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Kandy G. Lopez Embroiders Striking, Life-Size Yarn Portraits Highlighting BIPOC Narratives
Kate Mothes, Colossal May 8, 2025 On large swaths of colorful mesh, Kandy G. Lopez embroiders large-scale portraits of people from historically marginalized communities. “Her works... Read more -
Grace Hartigan, Defier of Norms and Painter of Poets, Finally Gets Her Due
Brian Greene, Loophole May 3, 2025 Creative expression is often a solitary venture. Some visual artists, authors, songwriters, etc. do their best work when they can isolate themselves from outside influences and fully engage with their inner drives. But it doesn't have to be that way. Grace Hartigan (1922-2008) was an accomplished painter who not only didn't need to be alone to function as an artist; she led a fertile social existence that had everything to do with her creative efforts. Read more -
ACA Galleries is Proud to Announce The Representation of Chinemerem ‘Eme’ Omeh
Apr 23, 2025 Born in 1994 in Nsukka, Nigeria, Omeh joins the gallery with a deeply personal practice rooted in storytelling, memory, and transformation. We’re honored to welcome him into the ACA family. Read more -
On View: 'Robert Carter and Charles White in Dialogue' Presents Moving Figurative Compositions at ACA Galleries in New York
Victoria L. Valentine, Culture Type Apr 23, 2025 On View presents images from noteworthy exhibitions Bringing together the works of two artists engaged with figure composition, 'Robert Carter... Read more -
The Must-See Black Art Exhibitions To Catch This Spring
Okla Jones, Essence Mar 27, 2025 Spring is often a season of rebirth—but in museums across the globe, it’s also becoming a season of reckoning, remembrance,... Read more -
Faith Ringgold’s Message of Hope
Hilton Als, The New Yorker Feb 14, 2025 In 1971, the painter, quilter, and children’s-book author Faith Ringgold went to prison. She was not incarcerated; she went as... Read more -
On View: Posthumous Survey of Luminous Landscapes by Richard Mayhew
Victoria Valentine, Culture Type Feb 11, 2025 The Luminous Landscapes of Richard Mayhew (1924-2024) evoke a sense of spiritual transcendence. Mayhew pictured abstracted and imagined places that... Read more -
‘Paint Me a Road Out of Here’: Faith Ringgold’s Gift to Prisoners
Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times Feb 7, 2025 In 1971, the artist Faith Ringgold received a grant to make a painting for a public institution in New York... Read more
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A Tribute to Three Masters
Robert Carter, Charles White and Richard Mayhew Apr 3, 2025 Please join us Thursday, April 3 from 5 – 8pm. Robert Carter, Karli Wurzelbacher and Mikaela Sardo Lamarche in conversation.... Read more -
We are deeply saddened by the passing of renowned sculptor Anita Huffington
Mar 15, 2025 We are deeply saddened by the passing of renowned sculptor Anita Huffington on March 15, 2025. A beloved member of... Read more -
An artist’s outrage at the injustices of World War II-era America
Mark Jenkins, Washington Post Dec 5, 2024 The works in “William Gropper: Artist of the People,” a sharply political survey of the left-wing painter and illustrator, come... Read more
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Self-Taught Artists, Abstract Mosaics, and Fiber Works Enthrall at ADAA
Sarah Cascone & William Van Meter, Artnet Oct 31, 2024 Lest you thought London and Paris had the final word on the fall art season, the Art Dealers Association of... Read more -
Richard Mayhew, Painter of Abstract Landscapes, Dies at 100
Alex Williams, New York Times Oct 5, 2024 Richard Mayhew, a painter of Black and Native American heritage who was known for his explosively colorful abstract landscapes —... Read more -
Richard Mayhew, Abstract Artist Who Painted Hazy Visions of the World Around Us, Dies at 100
Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews Sep 27, 2024 Richard Mayhew , who was known for his hazy abstract paintings that at times resembled landscapes, died on Thursday at... Read more
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With great sadness we announce the passing of Richard Mayhew who captured the spiritual essence of landscapes
