immersive installations designed to bring attention to these forgotten stories, such as with the sculpture she built on the site…
Abigail Deville, abstract art, African American abstract artist, Alma Thomas, American abstract artist, Barbar Chase Riboud, Betty Blayton, Brenna Youngblood, Candida Alvarez, Chakaia Booker, Howardina Pindell, Jennie C. Jones, Kansas, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kianja Strobert, Lilian Thomas Burwell, Maren Hassinger, Mary Lovelace O’Neal, Mavis Pusey, Mildred Thompson, Nanette Carter, Savona Bailey-McClain curator, Shinique Smith, West Harlem Art Fund
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DERRICK ADAMS EXHIBITION ON PATRICK KELLY
Derrick Adams is a multidisciplinary New York-based artist working in performance, video, sound and 2D and 3D realms. His practice focuses on the fragmentation and manipulation of structure and surface, exploring self image and forward projection. A recipient of a 2009 Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, and 2014 S.J. Weiler Award, Adams received his MFA from…
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NIGERIAN ARTIST TOYIN OJIH ODUTOLA
Born in Nigeria, Toyin Ojih Odutola is a contemporary artist who focuses on the sociopolitical construct of skin color through her multimedia drawings. Her work explores her personal journey of having been born in Nigeria then moving and assimilating into American culture in conservative Alabama. “I’m doing black on black on black, trying to make it…
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ELLA FITZGERALD — CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
Ella Fitzgerald, known as the “First Lady of Song” and “Lady Ella”, was an American jazz and song vocalist who interpreted much of the Great American Songbook. Synopsis Following a troubled childhood, Ella Fitzgerald turned to singing and debuted at the Apollo Theater in 1934. Discovered in an amateur contest, she went on to became…
A-Tasket, A-Tisket, American jazz, Apollo Theater, Bing Crosby, Centennial Celebration, Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, Ella, Ella Fitzgerald, First Lady of Song, Harlem, Irving Berlin, jazz, Lady Ella, Mel Torme, NAACP Image Award, Pearl Bailey, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Queen of Jazz, scat singing
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BLACK POWER MOVEMENT AT SCHOMBURG CENTER
Black Power! serves as another touchstone in the Schomburg’s “Black Power 50” focus, a yearlong examination into the 50th anniversary of the Black Power movement. Stokely Carmichael and fellow Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) worker Willie Ricks introduced Black Power as a concept in June 1966. Black Power! is located in the newly-renovated Main Exhibition…
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HARLEM RENAISSANCE QUOTES
As we remember Black History, we have quotes from Harlem Renaissance artists to reflect upon & we should take heed because of recent political developments.
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FUNKTIONAL VIBRATIONS AT THE HUDSON YARDS STATION
The West Harlem Art Fund has presented Xenobia Bailey in an exhibition before. We are so happy for her and her stunning Glass Mosaic at the new Hudson Yards Station. Xenobia is an amazing fiber artist! Bailey’s artwork consists of majestic mosaics suspended above the main entrance of the new 34 St – Hudson Yards…
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alt – break in Miami
Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future. Elie Wiesel By Savona Bailey-McClain, Executive Director & Chief Curator, West Harlem…
