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Exhibition features over 100 major artworks by important Black American, African, and African diasporic artists including Gordon Parks, Kehinde Wiley, Hassan Hajjaj, Barkley L. Hendricks, Lorna Simpson, and Amy Sherald. A promised gift of significant …
The Wedge Collection is pleased to announce the presentation of ‘As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic’, an international touring exhibition curated by Elliott Ramsey (The Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver). Dawit L. Petros, Hadenbes, 2005, …
Black Rock Senegal has announced that they are now accepting applications for the next cycle of their multidisciplinary artist-in-residency program located in Dakar, Senegal. LEFT TO RIGHT: Mbali Dhlamini, Zohra Opoku, Heather Jones, Kambui Olujimi, Ytasha Womack, …
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (the “Museums”) are honoured to host the US premiere of Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence, a monumental new body of work created against the backdrop of the COVID-19 …
The US Premiere of ‘Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence’ at the de Young Museum Read Article
A new body of works by Wiley will be unveiled at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini on the occasion of the Biennale di Venezia Sleep (Jean-Bernard Restout), 2022. Oil on canvas, 302.2 x 205.7cm. © Kehinde Wiley …
Kehinde Wiley at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy Read Article
PIASA will be holding the live auction in Paris on Wednesday, May 19 2021 For the first time in Paris in the context of a Contemporary African Art Sale, this auction will present the work …
PIASA: Africa + Modern and Contemporary Art Auction Read Article
“Thinkers, creators, artists, students, collectors and more!” On the 30th and 31st October, Art Summit Nigeria will hold a series of speeches and talks; as well as workshops and masterclasses by esteemed artists and important …
Frieze Tate Fund gifts works to Tate Collection On the opening day of this year’s Frieze London, which features over 160 international galleries, there have been a number of major acquisitions for leading museums and …
National Portrait Gallery Announces Artists Commissioned to Paint Portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery announced that it has commissioned the museum’s official portraits of former President Barack Obama and former …
Kehinde Wiley Commissioned to Paint Barack Obama’s Presidential Portrait Read Article