Sep 27, 2024 'Richard Mayhew’s legacy lies not only in his mastery of color and landscape but in his ability to transcend the... Read more -
The 10 Best Booths at The Armory Show 2024
Maxwell Rabb, Artsy Sep 6, 2024 After a long, hot summer, New York is back in full swing. As the U.S. Open reaches its knockout stages... Read more -
Discover Masterpieces Born in Times of War and Violence at Frieze Seoul 2024
Jul 29, 2024 Frieze Masters returns to Frieze Seoul 2024 with a unique perspective on thousands of years of art history. Steered by... Read more
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ADAA Chelsea Gallery Walk
Jul 17, 2024 Please join us to celebrate our current exhibition, Summer in the City , and meet the artists: Saul Chase Richard... Read more -
A Glimpse Over Hell’s Kitchen Rooftops: Edmund Yaghjian’s Art Captures 1930s New York
By Dashiell Allen, W42ST Jul 10, 2024 An artist’s view over the rooftops of Hell’s Kitchen provides an intriguing peek into New York City in the 1930s.... Read more -
Faith Ringgold’s Historic Works Set the Scene at Dior Haute Couture
William Van Meter, Artnet News Jun 26, 2024 Yesterday at Dior’s show in Paris, two women textile artists and activists communed on the runway. The luxury maison’s outspoken... Read more
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New exhibition celebrates Harlem mothers through art
by Roger Clark, Spectrum News NY1 Jun 21, 2024 Watch the Video Here A new exhibition at the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art and Storytelling called “Conduit” features... Read more -
This Florida Artist Captures Humanity Through Her Fiber Portraits
By Jennifer Pfaff Smith, Luxe Interiors + Design May 28, 2024 Kandy G Lopez is a multimedia Fort Lauderdale artist more currently known for her compelling fiber portraits. Growing up, Kandy... Read more -
How Tony Notarberardino’s ‘Chelsea Hotel Portraits’ Captured the End of an Era
By Tiffany Del Valle, The Observer Apr 19, 2024 At ACA Galleries, the photographer documents twenty-five years at the iconic hotel in portraits of the bohemian landmark's tenants and... Read more
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Review: ‘Chelsea Hotel Portraits’ expertly reveals humanity in the Chelsea Hotel
Sofi Cisneros, April 16, 2024 - Washington Square News Apr 17, 2024 Australian photographer Tony Notarberardino’s work will be on display until April 27 at the American Contemporary Art Gallery. The Chelsea... Read more -
Faith Ringgold Dies at 93; Wove Black Life Into Quilts and Children’s Books
By Margalit Fox from the New York Times Apr 13, 2024 A champion of Black artists, she explored themes of race, gender, class, family and community through a vast array of... Read more -
Tony Notarberardino’s Chelsea Hotel Portraits preserve a slice of bygone New York life
Hannah Silver, April 5, 2024 - Wallpaper Apr 5, 2024 In the 1990s, New York's the Chelsea Hotel was a hub of bonhomie and bohemianism. An eclectic crowd gathered there,... Read more
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The Passing of Jeffrey Bruce Bergen
January 14th, 1953 - March 13th, 2024 Mar 13, 2024 Jeffrey Bruce Bergen , a tireless champion of American Art , passed away on March 13 , 2024 at age... Read more -
Tony Notarberardino and Susanne Bartsch on the Glamorous Lore of the Chelsea Hotel
Susanne Bartsch & Tony Notarberardino, March 13, 2024 - Interview Magazine Mar 13, 2024 Read Original Article Here When the photographer Tony Notarberardino moved from Melbourne to New York City in 1994, he took... Read more -
Tony Notarberardino's Chelsea Hotel Portraits
Kousha Navidar, March 12, 2024 - All Of It, WNYC Mar 13, 2024 Listen to the Interview Here The Chelsea Hotel on West 23rd street has long been an iconic setting in New... Read more
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Chelsea Hotel Portraits Captures the “End of the Party” in Big Black & White Photos
Deborah Fenker, March 12, 2024 - The Spirit Mar 12, 2024 Read Original Article Here Tony Notarberardino, working only in black and white photos, captures what he calls “the end of... Read more -
To Tony Notarberardino, Anyone can Be a Chelsea Girl
Jesse Dorris, March 11, 2024 - SURFACE Mar 12, 2024 Read Original Article Here In a debut presentation, photographer Tony Notarberardino shows off the fruits of some 25 years spent... Read more -
