The resurgence of zines—self-published limited-distribution works—is stemming the tide of erasure, disrupting publishing, and offering creative spaces for diverse voices within marginalized communities.
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1960s-70s Abstraction Shines From Bearden To Banneker At Swann Galleries
Thursday, October 6, Swann Galleries will hold an auction of fantastic African-American Fine Art, featuring a variety of media by artists spanning the last 150 years.Continue reading
Harlem Painter, Illustrator And Arts Educator, Aaron Douglas
Aaron Douglas May 26, 1899 – February 3, 1979, was an African-American painter, illustrator and arts educator. He was a preiminent figure in the Harlem Renaissance.Continue reading
Shop Harlem: “Fire!! Devoted to the Younger Negro Artists” (Paperback)
Originally published in 1926, this periodical was re-issued in limited quantity in 1985. Harlemite by Wallace Thurman, Editor and contributor, it contains work by many of the best-known and most celebrated artists and writers of the Harlem Renaissance....Continue reading
MoMA Launches Walking Tour Of Jacob Lawrence’s Harlem
The current Museum of Modern Art exhibition One-Way Ticket: Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series and Other Visions of the Great Movement North expands uptown, beyond the Museum's galleries, with the launch of a self-guided walking tour that explores the Harlem that nurtured Lawrence as a young artist in the 1930s.Continue reading
