NYC Cultural Affairs Commissioner Tom Finkelpearl and Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) Commissioner Nisha Agarwal announced that internationally acclaimed artist Tania Bruguera will serve as an artist-in-residence for one year at MOIA.Continue reading
Former New York State Gov. David Paterson Greets Chinese Artists and Cultural Representative
Harlem fave Former New York Governor David Paterson met Chinese artists and art officials at the New York City opening of the 12th China National Exhibition of Fine Arts on display at Bonhams during its first and only USA exhibition.
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Live Art And Jazz with Marjorie Eliot and Andrea Arroyo In Harlem
The Rio III Gallery at Sugar Hill is pleased to present a special a Live Art and Music Experience, featuring the musical talents of jazz legend Ms. Marjorie Eliot, and the inspired paintings of award-winning visual artist Andrea Arroyo.Continue reading
A Conversation With Arva R. Rice And Dr. Khalil G. Muhammad
Join us for a special conversation with President and CEO of the NY Urban League's Arva R. Rice and Schomburg Center's Dr. Khalil Muhammad Chief of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture to discuss the intersection of Jacob Lawrence’s work with civil rights organizations and cultural institutions.Continue reading
Allen Stringfellow’s ‘Essay in Collage’ At Essie Green In Harlem
“Essay” is an exploration, in collage, of the life experiences and memories that were the seed bed for the recreations of Allen Stringfellow's time. His subject matter encompassed the urban milieu of primarily Chicago’s Black Belt.Continue reading
Salters Scene: MoCADA Inaugural Masquerade Ball
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The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA) held its inaugural Masquerade Ball on Thursday, May 14th at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Leperca Space.Continue reading
Sponsored Love: This Way To Under The Viaduct In West Harlem
UNDER THE VIADUCT is a great art & lifestyle series where family, friends and all folks can meet, bike, skate or dine in an open-air plaza by Harlem arts visionary Savona Bailey-McClain. Continue reading
Invisible Life: The Close of A Chapter
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Published in 1994, E. Lynn Harris’s Invisible Life was listed by the Los Angeles Times as one of the top 20 “classic works of gay literature.” The book’s success launched a prolific writing career for Harris, which garnered numerous awards and pushed 10 of his novels onto the New York Times Bestseller’s List. Harris died in July 2009; he’s considered one of the most successful African American or gay authors of his time.
By:Dontré Conerly
When the cast of Invisible Life takes its final bow tonight, the largest bow will be one of gratitude from the show’s co-writer and director, Proteus Spann, who has had to overcome Herculean odds to bring the work to the stage. Continue reading
Yinka Shonibare MBE at the Morris-Jumel Mansion
By Johanna Vermeer | Photos by Diane Allford
Upon entering the Morris-Jumel Mansion there is a room to the left. Looking in, there is a mirror showing us, the visitors, ourselves. Or does it?Continue reading
Lorraine O’Grady Art Is… At The Studio Museum
Over the course of more than three decades, artist and cultural critic Lorraine O’Grady has won acclaim for her installations, performances and texts addressing the subjects of diaspora, hybridity and black female subjectivity.Continue reading
Tom Ford, Tom Ford, Tom Ford For A Summer Harlem
These Tom Ford Miranda FT0130 sunglasses are that perfect blend of Harlem style - a bit of edge for the street, with a dash of tradition for the greet.Continue reading
Harlem Art Collective Tries to Better Community With Airbnb
Airbnb isn't all bad. Actually, when the site is used as it was intended, it can be pretty cool. Case in point, an artist collective in East Harlem is utilizing the site to rent out two rooms in its five-bedroom apartment and uses a portion of the proceeds to fund free art workshops for area residents, DNAinfo reports.
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Gavin Brown Moving New Gallery To Harlem
NYTimes reports that Harlem may be far from the madding crowd of galleries in downtown Manhattan and Brooklyn. But this summer Gavin Brown is closing his Gavin Brown’s Enterprise shop on Greenwich Street in the West Village and moving his gallery to a former brewery at 461 West 126th Street.Continue reading
Danny Tisdale In Radical Presence: Black Performance In Contemporary Art At YBCA
Danny Tisdale's performance installation Transitions Inc., is included in Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art a groundbreaking exhibition and the first comprehensive survey of performance art by black artists working from the perspective of the visual arts from the 1960's to the present at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA).Continue reading
‘The Spirit of Dolls’ And Talk With Tanya Montegut In Harlem
[caption id="attachment_44789" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Tanya Montegut and Dolls by MonTQ were one of the featured vendors at the UConn Stamford 9th annual Black History Month Celebration Tuesday.
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The Urban Thread Salon Series presents Film screening: Why Do You Have Black Dolls? by Samatha Knowles followed by The Spirit of Dolls: A conversation with doll artist Tanya Montegut at the Countee Cullen Library in Harlem US, NY.Continue reading