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How the Studio Museum in Harlem Transformed the Art World Forever Essay by Salamishah Tillet; Photographs by John Edmonds; Styling by Miguel Enamorado Feb 26, 2021 JOHN EDMONDS
Betye Saar. Faith Ringgold. Mickalene Thomas. Julie Mehretu. Simone Leigh. Jordan Casteel. These are only a few of the Black women artists who have recently exhibited in the nation’s largest museums, like the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Guggenheim, and the Getty. But long before, it was the Studio Museum in Harlem that had the foresight and intuition to show their work, linking these women both to one another and to generations of Black artists, curators, and critics who have helped reshape American art history over the past 50 years.
A Mystery Artist Installed a Much-Discussed Statue of an Enslaved 19th-Century Explorer in Portland. He Tells Us Why and How He Did It
The unauthorized monument memorializes York, a member of the Lewis and Clark expedition, for being the first Black man to cross the continent to the Pacific.
York (2010/2021). Photo courtesy of the artist.
Last October, after a summer marked by a steady stream of protests in Portland, Oregon, supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, someone toppled a statue in Mount Tabor Park of Harvey Scott, a prominent 19th-century conservative and newspaper editor who opposed giving women the right to vote.
For Black History Month, CMPL focuses on art By: Alex Szwarc | C&G Newspapers | Published February 24, 2021
On Feb. 10, the Clinton-Macomb Public Library system hosted a presentation about African American art at the DIA. Pictured is Gamin, a painted plaster sculpture by Augusta Savage from about 1930.
Photo provided by Detroit Institute of Arts
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CLINTON TOWNSHIP/MACOMB TOWNSHIP Creative contributions from Black artists from the 19th century through the present day were recently on full display virtually.
Coinciding with Black History Month, “In Our Own Voice: African American Art at the DIA” was hosted by the Clinton-Macomb Public Library system Feb. 10.
Like museums on many college campuses during the past year, the University Museum of Contemporary Art (UMCA), the largest exhibition space at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has struggled with the effects of the pandemic, forced to close to the public and for the most part to the campus community.
But UMCA is now on the verge of reopening to students, faculty and staff with three new exhibits, all of which are available for viewing online through April 30.
Among them is a first for this region, says UMCA Director Loretta Yarlow: a comprehensive exhibit of works going back 35 years by Alison Saar, a renowned sculptor and printmaker who has explored the history of slavery in the U.S. and issues such as race and culture in her art.