Caught on Film: The Chelsea Hotel's Underground Counterculture Archives
Isabella Roy, March 8, 2024 - VMagazine Mar 12, 2024 Read Original Article Here Three decades of the eccentric characters captured by Tony Notarberardino at the famed Manhattan hotspot are... Read more
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Tony Notarberardino's Decade-Spanning Portrait of the Chelsea Hotel
Osman Can Yerebakam, March 8, 2024 - AnOther Magazine Mar 12, 2024 Read Original Article Here There is a red and yellow door with chipped paint on the sixth floor at the... Read more -
Tony Notarberardino's Portraits from the Chelsea Hotel
Chadd Scott, March 8, 2024 - FORBES Mar 12, 2024 Read Original Article Here Mark Twain stayed there. So did Janis Joplin and Mick Jagger. Jack Kerouac lived there. So... Read more -
A Show of Portraits by the Chelsea Hotel’s Resident Photographer
By Camille Sojit Pejcha - The New York Times Mar 6, 2024 When the photographer Tony Notarberardino was handed the keys to his room at New York’s Chelsea Hotel in 1994, he... Read more
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The Queue: Kandy G Lopez
Spring 2024 issue of American Craft magazine Feb 19, 2024 Kandy G Lopez’s powerful and stylish fiber portraits reflect a painter’s eye for detail. In fiber, stained glass, and oil... Read more -
A small but powerful exhibit showcases Faith Ringgold's work in Worcester
By Arielle Gray at WBUR Jan 5, 2024 Faith Ringgold has always said what she pleases. Born in 1930 in Harlem, the 93-year-old artist has spent decades creating... Read more -
The Nine Top Exhibitions of 2023—and One Absolute Turkey
by Ben Luke - The Art Newspaper Dec 5, 2023 In terms of exhibitions, I doubt that there will be many better years in my lifetime than 2023. Among my... Read more
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Faith Ringgold Is Black Art: A Review of “American People” at MCA
BY JEN TORWUDZO-STROH Dec 1, 2023 Every generation has a precious few artists whose works come to embody the very heart and soul of the time. Faith Ringgold is one of those artists. Best known for her hand-painted quilts, the ninety-three-year-old artist, writer, educator and activist has charted a sixty-year career dedicated to making political artworks that are urgent, demanding and honest. The exhibition “Faith Ringgold: American People” at the Museum of Contemporary Art is an expansive review of Ringgold’s poignant artworks contextualized by the political climate of the time and her own political beliefs. Six decades of paintings, sculptures, quilts, children’s books, interviews and archival material are woven together to tell not only the story of an artist and an activist but also the story of Blackness, marginalization and activism in America. Read more -
Artists of Color Ask: When is Visibility a Trap?
Aruna D'Souza - The New York Times Oct 27, 2023 In 'Going Dark' at the Guggenheim, 28 artists explore urgent questions around what it means to be seen, and to... Read more -
These People Used to Live Here?
Naomi Fry - The New Yorker Oct 24, 2023 Tony Notarberardino, a photographer from Melbourne, first arrived at the Chelsea Hotel in 1994. He was in his mid-thirties, and... Read more
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At Museums and Galleries, a Spirit of Togetherness
Across the nation, art exhibitions offer a look at the impact artists have on one another, their subjects and their communities. Oct 18, 2023 The spirit of creative collaboration is on display in gallery and museum shows this fall and winter. Across the United... Read more -
What to see at this year’s Frieze art fairs, from Leila Babiyre’s queer-themed sculpture to an actual dinosaur
Ben Luke - The Standard Oct 12, 2023 It’s the 20th anniversary of the art fair which helped make London one of the capitals of the contemporary art... Read more -
What not to miss during Frieze 2023
BY EMILY STEER published on Bazzar Oct 11, 2023 London’s exceptional art scene comes alive in October. This week, an autumnal Regent’s Park plays host to the art fairs... Read more
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‘Famous then forgotten’: can Frieze rescue the legions of lost female painters?
