Faith Ringgold

Faith Ringgold News: Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend, June  7, 2019 - The Art Newspaper, Gareth Harris and Gabriella Angeleti

Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend

June 7, 2019 - The Art Newspaper, Gareth Harris and Gabriella Angeleti

From Michael Rakowitz’s recreations of bombed artefacts at the Whitechapel Gallery, to Faith Ringgold’s story quilts at the Serpentine Gallery

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Faith Ringgold News: Iconic American Artist Faith Ringgold Lands in London With a Powerful Show at the Serpentine, June  6, 2019 - Newsweek, Paula Froelich

Iconic American Artist Faith Ringgold Lands in London With a Powerful Show at the Serpentine

June 6, 2019 - Newsweek, Paula Froelich

The iconic American artist Faith Ringgold takes London by storm in a powerful new show at the Serpentine Gallery.

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London Celebrates Artist Faith Ringgold’s Black Power

June 5, 2019 - WWD, Natalie Theodosi

Ringgold is the subject of the Serpentine Galleries' summer exhibition and to coincide with the opening, Matchesfashion.com has also dedicated a room at 5 Carlos Place to celebrate her work.

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Faith Ringgold News: FAITH RINGGOLD TAKES ON THE SERPENTINE GALLERIES AND TRUMP, May 16, 2019 - Cultured, Diana McClure

FAITH RINGGOLD TAKES ON THE SERPENTINE GALLERIES AND TRUMP

May 16, 2019 - Cultured, Diana McClure

With its potent depictions of racial violence and African American empowerment now more palatable to the mainstream, the explicit political content in Faith Ringgold’s early work is increasingly de rigueur.

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Faith Ringgold News: The Armory Show: A Mini Survey of Faith Ringgold’s Legendary Practice is on Display at ACA Galleries, March 10, 2019 - Victoria L. Valentine

The Armory Show: A Mini Survey of Faith Ringgold’s Legendary Practice is on Display at ACA Galleries

March 10, 2019 - Victoria L. Valentine

ACA GALLERIES is showing for the first time at The Armory Show and the storied dealer has dedicated its entire booth to Faith Ringgold. There are three paintings from her Black Light Series (1967-69) on display, graphic political prints from the early 1970s, figurative sculptures made in 1978, story quilts including “Change 2” (1988) and “Tar Beach #2” (1990), and paintings on fabric from 2010 called tankas that feature portraits of Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, and Martin Luther King Jr.

 

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Highlights from the Armory Show 2019

March 7, 2019 - Architectural Digest, Katherine McGrath

A selection of booths and works from this year's fair that caught AD's eye

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The Most Influential Living African American Artists

February 25, 2019 - Artsy

In 1926, the historian Carter G. Woodson instituted Negro History Week. The second-ever African American recipient of a Ph.D. from Harvard (after W.E.B. DuBois), Woodson wanted to acknowledge the vibrant cultural achievements of African American individuals that were rippling through the country. At the time, Harlem was brimming with poets such as Langston Hughes and Claude McKay, while Louis Armstrong and Fats Waller were developing Chicago’s jazz scene. In 1976, President Gerald Ford officially transformed Woodson’s initiative into the month-long celebration we honor to this day: Black History Month.

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Faith Ringgold News: Alife & Brooklyn Museum Honor Artist Faith Ringgold with Black History Month Collab, February  6, 2019 - Hypebeast, Keith Estiler

Alife & Brooklyn Museum Honor Artist Faith Ringgold with Black History Month Collab

February 6, 2019 - Hypebeast, Keith Estiler

A capsule collection spotlighting Ringgold’s iconic ‘The United States of Attica’ artwork.

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Faith Ringgold News: The Fantastic Life of Faith Ringgold, January  1, 2019 - Hyperallergic, Ken Tan

The Fantastic Life of Faith Ringgold

January 1, 2019 - Hyperallergic, Ken Tan

An impressive synthesis of influences, along with an obdurate resistance to being told what she can or cannot do, forms the bedrock of Ringgold’s art.

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Faith Ringgold News: The Civil-Rights Activist Who Pushed Museums to Feature Black Artists, September 28, 2018 - The Cut, Jenna Adrian-Diaz

The Civil-Rights Activist Who Pushed Museums to Feature Black Artists

September 28, 2018 - The Cut, Jenna Adrian-Diaz

More than 300 people gathered at the Brooklyn Museum last night to listen to 87-year-old Faith Ringgold speak about her extraordinary career and activism, which included fighting for major New York City museums to feature work by black artists in the 1960s. Two of her artworks appear in the Brooklyn Museum’s recently opened retrospective, “Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power, which features black artists who explored themes of race, identity, and activism from the years 1963 to 1983.

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