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Jetta Norris Jones grew up in a time when famous Black women role models were few.
By the end of her life, she had become that role model for others, fulfilling her parents’ wishes that she break barriers.
And so she did, becoming the only Black woman in her class at Yale Law School and the first Black woman trustee of the Art Institute of Chicago.
“Her priority always remained advancing the well-being of the African American community,” said Denise Gardner, chair-elect of the Art Institute Board of Trustees. “She really turned out to be quite a role model for me . and I used to marvel at the way she was able to effect change. She was quite good at it.”
Black Museums are a great place to connect with your history, discover different cultures, and fall in love with works of art.
In addition to featuring pieces created by famed artists and curators like Lorna Simpson, Ashley James, and Bisa Butler, museums also give a platform to emerging artists.
Black Museums also provide access to rare archival materials that establish a cultural legacy specific to unique regions, movements, and time periods. Loading the player.
Whether you’re looking to learn about obscured legacies or simply kill a Saturday afternoon they’re a great place to visit.
See 18 Black Museums you can hit across the country today below.
Records for Joseph Delaney, Howardena Pindell, Winfred Rembert, Betye Saar & more at Swann
Howardena Pindell, Oval Memory Series: (Rhinoceros) Heaven, tempera, gouache, postcards, punched paper, nails, fluorescent paint, glitter and thread on board, 198081. Sold for $100,000, a record for the artist.
NEW YORK, NY
.-Swann Galleries spring offering of African American Art on Thursday, April 22 was the second highest grossing sale in the thirteen-year history of the department, with its highest number of participants to date. I am thrilled to see the continued growth in our African American art auctions with a tremendous sale. 398 registered bidders (not counting those on other platforms) competed for 8 hours to bid on 220 lots. We set 13 artist records and saw high prices all around for many artists, noted department director, Nigel Freeman.
The First Art Newspaper on the Net
The collectors Peter and Jill Kraus in their apartment with Pope.L s Sunny Day White Power. Speculative buyers are flocking to crypto art while blue-chip collectors are holding back, fearing legal gray areas and copyright issues. Via Peter Krauss via The New York Times.
by Zachary Small
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- A handful of auctions this month testing the appetite for a type of investment known as NFTs seemed likely to prolong the nascent fad for ownership of works that exist only in the digital world. Missing from those transactions, however, were the blue-chip collectors who typically drive the art markets sales. Industry experts have observed a growing wedge between a new generation of digital speculators and an older school of art collectors who say their concerns about the quality, ownership and authenticity of NFTs have gone unresolved, even as their fears of legal challenges grow. More than a dozen collectors interviewed for this