by Amy Fleming Oct 10, 2023 Down a leafy mews in Montparnasse where the windows and doorways are heavilyfringed with vines, you can still find a... Read more -
10 Art Shows to See in Chicago This Fall
by Zoë Lescaze, Hyperallergic Oct 2, 2023 'Faith Ringgold: American People Originally organized by the New Museum in New York City, this commanding survey of Faith Ringgold’s... Read more -
Richard Mayhew exhibit opens at Sonoma Valley Museum of Art
A talk with the 99-year-old artist is planned for Sunday and open to the public. Sep 23, 2023 written by editor at the Press Democrat. Richard Mayhew came to the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art on Saturday for... Read more
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Kandy G Lopez’s Debut Show Inaugurates ACA Galleries’ New Space in Chelsea
New fiber works by the multi-media Afro-Caribbean American artist explore identity through marginalized individuals who represent her community. Sep 21, 2023 Continuing its storied legacy in American art, ACA Galleries embarks on a new chapter with the opening of its second... Read more -
The 100 Greatest New York City Artworks, Ranked
By Alex Greenberger, Artnews Aug 29, 2023 If the experiences of Ringgold and many other Black women are frequently denied by the mainstream, Ringgold upholds them here, echoing what it’s truly like to live in Harlem, a neighborhood whose predominantly Black citizenry long went unrepresented within the walls of art spaces. (The quilt format itself is a reference to a long Black tradition of art-making, which her grandmother practiced.) Crucially, other, related quilts by Ringgold feature New York cityscapes populated only by Black men, women, and children; they are at the center of Ringgold’s world, rather than existing at its margins. Read more -
ACA Galleries Announces Expansion to Second Gallery Space in Chelsea
ACA Press Release Jul 19, 2023 ACA Galleries is pleased to announce the opening of its second gallery space located at 173 Tenth Avenue (20th St) in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. Read more
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What to See in NYC Galleries in July
The New York Times Jul 5, 2023 As a progenitor of the style writing movement, the artist Phase 2 developed a visual language that collided typographical deconstruction with the volatility of street life, advancing subway art’s urgent scrawl into a dense cosmology of form. This five-decade survey of his work includes 25 examples across paper, canvas, and aluminum engravings and still only glances at the magnitude of his contributions to hip-hop culture. Read more -
Richard Mayhew: Inner Terrain
Sonoma Valley Museum of Art May 4, 2023 A rare and timely exhibition of the artwork of Richard Mayhew (b. 1924), featuring two dozen paintings that speak to American arts, culture, and history. Mayhew’s African American, Shinnecock, and Cherokee-Lumbee ancestries inform his dreamlike landscapes, which are saturated in vibrant colors, including shades of red and burnt earth pigments that suggest, as the artist has said, “blood in the soil.” Read more -
Ringgold, Unterberg, Vendler to be Honored by Arts Academy
AP News Mar 18, 2023 NEW YORK (AP) — Author-visual artist Faith Ringgold, poetry critic Helen Hennessy Vendler and photographer Susan Unterberg will be honored this spring at the American Academy of Arts and Letters′ annual awards and induction ceremony. Read more
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Faith Ringgold
Faith Ringgold Was Wilson’s Artist In Residence In 1976 Feb 21, 2023 Through paintings, traditional masks, and quilts, artist Faith Ringgold explored the Civil Rights Movement and the fight for women’s rights through her art and incorporated the rich history of African culture into her work. Read more -
John Baeder
Looking Back (1972 – 2018) at ACA Galleries Jan 4, 2023 ACA Galleries and MB Abram are currently showing John Baeder’s first exhibition at the gallery through February 18th, 2023. The event began on November 4th, 2022. Comprising five decades of work from 1972 – 2018 the show includes the last remaining paintings from the artist’s personal collection alongside his final series of Matchbook Cover paintings as well as his luminous still life photographs. Read more -
Looking Back
