Over the 400-year course of African-American history, there have been many inspirational, irreplaceable voices speaking to the hearts and minds of our people through literature. They are men and women who reside alongside the canon of great American authors. Below, find 10 Black authors whose works should be featured in every American’s e-reader for the 21st [...]
The International Art World Focuses on Art Basel Miami Beach in December
November 21, 2012 | Posted by
If the works presented at America’s most visible fair reflect art world attitudes, then Barbara Kruger’s 2012 painting bearing the words “Money Hungry” at the Art Basel Miami Beach (ABMB) booth of Mary Boone Gallery could suggest a growing ambivalence toward the profusion of art fairs. Though facing increased global competition, ABMB “remains the main [...]
Atlanta’s National Black Arts Festival is ‘More Compact’ but Aims for ‘More Impact’
July 6, 2012 | Posted by
The lineup for the 2012 National Black Arts Festival, which begins Friday and culminates with a music- and art-fueled bash in Centennial Olympic Park next weekend, may look a little lean, even by the standards of recent recession-trimmed presentations. But while acknowledging that the once-sprawling cultural celebration will be “very compact” this year, new executive [...]
Kenny Leon Brings ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,’ Phylicia Rashad to Atlanta’s Rialto
June 18, 2012 | Posted by
Tony Award winner Phylicia Rashad will star in True Colors Theatre Company’s production of Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner. Kenny Leon will direct the production, which will play Georgia State’s Rialto Center, July 10-29. In Todd Kreidler’s play — based on the screenplay of the same name by William Rose — Joey Drayton brings her [...]
Ivorian Painter Celebrates Africa’s Big, Beautiful Women
May 22, 2012 | Posted by
An exhibition celebrating the ample figures of some African women has opened in Ivory Coast’s main city of Abidjan. “I wanted to fight the corner for so-called ‘big’ women who in their day were disliked and even imprisoned by the attitude that they weren’t beautiful,” Ivorian painter Augustin Kassi said at the opening. “I took [...]
