5 days agoHARLEM’S CALABAR GALLERY ANNOUNCES NEWEST ARTIST FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE RESIDENCYHarlem based Calabar Gallery has selected Afro-Latina artist Vanezza Cruz for the second iteration of its signature Art Residency Program. …Art2 min readArt2 min read
Mar 21DIASPORA STORIES: SELECTIONS FROM THE CCH POUNDER COLLECTIONBy P. Andrews-Keenan CCH Pounder’s contemporary art collection is showcased in what many might think an incongruous space, The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center. The works in Diaspora Stories: Selections From the CCH Pounder Collection are culled from the award winning actress’ New Orleans home and are not…2 min read2 min read
Mar 6Black galleries are the beating heart of our communitiesBlack galleries are the beating heart of our communities. Treasures like the eight-decade old South Side Community Art Center was a gallery when there were no galleries for Black artists. …Black Fine Art3 min readBlack Fine Art3 min read
Feb 27AFRICAN BEAUTY THROUGH AFRICAN EYESDecolonizing African art was the goal of the exhibit African Beauty Through African Eyes that closed out Black History Month at the Art Institute of Chicago. The exhibit included more than 250 sculptures from dozens of distinct cultures across the African continent. When Westerners began collecting, studying African art in…African Art1 min readAfrican Art1 min read
Feb 201–54 CONTEMPORARY ART SHOW AS VIBRANT AND COLORFUL AS THE ANCIENT CITY OF MARRAKECHP. Andrews-Keenan What better way to celebrate Black History Month than to visit The Continent and surround yourself with Black art. Pigment International’s trip to Marrakech for the 1–54 Contemporary African Art Fair was without compare. Marrakech is a balm for the soul, especially for ones weighed down by a…Black Art4 min readBlack Art4 min read
Jan 30WHICH BLACK ART PILL WILL YOU TAKE?What constitutes Black art? Collector and art historian Michael K Butler, MD, MHA, CPE, of Griot Galleryin Miami emphatically states, “Black artists do Black art period.” Black artists, like all artists, do the work that moves them and us; the work that pays their bills; the work that shocks; the…Black Fine Art2 min readBlack Fine Art2 min read
Jan 23HANK WILLIS THOMAS TRAFFICS IN MONUMENTAL IDEAS, AND WE SHOULD APPLAUD THATBy P. Andrews-Keenan Pigment wanted to delve deeper into the bruhaha that has arisen around “The Embrace” the monumental work by Hank Willis Thomas that was unveiled last week in Boston. A good place to start is with the fact that Thomas is a conceptual artist. …The Embrace2 min readThe Embrace2 min read
Jan 16MLK in Art — Then and NowHappy Dr. Martin Luther King Day. This week’s newsletter celebrates MLK in art, showcasing the first busts done of him two years after his death, one now sits in the White House, to the groundbreaking new sculpture by @HankWillisThomas unveiled on Friday, that celebrates the beginning of the relationship between…Mlk Day1 min readMlk Day1 min read
Jan 10THE ART & CULTURE MOVEMENTS PULLING US TO THE MOTHERLANDTHE ART & CULTURE MOVEMENTS PULLING US TO THE MOTHERLAND Two cultural events played out on the continent over the holidays. Both called attention to the growing global influence of Africans across creative disciplines e.g., art, music, fashion architecture. The launch of Amoako Boafo’s Ghana Residency and Chicagoans Vic Mensa…2 min read2 min read
Jan 2PIGMENT INTERNATIONAL’S 2022 TOP EXHIBITIONS; WHAT’S COMING IN 2023They are all so fabulous that we had to put them in alphabetical order. The awards, the acclaim, the fabulosity of it all. It was so fabulous we dubbed it Black Fine Art: The Gilded Age. …3 min read3 min read