American Art Collector Jan 3, 2023 New York’s ACA Galleries hosts a retrospective of photorealist painter John Baeder Unlike other masters of photorealism for whom technique and surface are often paramount, John Baeder revels in his subjects—diners, mostly, and in his photographic still lifes, objects with deep personal meaning. M.B. Abram, who represents Baeder and is collaborating with ACA Galleries in an ongoing retrospective of the artist’s work, writes, “Many of Baeder’s photorealist peers were preoccupied with shiny surfaces, reflections in store windows, forced perspective, and showy composition. Of the hyperrealists of the early ‘70’s, only Baeder embraced imagery that could be appreciated by everyday people and simultaneously, could be interpreted in terms of human values and archetypal relationships.” Read more
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The Defining Exhibitions of 2022
the Editors of Artnews Dec 21, 2022 This year, after a series of delays, many of the most anticipated exhibitions of the past few years, coincided, resulting in a bounty of art to see. Prime among them were recurring shows, like the Venice Biennale in Italy and Documenta 15 in Kassel, Germany, which lured hundreds of thousands of visitors with the promise of cutting-edge art. But, alongside those art festivals, which tended to hog the spotlight, a number of surveys and retrospectives continued to push at the limits of the canon and introduce new figures, all the while complicating the study of artists who are well-known. Many of these shows are still traveling and will continue to reshape art history as they venture to new venues. Below, a look at the 25 exhibitions that defined 2022. Read more -
In Memory of Jack Stuppin
Dec 13, 2022 We remember nationally renowned artist, Jack Stuppin, who has died aged 89. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and loved ones. Jack Stuppin’s work has been reviewed and written about by such distinguished critics and scholars as Donald Kuspit, Mark Van Proyen, Susan Landauer and others. His paintings have been exhibited regularly in group and solo shows since 1985 in venues on the East and West Coasts, including the San Jose Museum of Art, the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, Columbia University in New York, and the de Young Museum/Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Jack Stuppin’s paintings are represented in several major public collections including the Butler Institute of Art, the de Young Museum/Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the U.S. Department of State Art in Embassies Program, the Oakland Museum, the Luther Burbank Center, the Crocker Art Museum, the Yale University Art Gallery and others. Read more -
John Baeder's American Idols
Steven Heller Nov 7, 2022 "John Baeder: Looking Back" is the artist's first exhibition at ACA Galleries in New York, and the first all-encompassing intro- and retrospective in a while. Comprising five decades of work from 1972-2018, the show includes some of the most famous diner paintings from the artist's personal collection, his final series of Matchbook Cover paintings and his luminous still-life photographs. Read more
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ARTS/ARTIFACTS; A Fading Language Of the Roadway,
The New York Times, Rita Reiff Oct 29, 2022 IN 1962, WHEN HE WAS AN art director at an advertising agency in Atlanta, John Baeder began photographing quirky signs he saw scribbled on walls, doors, roofs or Dumpsters around the city. Read more -
Annie Leibovitz & Thelma Golden on Eight of the Most Influential Female Artists of Our Time
Annie Leibovitz & Thelma Golden Oct 14, 2022 Working across many visual vocabularies, the eight artists featured here collectively represent the phenomenal trajectory of the last half century. They have received widespread recognition for practices that have magnificently engaged media, pioneered new forms, and expressed radical subjectivities around history, gender, race, and identity - while expanding representations of women in the world of art and beyond. Read more -
A homecoming for Abstract Expressionist Grace Hartigan at The Armory Show
The Art Newspaper, Karen Chernick Sep 7, 2022 A solo stand of the second-generation AbEx artist’s work gives a fuller picture of her evolution over more than 50 years Now this second-generation Abstract Expressionist is being singled out in the city where it all started for her, with a solo presentation at The Armory Show with ACA Galleries (which represented Hartigan during her lifetime, and then her estate after her death in 2008). It will include nine paintings and illustrates every decade of her career from the 1950s to the 2000s. Read more
