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ART NEWS
Whitney Museum Bucksbaum Award Goes to Pope. L
Claim 2017, an art installation by Pope.L aka William Pope.L, winner of Whitney Museum of African Art Bucksbaum Award. Image: Whitney Museum. ART NEWS Pope. L has won this year’s Whitney Full Article »
ART AUCTION
Expo Chicago Announces Exhibitor List for 2017 Fair
Exhibition Space at Expo Chicago where international galleries, old and new, will be exhibiting their best art and artists when the fair opens in September. ART NEWS Exhibitor List for Full Article »
ART
Goodman Gallery Looks Ahead With Yinka Shonibare MBE
The Pursuit, one of the amazing works by Yinka Shonibare MBE, who will now be represented by Goodman Gallery of South Africa. Image: Goodman Gallery ART NEWS Yinka Shonibare MBE, Full Article »
ART AUCTION
Sotheby’s African Art Auction Makes $3,611,376 in London
Sotheby’s Modern and Contemporary African Art auction in London realized $3,611,376 with several African artists making auction record
ART FAIR
Peju Alatise Addresses Girl Child Issues With ‘Flying Girls’
Discrimination against the girl child is the focus of Flying Girls, an art installation by Peju Alatishe presently on display at 57th Venice Biennale
ART & DESIGN
Forgotten Nigerian Artists Celebrated at Venice Biennale
Installation view of Victor Ehikhamenor’s A Biography of the Forgotten, a large-scale installation celebrating Forgotten Nigerian Artists at the 57th Venice Biennale. Image: Victor Ehikhamenor VENICE BIENNALE Victor Ehikhamenor remembers Forgotten Nigerian Full Article »
ART NEWS
Mary J. Blige Returns With ‘Strength of a Woman’
Strength of a Woman, a new album by Mary J. Blige addresses issues of her divorce, relationships and women’s right. ENTERTAINMENT/MUSIC Strength of a Woman, a new album by American Full Article »
ART AUCTION
Contemporary African Artists: Sotheby’s Takes on Bonhams
Sotheby’s Auction House takes on Bonhams for the sale of artworks by modern and contemporary African artists in a battle for global market share.
ART NEWS
African American Artists Tackle Issues of Race, Gender, and the Economy
African American artists have for decades used their work to protest injustice. A new exhibition highlights the works of African American artists who use their artworks to address issues of race, gender, and the economy.
ART NEWS
Cuba Gooding Sr. Found Dead In His Car in Los Angeles
Cuba Gooding Sr. at a performance in San Diego, California where he was performing his famous track Everybody Plays The Fool. Image: Wikimedia ENTERTAINMENT Soul Singer Cuba Gooding Sr. famous Full Article »
ART NEWS
Artcentron Postpones 2017 Flowers We Love Photo Contest
Love Flowers or not, this beautiful red flower will touch your heart. Image: Kazad ART NEWS Due to on-going restructuring, Artcentron has postponed its popular annual Flowers We Love Photo Full Article »
ART AUCTION
Bonhams South African Art Auction Shows Demand for Old Masters
Artworks by old masters that put South Africa on the world art map excelled at Bonhams South African Art Auction in London.
ART & DESIGN
Korean Photographer Han Youngsoo Exposes Seoul After War
Korean Photographer Han Youngsoo documents life in Seoul after the Korean War. Image: International Center of Photography ART REVIEW/PHOTOGRAPHY In a new show at the International Center of Photography in New York, Full Article »
ART NEWS
Annie Leibovitz Early Years Archive at LUMA Foundation
Eight thousand photographs by celebrated photographer Annie Leibovitz go on display at Luma Arles, France
ART AUCTION
‘Figura de perfil’ by Salvador Dali Sold for $2,197,795 in London
Figura de perfil, a portrait painting by Salvador Dali of his sister, achieved an impressive price at Bonhams Impressionist and Modern Art in London AUCTION /ART Figura de perfil, a Full Article »
ART NEWS
Best Picture Goes to Moonlight in a Dramatic Oscar Event
Movie poster of Moonlight, the movie that beat La La Land to win the Best Picture at the 2017 Oscar Awards. ENTERTAINMENT/MOVIES Moonlight beats La La Land to win Best Picture at Full Article »
ART & DESIGN
Marcel Duchamp Fountain Scandal at Philadelphia Museum of Art
Marcel Duchamp Fountain Scandal is at the core of a new show at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It provides art lovers the opportunity to learn about the controversial piece and other readymades.
ART
American Watercolor: New Exhibition Investigates its Rise
American Watercolor in the Age of Homer and Sargent, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, traces the history of watercolor in America
ART AUCTION
Ben Enwonwu’s Anyanwu Tops Bonhams Modern Africa Art Sale
Anyanwu, a bronze sculpture by Ben Enwonwu surpassed estimates at the Bonhams Modern Africa Sale in London, selling for $ 441,799. Image: Bonhams ART AUCTION Anyanwu by Ben Enwonwu sold Full Article »
ART AUCTION
Richter’s Eisberg Leads Sotheby’s London Art Sale
Eisberg, an oil on canvas painting by Gerhard Richter goes on sale at Sotheby’s London Evening sale of Contemporary Art. It is estimated at £8 -12 million. Image: Sotheby’s ART AUCTION Full Article »
