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This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show. AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the 2025 edition of its flagship event, The Photography Show. The fair will showcase photography from the earliest processes to cutting-edge contemporary work that pushes the boundaries of the medium, from April 23 – 27 at The Park Avenue Armory in New York City. Go to www.aipad.com/show for more information and to plan your visit.   The Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) encourages public support of fine art photography through education and communication by enhancing the confidence of the public in responsible photography collecting. First organized in 1979, AIPAD and its current members span the globe with members in North and South America, Australia, Europe and Asia. AIPAD has become a unifying force in the field of photography and is dedicated to creating and maintaining high standards in the business of exhibiting, buying and selling photographs as art. - AIPAD official website https://www.aipad.com/ - Follow AIPAD on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/aipadphoto/ - Talks programme by AIPAD on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@aipadphoto   Adelie de Ipanema (POLKA Galerie) Established in 2007 by Adélie de Ipanema and her brother, Edouard Genestar, Polka Galerie is located in the heart of the Marais district in Paris. The gallery represents over thirty photographers. Each year, within its 300 sq. meters divided into two spaces, the gallery organises ten exhibitions, which question the different forms of the Document within modern and contemporary practices.  - POLKA Galerie official website https://www.polkagalerie.com/en/home.htm - Membership page on AIPAD https://www.aipad.com/member/polka-galerie - Follow POLKA Galerie on instagram https://www.instagram.com/polkagalerie/   Arnika Dawkins (Arnika Dawkins Gallery) Arnika Dawkins Gallery is devoted to presenting fine art from both emerging and established photographers, specialising in images by African Americans and of African Americans. The gallerist is passionate about connecting collectors to artwork that is significant, inspiring and provocative. As a fine art photographer and avid collector herself, she is a valuable resource to collectors and artists alike. The gallery's objective is to provide an educational platform that supports this burgeoning community of talented artists. - Arnika Dawkins Gallery official website https://adawkinsgallery.com/ - Membership page on AIPAD https://www.aipad.com/member/arnika-dawkins-gallery - Follow Arnika Dawkins Gallery on instagram https://www.instagram.com/arnikadawkinsgallery   Anna Walker Skillman (Jackson Fine Art) Jackson Fine Art is a world-renowned contemporary gallery, specializing in photography with a 33-year history of supporting artists and collectors. The gallery cultivates and guides both emerging and established collectors to the best fine art photography of the 20th and 21st century, across both traditional and innovative photo-based mediums. Working closely with collectors, curators, consultants, and designers, JFA provides expertise in a warm, welcoming space in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta, GA. - Jackson Fine Art official website https://www.jacksonfineart.com/ - Membership page on AIPAD https://www.aipad.com/member/jackson-fine-art - Follow Jackson Fine Art on instagram https://www.instagram.com/jacksonfineart/   Yancey Richardson (Yancey Richardson Gallery) Founded in 1995, Yancey Richardson represents artists working in photography, film, and lens-based media. The gallery is committed to working with museums, private institutions, leading art collectors, and other galleries to advance the careers of the artists we represent. Our current program includes emerging photographers as well as critically recognized, mid-career artists such as John Divola, Mitch Epstein, Ori Gersht, Anthony Hernandez, Laura Letinsky, Andrew Moore, Zanele Muholi, Mickalene Thomas and Hellen van Meene. Additionally, the gallery has presented exhibitions of historically significant figures such as Lewis Baltz, William Eggleston, Ed Ruscha, August Sander, and Larry Sultan. - Yancey Richardson Gallery official website https://www.yanceyrichardson.com/ - Membership page on AIPAD https://www.aipad.com/member/yancey-richardson-gallery - Follow Yancey Richardson Gallery on instagram https://www.instagram.com/yanceyrichardsongallery/   Michael Dooney https://beacons.ai/michaeldooney This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast was recorded on 25. March 2025 between Perth (AU), Paris (FR), Atlanta GA, and New York (US) with Riverside.

In this week's episode of the ArtTactic Podcast, Adam Green speaks with Mazdak Sanii, CEO of Avant Arte, one of the most fascinating success stories in the art market's print sector over the past several years. What began as an online art community quickly evolved into a powerhouse platform for publishing limited-edition prints by both emerging and established artists. Mazdak shares the story behind Avant Arte's founding and its evolution, explaining how the company has attracted a remarkable roster of collaborating artists, including Ed Ruscha, George Condo, Anish Kapoor, Ai Weiwei, Elizabeth Peyton, and Mickalene Thomas. He also discusses how Avant Arte has successfully differentiated itself in an increasingly saturated market by enhancing the collector experience and building a strong community around the platform. Adam and Mazdak delve into how collector behavior has shifted over the past few years, from the speculative frenzy of flipping to a more thoughtful and measured approach. They also explore key insights from Avant Arte's newly released Collectors Report, offering a glimpse into the most compelling trends shaping the future of the art world.