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The passing of Simon Perchik (December 24, 1923 -June 14, 2022)
Jun 16, 2022 With sadness we announce the passing of Simon Perchik Simon Perchik, 98, of East Hampton, NY died on June 14 at the VA Hospital in New York City. Simon was a great man. loving father, grandfather, husband, WW2 pilot, environmental lawyer, social activist and poet. A man of principles, Simon was a trailblazer. In his military career he reached the rank of First Lieutenant, flying 35 overseas missions. As an unrelenting environmentalist he served as Assistant DA for Suffolk County as its first Environmental Prosecutor from 1975-1980. In 1980 he retired to write full time as a prolific poet publishing more than 30 books. His archives are in the Beinecke library at Yale University. Read more -
Faith Ringgold Makes Time 100, Influential Artist Has "Painted, Sculpted, Written, Sewed, and Incited Change All Her Life", May 23, 2022 - Victoria L. Valentine Faith Ringgold Makes Time 100, Influential Artist Has "Painted, Sculpted, Written, Sewed, and
Victoria L. Valentine May 23, 2022 THE TIME 100 LIST of the most influential people of 2022 was announced today and Faith Ringgold, 91, was among the many impressive figures honored. The newsmagazine enlisted Thelma Golden, director and chief curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem to pay tribute to Ringgold. Read more -
Faith Ringgold’s “Jazz Stories: Somebody Stole My Broken Heart”
The New Yorker, Françoise Mouly Mar 21, 2022 In the artist Faith Ringgold’s children’s book “Harlem Renaissance Party,” Lonnie, a young boy, and his Uncle Bates spend a whirlwind day in nineteen-twenties Harlem meeting Black artistic greats, including Langston Hughes, Josephine Baker, Louis Armstrong, and Coleman Hawkins. At the end of the tour, Lonnie says to his uncle, “Black people didn’t come to America to be free. We fought for our freedom by creating art, music, literature, and dance.” His uncle responds, “Now everywhere you look you find a piece of our freedom.” This understanding of the inescapable entanglement of joy and sorrow—and of hardship and creation—is one that echoes through much of Ringgold’s work, which can be seen, in a major retrospective, “Faith Ringgold: American People,” at the New Museum, in New York City, through June. This week’s cover, for the Spring Style & Design Issue, features a piece from Ringgold’s “Jazz Stories” series, which she began in 2004. In it, Ringgold, who was born in Harlem in 1930, celebrates the music that has provided her with a lifetime of inspiration. Read more
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Faith Ringgold’s Path of Maximum Resistance
The New York Times, Holland Cotter Feb 17, 2022 If you want to catch the heat of the lava flow that was United States racial politics in the 1960s, the second floor of the New Museum in Manhattan is a good place to go. There you’ll find the earliest work in “Faith Ringgold: American People,” the first local retrospective of the Harlem-born artist in almost 40 years. Now 91, Ringgold was already a committed painter when the Black Power movement erupted. And she had a personal investment in the questions it raised: not just how to survive as a Black person in a racist white world, but how, as a woman, to thrive in any world at all. Read more -
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC Acquires Faith Ringgold
National Gallery of Art Oct 21, 2021 “This may well be the most important purchase of a single work of contemporary art since the National Gallery acquired Jackson Pollock’s No. 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist) in 1976,” said Harry Cooper, senior curator and head of the department of modern and contemporary art. The National Gallery of Art has acquired The American People Series #18: The Flag is Bleeding (1967), its first painting by Faith Ringgold (b. 1930). This pivotal work by a leading figure of contemporary art exemplifies the artist’s skill in using art as a vehicle to question the social dynamics of race, gender, and power. As a visual storyteller, Ringgold is known for her thought-provoking depictions of the difficult realities of the American experience. Read more -
