Tag: black art

Installation shot of the exhibition under review, with works by Nari Ward: “Sky Juice,” 1993; “Iron Heavens,” 1995; “Blue Window-Brick Vine,” 1993; “Savior,” 1996. Image courtesy of the New Museum. Maris Hutchinson/EPW Studio
Sunday, May 5th, 2019

Between the Ancestors and the Living: Nari Ward at the New Museum

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A mid-career retrospective with profound lessons about youth and struggle

Charles Gaines, Faces 1: Identity Politics, #4, W.E.B. Du Bois, 2018 (detail). Acrylic sheet, acrylic paint, lacquer, wood, 74 x 59-1/8 x 5-3/4 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Paula Cooper Gallery.
Wednesday, June 6th, 2018

Workable Identity: Charles Gaines at Paula Cooper

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An unusual show of portraits, on view in Chelsea through June 9

David Hammons, Spade (Power to the Spade),1969, Body print, pigment, and mixed media on paper, 53 1/4 x 35 1/4 inches. Collection of Jack and Connie Tilton, New York. On view at Grey Art Gallery, NYU.
Friday, October 25th, 2013

Radical Bodies at Grey Art Gallery

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A two-part exhibition tells the story of black performance art in the 20th century