Welcome to the premiere of a brand-new season of Talk Art! Hosts Russell Tovey and Robert Diament are thrilled to kick off this season with an exclusive conversation featuring the acclaimed contemporary artist Mickalene Thomas. Renowned for her elaborate mixed-media paintings adorned with rhinestones, acrylic, and enamel, Thomas's work reimagines traditional representations of femininity, beauty, race, sexuality, and gender. In this episode, we delve into Thomas's artistic journey, exploring the influences that have shaped her distinctive style, from art history to popular culture. We discuss her creative process, the themes central to her work, and her perspectives on the evolving landscape of contemporary art. Join us for an inspiring and insightful conversation that celebrates the power and complexity of visual storytelling.Tune in to discover how Mickalene Thomas continues to challenge and redefine the boundaries of art, offering a compelling vision that resonates with audiences worldwide. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ariel Dannielle comes back home to the Studio Noize podcast! We been following Ariel since she came on the single digit episodes of the Noize and we love how she has grown as an artist. If you've seen her work you know about her wonderful use of color, her complex compositions and her love of all things girly. She talks about her adventures in these art streets from LA to New York to Chicago and back to Atlanta. We get into her approach to painting and capturing moments, her obsession with painting food, her process of capturing these moments of womanhood/girlhood in her paintings. Its more of that good art talk that you love with one of our favorites. Listen, subscribe, and share!Episode 196 topics include:working on solo exhibitionsFeels Like Glitter show at UTA Atlantabeing obsessed with painting foodcapturing moments with friendsartistic influencesusing yourself as referencemaking in different waysexperiencing a residency in Moroccostudio space in Atlantarepresenting womanhood and girlhood in artAriel Dannielle (b. 1991) is an African-American painter born and raised in Atlanta, GA. She graduated from University of West Georgia, where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Drawing directly from her life, Ariel creates large-scale paintings that depict the daily experiences of young Black women through her personal and playful lens. She believes in the importance of her artwork to provide a look into Black girlhood/womanhood that can be represented and understood. This acrylic archive has enabled her to explore aspects of the mundane, human vulnerability and sexuality. Influenced by Kerry James Marshall and Mickalene Thomas, Dannielle focuses on developing personal narratives within her portraits that challenge gender and racial stereotypes. By placing herself in the paintings, Dannielle welcomes the viewers to also participate in a process of introspection.Ariel's work has been showcased at the Venice Biennale 2024, California African American Museum, Monique Meloche Gallery, Soco Gallery, UTA Atlanta, Harvey B. Gantt Museum, Mint ATL, The Goat Farm, ZuCot Gallery, Dalton Gallery, Trio Contemporary Art Gallery, Sheetcake Gallery, and Perez Museum Miami. She was MOCA GA Working Artist Fellow of 2019-20 and an Artadia 2018 finalist. She also showcased her first mural with Living Walls x Adult Swim in Atlanta, Georgia in 2022. See more: Ariel Dannielle website + Ariel Dannielle IG @byaridannielleFollow us:StudioNoizePodcast.comIG: @studionoizepodcastJamaal Barber: @JBarberStudioSupport the podcast www.patreon.com/studionoizepodcast

A Fundação Louis Vuitton, de Paris, apresenta a mostra “Pop Forever”. A exposição revisita a corrente artística que surgiu nos anos 1950, com raízes no dadaísmo, e destaca a obra do norte-americano Tom Wesselman. Patrícia Moribe, em ParisSem manifesto e sem fronteiras, o pop foi uma das correntes artísticas mais importantes do século 20 e sua influência continua forte nas artes plásticas e na música até hoje. As cores, o psicodelismo, o objeto cotidiano como fonte de inspiração, a sensualidade e o absurdo são elementos recorrentes.Quem pensa em pop, pensa em Andy Warhol. Ele era o rei em uma Nova York efervescente, onde tudo era possível. Em seu espaço antológico, The Factory, flanavam intelectuais, dramaturgos, drag queens, artistas sem-teto, celebridades de Hollywood e milionários. Ele teria cunhado a frase de que no futuro todos seriam famosos por 15 minutos – e depois cairiam no esquecimento. Um dos quadros mais famosos de Warhol, um silkscreen da série retratando Marilyn Monroe está na exposição.Mas o fio condutor da exposição é a obra de Tom Wesselman (1931-2004), que morreu em 2004 aos 73 anos.“É uma exposição dupla, pois é, ao mesmo tempo, uma retrospectiva dedicada a este artista, Tom Wesselmann, que é considerado um dos pais fundadores do movimento pop”, explica Oliver Michelon, um dos curadores. “Mas também é uma exposição dedicada à arte pop, já que é, no fim das contas, uma leitura do pop a partir da obra de Tom Wesselmann e uma interpretação um pouco mais ampla do pop, já que vamos abordar as origens do movimento, por volta de 1960, até os dias de hoje”, acrescenta.“Tom Wesselmann, junto com Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol e James Rosenquist, é uma das primeiras grandes figuras do pop”, relata o curador. “Ou seja, ele aparece na cena artística de Nova York no começo dos anos 60 com obras que mostram objetos de consumo cotidiano, formas vibrantes, enfim, que fazem a arte passar para uma nova dimensão ao se apropriar da cultura popular. É uma espécie de detonador do pop. Desde o começo dos anos 1960 até o meio da década, e depois, obviamente, sua obra também evolui.”A mostra reúne 150 pinturas e trabalhos com técnicas mistas do artista. Há também 70 obras de outros nomes do pop, além de Andy Warhol, como os recordes de quadrinhos de Roy Lichtenstein, a releitura da bandeira norte-americana de Jasper Johns e as bolinhas de Yayoi Kusama.O projeto levou cerca de dois anos para ser concretizado e teve dois curadores convidados, Dieter Buchhart e Anna Karina Hofbauer. “Nunca é fácil conseguir os empréstimos, ainda mais de artistas excepcionais como é o caso”, diz Michelon. “Também pudemos contar com o apoio generoso da família Wesselman, que nos emprestou muitas peças.”O diálogo do pop acontece com artistas contemporâneos, como Jeff Koons e Ai Weiwei, além da nova geração representada por Derrick Adams, Tomokasu Matsuyama e Mickalene Thomas, que criaram peças especialmente para a exibição.“Pop Forever” fica em cartaz na Fundação Louis Vuitton até 24 de fevereiro de 2025.  

New Year, New season of Studio Noize! Your boy JBarber went to see Giants at the High Museum of Art and he has some thoughts. The exhibition featured art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beats and Alicia Keys. There are so many conversations to be had coming out of the show. There's wealth and celebrity, there's propaganda, and there's phenomenal, awe inspiring art. We owe it to them and their efforts to give a good honest critique of the whole endeavor. The same way we examine a show like Afro Atlantic Histories we should examine the good and bad about Giants. A great way to blast into the new year! Listen, subscribe, and share!Episode 194 topics include:Giants at the High Museum of Art in Atlantacelebrity and wealth in articonographythe who's who of Black artKehinde Wiley's 30ft paintingBarkley Hendrickpropaganda in exhibitionsAbout Giants:Musicians, songwriters, and producers Swizz Beatz (Kasseem Dean) and Alicia Keys have stood as giants in the global cultural landscape for decades. As collectors, the Deans have lived their ethos of “artists supporting artists,” acquiring a world-class collection of paintings, photographs, and sculptures by diverse, multigenerational artists.The exhibition illuminates the renown and impact of legendary and canon-expanding artists. Preeminent “giants” such as Barkley L. Hendricks, Esther Mahlangu, and Gordon Parks push the boundaries of what can be seen on canvas and in photography while building a foundation for today's Black creatives. Contemporary artists like Hank Willis Thomas and Qualeasha Wood use materials like textiles, steel, and beads to celebrate Blackness and critique society, while mesmerizing compositions from Deana Lawson and Mickalene Thomas challenge and add nuance to perceptions of Blackness. Embodying the exhibition's “giant” ethos, the paintings by Amy Sherald and Titus Kaphar command attention through striking monumentality. Together, these works bring to the fore many facets of the term giants and reflect the spirit of the Deans, whose creative lives infuse the exhibition. See more: Giants exhibition at the High MuseumFollow us:StudioNoizePodcast.comIG: @studionoizepodcastJamaal Barber: @JBarberStudioSupport the podcast www.patreon.com/studionoizepodcast

Every January, we're determined to improve our lives by making New Year's resolutions. Then, for most of us, we fall off track as the year goes on. What does it take to make a positive change in your life that lasts? Paula Michele Boyle, founder of Life Coach Philly International School of Coaching and author of “Love Coach”, joins host Racquel Williams to talk about setting and sticking to your goals. Then, on Shara in the City, artist Mickalene Thomas is spotlighting Black femininity in her traveling exhibit, “All About Love.” Shara Dae Howard visits The Barnes for a musical event celebrating Thomas's work, which is on display there until January 12. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jon Batiste joins us at the piano to play his reimaginings of Beethoven, and more. His new album is called Beethoven Blues.Also, we hear from visual artist Mickalene Thomas. She puts Black women in the front and center of her work. Her latest exhibition, Mickalene Thomas: All About Love, celebrates the women in her life. Book critic Maureen Corrigan shares her picks for the best books of the year.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Jon Batiste joins us at the piano to play his reimaginings of Beethoven, and more. His new album is called Beethoven Blues.Also, we hear from visual artist Mickalene Thomas. She puts Black women in the front and center of her work. Her latest exhibition, Mickalene Thomas: All About Love, celebrates the women in her life. Book critic Maureen Corrigan shares her picks for the best books of the year.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

E13: I'm not dead talks to Mickalene Thomas   I'm Not Dead talks to Mickalene Thomas and these are her credits:   Career Objectives: To honor the profound power unleashed when women support and celebrate each other. Accolades: Visual artist, educator, curator with solo shows all over the world and portrait of Michele Obama in the Smithsonian Portrait Gallery. Expertise: Unsure how many eyeglasses are in her collection but looks fabulous in all of them (Go ahead, google her). Education: Watching, learning, and taking notes from the beauty and elegance that is her mother.  Super Skills: Admired and loved by skateboarders, Dior and Jay Z (she has collaborated with all 3).   I'm Not Dead is hosted by Sarah Clary and Christina Glickman  Executive Producers: Julia Cassidy, Sarah Clary and Christina Glickman Audio editing and mixing: Daniel William Gonzalez Music: Zach Lounsbury   Follow I'm Not Dead @imnotdead.x  Subscribe for more imnotdeadx.com  

In Mickalene Thomas' work, Black women are front and center. "We've been supportive characters for far too long," she says. "I would describe my art as radically shifting notions of beauty by claiming space." Her new exhibition of collages, paintings, and photographs is called All About Love. She spoke with Tonya Mosley about how she "draws with scissors," using her mother as a muse, and her reinterpretation of Manet. Also, David Bianculli reviews the new documentary Beatles '64.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

In Mickalene Thomas' work, Black women are front and center. "We've been supportive characters for far too long," she says. "I would describe my art as radically shifting notions of beauty by claiming space." Her new exhibition of collages, paintings, and photographs is called All About Love. She spoke with Tonya Mosley about how she "draws with scissors," using her mother as a muse, and her reinterpretation of Manet. Also, David Bianculli reviews the new documentary Beatles '64.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

It's MIAMI art fair week - we are ready for Art Basel, Untitled, NADA and more! We meet legendary art collecting family THE RUBELL'S!!!! Mera, Don and Jason!!!Don and Mera Rubell started collecting in 1965 while living in New York, acquiring their first work after a studio visit and paying on a modest weekly installment plan. The Rubells grew their collection by looking at art, talking with artists, and trusting their instincts. Their son, Jason Rubell, joined them in 1982 in building the collection, extending the multigenerational family passion for discovering, engaging, and supporting many of today's most compelling artists. The Rubells moved to Miami in 1992, and together with Jason and their daughter, Jennifer, began developing hotels and an art foundation and museum to house and publicly exhibit their expanding art collection.Since the Rubells' first acquisition, they've amassed one of the most significant and far-ranging collections of contemporary art in the world, encompassing over 7,700 works by more than 1,000 artists—and still growing. The collection is further distinguished by the diversity and geographic distribution of artists represented within it, and the depth of its holdings of works by seminal artists.The Rubells are drawn to emerging and underrecognized artists. They were among the first to acquire work by now-renowned contemporary artists, including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Cecily Brown, Keith Haring, Rashid Johnson, Hayv Kahraman, Jeff Koons, William Kentridge, Yoshitomo Nara, Cindy Sherman, Yayoi Kusama, