West Harlem Art
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Space Uptown 2024
AHL Foundation is pleased to announce the artists selected for Space Uptown 2024. Co-curated by Savona Bailey-McClain, Executive Director & Chief Curator, West Harlem Art Fund and Jiyoung Lee, Gallery Director, AHL Foundation. The artists for this year’s exhibition are Ara Ko, Carlos Mateu, Bishop McIndoe, Kai Oh and Kejoo Park. Supported by Manna’s…
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PALMER C. HAYDEN
Palmer Hayden, Harlem Renaissance artist and beyond Palmer Hayden’s birth was on November 9th 1890. He was an African American painter whose work became known during the Harlem Renaissance. Born Peyton Cole Hedgeman in Wide Water, Virginia, he was a prolific artist of his era. He depicted African American life, painting in both oils and…
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I AM INVESTED IN KEEPING PRESENT THE FORGOTTEN BODIES
“AND MY CURIOSITY MADE ME MORE AND MORE CURIOUS ” — Radcliffe Bailey Jack Shainman Gallery has represented Radcliffe Bailey since 2002. Solo exhibitions in the gallery have included Maroons (2014), Outer Spaceways (2011),Altered Destiny (2007), and Meet Me by the River (2002). Bailey was born in Bridgeton, New Jersey…
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AUDUBON MURAL PROJECT LED BY GALLERY GITLER& IS SPOTLIGHTED
The last presentation for benefit guests were three videos of the Audubon Mural Project. A collaboration between the Gitler& gallery and the National Audubon Society in West Harlem.
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ROLLING ESSENCE
The West Harlem Art Fund was inspired this year with poetry from former US poet laureate Rita Dove. Her poem, Under the Viaduct, 1932 focused on the sounds and movements underneath these structures. The Design Trust of NY recently published a study called Under the Elevated which shares the history of NYC’s el trains. And…
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The H in Harlem
The West Harlem Art Fund is pleased that The H in Harlem by artist Bentley Meeker will finally be installed in June. It was a tough approval process and I am very proud of the artist for sticking with it. Public art is hard in NYC. I want the public to know and not take…
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