Buttons, beads and bravado: Celebrating the simple joy in Aminah Robinson's art
NPR WNYC, Susan Stamberg Oct 1, 2021 Folk artist, storyteller and visual historian, Robinson used her artwork to celebrate and memorialize the neighborhood of her childhood – Poindexter Village in Columbus, Ohio—and her journeys to and from her home. In drawings, paintings, sculpture, puppetry and music boxes, she reflected on themes of family and ancestry, and on the grandeur of simple objects and everyday tasks. Read more
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Faith Ringgold's art of fearlessness and joy
CBS Sunday Morning - Nancy Giles Jul 11, 2021 Watch Faith Ringgold on CBS Sunday Morning Sunday Morning Extra Nancy Giles talks with artist Faith Ringgold, who for decades refused to bow to convention during her career as she stitched a vibrant tapestry of art, history and social commentary Read more -
In the Studio With Faith Ringgold, Living Icon
W Magazine, Stephanie Eckardt Apr 23, 2021 “Mhm, that’s right,” Faith Ringgold says, reading the text at the bottom of her 1972 work United States of Attica: “This map of American violence is incomplete. Please write in whatever you find lacking.” We’re discussing one violent event in particular—the race riots that rocked Tulsa, Oklahoma 100 years ago—when it hits me: The massacre almost took place during Ringgold’s lifetime. The artist is now 90, and about as spry as a nonagenarian can be. Read more -
At Age 90, Artist Faith Ringgold Is Still Speaking Her Mind
The Wall Street Journal, Kelly Crow Mar 31, 2021 The provocative pioneer known for quilts chronicling scenes of Black history, hope and protest, is the focus of a sweeping show coming to the Glenstone museum in Maryland Read more
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Faith Ringgold is an artist, an activist and a prophet. But that’s only scratching the surface.
The Washington Post, Philip Kennicott Mar 31, 2021 The 1962 painting, an early work by the acclaimed artist, is encountered at the beginning of a powerful survey of her career on view at the Glenstone museum. Originally presented in 2019 at the Serpentine Galleries in London, the show traveled to Sweden and is seen here in its only U.S. venue. Read more -
Faith Ringgold: 'I'm not going to see riots and not paint them'
The Guardian, Ellen E Jones Mar 18, 2021 In a 70-year career, Ringgold has shown the US its bloody, brutal side. And yet the artist started out wanting to paint landscapes … She talks about growing up during the Harlem Renaissance and her battles with the establishment Read more -
How the Studio Museum in Harlem Transformed the Art World Forever
Harper's Bazaar, Salamishah Tillet Feb 26, 2021 Betye Saar. Faith Ringgold. Mickalene Thomas. Julie Mehretu. Simone Leigh. Jordan Casteel. These are only a few of the Black women artists who have recently exhibited in the nation’s largest museums, like the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Guggenheim, and the Getty. Read more
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Overlooked No More: Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, Whose Art Chronicled Black Life
The New York Times, Kwame Opam Feb 26, 2021 She believed that life for her people in America was an act of near-superhuman perseverance, and she was determined to capture that history in every medium she could. Read more -
‘Black Art: In the Absence of Light’ Reveals a History of Neglect and Triumph
The New York Times, Holland Cotter Feb 8, 2021 “This is Black art. And it matters. And it’s been going on for two hundred years. Deal with it.” So declares the art historian Maurice Berger toward the beginning of “Black Art: In the Absence of Light,” a rich and absorbing documentary directed by Sam Pollard (“MLK/FBI”) and debuting on HBO Tuesday night. The feature-length film, assembled from interviews with contemporary artists, curators and scholars, was inspired by a single 1976 exhibition, “Two Centuries of Black American Art,” the first large-scale survey of African-American artists. Read more -
Artists become storytellers in Ringling College show
