United States Artists, an arts nonprofit based in Chicago, announced the 2019 winners of its annual fellowship today, which gives unrestricted $50,000 awards to each of 45 American artists across 10 categories, including dance, film,…
United States Artists Names 2019 Fellows, Including Firelei Báez, Wu Tsang, and Cecilia Vicuña
The Chicago-based nonprofit United States Artists has revealed its list of 2019 fellows, who will each receive an unrestricted $50,000 cash prize. The 45 fellows this year, who are all based in the U.S., were…
11 Female Artists Reinvent the Lady Dior Bag
For the third edition of “Lady Dior Art”, the house entrusted its iconic bag to eleven renowned artists. At the request of Maria Grazia Chiuri, 11 women have been invited to collaborate with the fashion…
Indomitable: African American artists in ‘On Their Own Terms’ at UA Little Rock UA Little Rock shows how African-American artists make art ‘On Their Own Terms.’
The New York Herald writer who said in an article in 1867 that African Americans could not produce art was ignorant of the work of such talents as Edward Bannister, Robert Scott Duncanson, Charles Ethan…
LADY DIOR | MICKALENE THOMAS
BY PAULETTE ELY The Lady Dior bag is not only iconic, but also the tangible trophy of this intersection of women and success in modern art and fashion. As any bag should be, Lady Dior…
Studio Museum acquires AfriCOBRA works
“AfriCOBRA (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists), an African-American artist collective, was founded in 1968, the same year as The Studio Museum in Harlem. In November 2018, the Museum acquired five works by Barbara Jones-Hogu…
AFRICOBRA: Messages to the People
November 27, 2018 – April 7, 2019 Artists: Sherman Beck Jeff Donaldson Jae Jarrell Wadsworth Jarrell Napoleon Jones-Henderson Barbara Jones-Hogu Omar Lama Carolyn Mims Lawrence Nelson Stevens Gerald Williams Artist Reception: December 6, 8-11 In…
Firelei Báez – Berlin Biennale
Kavi Gupta congratulates Firelei Báez on her participation in the 10th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art titled “We don’t need another hero”. This year’s biennale takes place from June 9 to September 9, 2018 at various locations in…
Jessica Stockholder – American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Kavi Gupta is happy to congratulate Jessica Stockholder on her inclusion in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Class of 2018. “As part of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ commitment to recognizing…