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Anthony Roberts
Aug 28, 20224 min read
Showing people at their best: James Van Der Zee
Couple in Racoon Coats, Harlem 1932 James Van Der Zee (b. 1886) was a photographer, best known for his portraits documenting Harlem...

Anthony Roberts
Aug 14, 20224 min read
Exploring cross-cultural identity: Manjari Sharma
Untitled from the Series Surface Tension, 2019 Manjari Sharma (b. 1979) is a photographer whose work explores cross-cultural identity and...

Ségolène Py
Aug 7, 20224 min read
Beyond Boundaries: Nadia Huggins
Transformations No. 1, 2015 Nadia Huggins (b.1984) is a photographer whose documentation of the authentic natural and human environments...


Anthony Roberts
Jul 31, 20224 min read
Confidence, Care, and Calculation: Vaughn Spann
Cosmic Symbiote (Marked Man), 2020 Vaughn Spann Vaughn Spann (b.1992) is a formally trained, cross-genre artist whose figurative,...


Anthony Roberts
Jul 24, 20224 min read
Harmonies to heaven: Wassily Kandinsky
Composition VII, 1913 Wassily Kandinsky Wassily Kandinsky (b. 1866) was an artist inspired by many sources, most profoundly music, color...


Anthony Roberts
Jul 17, 20224 min read
Luminous critiques: Yaw Owusu
We Bled for This, 2021 Stainless steel and US pennies Yaw Owusu (b. 1992) is a painter and sculptor, known for his private artwork and...


Anthony Roberts
Jul 10, 20223 min read
Mesmerizing paper sculptures: Matthew Shlian
Ara 511 (Smoke Metal), 2020 Matthew Shlian Matthew Shlian (b. 1980) is an artist and self-dubbed “paper engineer” who creates intricate,...


Ségolène Py
Jul 2, 20223 min read
Honoring the woman body: Lewinale Havette
What are mortals like? Lewinale Havette Lewinale Havette (b. 1990) is an artist whose surreal work honors the woman body while critiquing...


Anthony Roberts
Jun 26, 20224 min read
Short-Lived, Everlasting Fame: Jean-Michel Basquiat
Hollywood Africans, 1983 Jean-Michel Basquiat Jean-Michel Basquiat (b. 1960) was a pop artist, heavily influenced by early hip hop and...


Anthony Roberts
Jun 19, 20223 min read
Activism through beauty: Zaria Forman
Perito Moreno Glacier no. 1, Argentina, December 13th, 2018 (2020) Zaria Forman Pastel on Paper 68 (h) x 102 (w) in Zaria Forman (b....


Anthony Roberts
Jun 5, 20225 min read
Making his mark: Tariku Shiferaw
Everything (Nas), 2022 Acrylic on canvas © Tariku Shiferaw, Courtesy of Galerie Lelong & Co., New York Tariku Shiferaw (b. 1983) is an...

Anthony Roberts
May 29, 20223 min read
"Why is it still?": Katrina Andry
The Promise of the Rainbow Never Came #7, 2017 Color reduction woodcut with mylar on printmaking paper Katrina Andry (b. 1981) is a...

Anthony Roberts
May 22, 20223 min read
A New Reality Through Abstraction: Piet Mondrian
Composition with red, yellow, blue and black, 1921 Piet Mondrian (b. 1872) was a painter and theorist who created a unique visual...

Anthony Roberts
May 15, 20224 min read
A continuous line in many forms: Ruth Asawa
Ruth Asawa (b. 1926) was an artist, mother and arts education advocate. She is best known for her handmade, abstract sculptures made of a...


Anthony Roberts
May 8, 20223 min read
Re-dignifying marginalized figures: Stan Squirewell
Peanut Tee Tee Stan Squirewell (b. 1978) is a painter, photographer and collage artist who re-imagines and re-dignifies marginalized...


Anthony Roberts
May 1, 20224 min read
Giving form to her rebellious spirit: Leonora Carrington
Green Tea, 1942 Leonora Carrington (b. 1917) was a surrealist artist whose rebellious spirit manifested itself through fantastical visual...

Anthony Roberts
Apr 24, 20223 min read
Exploring true essence: Carla Cascales Alimbou
All photo credits: Carla Cascales Alimbou Carla Cascales Alimbou (b. 1989) is a painter and sculptor whose work is minimal, natural, and...

Ségolène Py
Apr 17, 20224 min read
Finding community through past and present: Patrick Eugène
In collaboration with Exhibition Crave: www.exhibitioncrave.com Patrick Eugène (b. 1984) is a self-taught Brooklyn-born, Atlanta-based...


Anthony Roberts
Apr 10, 20225 min read
A guardian of humanity: Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei (b. 1957) is an artist and activist who is a fierce advocate for free speech and individual human rights. Ai speaks his truth...

Anthony Roberts
Apr 3, 20223 min read
Color theory in art and fashion: Sonia Delaunay
Rythme couleur, Opus 972, 1962 Sonia Delaunay Gouache, pastel and pencil on paper 22¼ x 30⅜ in. Sonia Delaunay (b. 1885) was a painter...
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