Herald-Tribune, Marty Fugate Feb 5, 2021 “Storytellers: Faith Ringgold + Aminah Robinson” showcases the work of two game-changing African-American artists at Ringling College. Ringgold is a painter, a sculptor, a quilt-maker, and an award-winning children’s author and illustrator. Robinson’s art includes drawings, cloth paintings, books and woodcuts. Curators Tim Jaeger and Mikaela Lamarche reflect Robinson and Ringgold’s multimedia approach by framing their art in a narrative context. Read more
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Faith Ringgold Will Keep Fighting Back
The New York Times, Bob Morris Jun 11, 2020 ENGLEWOOD, N.J. — Faith Ringgold has seen plenty of shake-ups and strange moments in her 89 well-traveled years. But the provocative Harlem-born artist — who has confronted race relations in this country from every angle, led protests to diversify museums decades ago, and even went to jail for an exhibition she organized — has had no reference point for the pandemic keeping her in lockdown and creatively paralyzed in her home in this leafy suburb for much of the spring. Read more -
New Yorkers invited to design iconic Rockefeller Center flags
6sqft, Devin Gannon May 18, 2020 A public art competition launched last week that asks New Yorkers to submit designs for the iconic flags that surround the Rink at Rockefeller Center. Led by the site’s developer Tishman Speyer, “The Flag Project” is looking for artwork that celebrates New York City, whether it be through graphic design, a drawing, or collage. Winning designs will be made into flags and flown from Rockefeller Center’s 192 flagpoles this August as part of a temporary exhibit. Read more -
"Riffs and Relations" Examines Influence of European Modernism on Black Artists
Hypebeast Mar 25, 2020 The sweeping coronavirus pandemic has closed museums around the world for the near future, but the visual arts can still be enjoyed at least to an extent. One current exhibition, “Riffs and Relations” at The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., is turning the spotlight on an expansive group of African-American artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Read more
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'Riffs and Relations: African American Artists and the European Modernist Tradition' Opens at The Phillips on Feb. 29
Feb 25, 2020 On Saturday, The Phillips Collection in D.C. will debut Riffs and Relations: African American Artists and the European Modernist Tradition, a pioneering exhibition expanding the narrative of modern art in America by exploring the rich and complex history of 20th– and 21st–century African American artists and their responses to European modernism. Organized by guest curator Dr. Adrienne L. Childs and The Phillips Collection, Riffs and Relations will be on view exclusively at The Phillips Collection from February 29–May 24, 2020. Read more -
Richard Mayhew: Transcendence
Exhibition Press Release Feb 5, 2020 Exhibition: MARCH 26 TO MAY 9, 2020 ACA Galleries is pleased to present a solo exhibition of Richard Mayhew, Transcendence... Read more -
This Artwork Changed My Life: Pablo Picasso's "Guernica"
Artsy, Casey Lesser Jan 21, 2020 The first time I saw Pablo Picasso’s Guernica (1937), I nearly missed it. I was 15 years old, studying abroad... Read more
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Art Review: Tuning in to African American Art
Herald-Tribune, Marty Fugate Jan 19, 2020 ‘Spectrum: A Celebration of Artistic Diversity’: Runs through Feb. 6 at Ringling College’s Lois & David Stulberg Gallery, 1188 Dr.... Read more -
Race, resistance and revolution: what to expect from US art in 2020
The Guardian, Nadja Sayej Jan 6, 2020 In the months leading up to the election, museums and galleries across America will host a number of impassioned and political exhibitions. Read more -
Close Encounters
Artforum, Kerry James Marshall Jan 2, 2020 Kerry James Marshall on Pablo Picasso, Faith Ringgold, Henri Matisse, and Alma Thomas at MoMA Read more
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Phase 2, an Aerosol Art Innovator, Is Dead at 64
Jon Caramanica Dec 20, 2019 In the early 1970s, the dawn of what became known as hip-hop, he helped shape the art of graffiti on New York City subways. But he hated the word. Read more -
Joseph Peller featured in “Solar Impressions” at the Southampton Arts Center, November 16 – December 29, 2019
Dec 20, 2019 Joseph Peller is featured in Solar Impressions at the Southampton Arts Center from November 16 through December 29, 2019. Read more
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