On January 10th, Phillips New York auction house (450 Park Avenue) opened AMERICAN AFRICAN AMERICAN, a selling exhibition spotlighting 64 works by Black American artists dating from the 1950s to the present. The exhibition features works by five…

India is world famous for its fine textiles, as well as for the sourcing and production of indigo, a natural dye that produces a brilliant range of blue hues. Indigo has been used in the…

The Studio Museum in Harlem announced on Instagram this week the acquisition of several important works by Barbara Jones-Hogu and Wadsworth Jarrell, two of the founding members of AFRICOBRA. The works were purchased in November…

We’re getting excited about the inaugural edition of Felix LA, which will take place from February 14 – 17, 2019 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in West Hollywood, Los Angeles. The organizers of this boutique…

In last week’s New York Times article “Pittsburgh Report: Five Places for Healing Through Art,” art critic Martha Schwendener gave a heartfelt shout out to Devan Shimoyama‘s exhibition Cry Baby at the Andy Warhol Museum. The article…

We are thrilled to congratulate Beverly Fishman on winning a 2018 Anonymous was a Woman grant! Every year, Anonymous Was A Woman awards $250,000 to women artists over the age of 40. Ten artists receive unrestricted…

Kavi Gupta hosted its annual wine event for top collectors and curators at the Gates South Beach Hotel in Miami Beach during Art Week 2018. Vintage fine wines from Kavi’s personal cellar were served to…

  AFRICOBRA: Messages to the People opened to enthusiastically delighted crowds during Miami Art Week. On opening night, all of the surviving co-founders of the influential Black Arts collective were on hand. During their artist…

Multimedia artist Mickalene Thomas has been an incredible force in the contemporary art world, using her work to challenge traditional representations of women in art.  Through photography and painting, she refashions the concept of the…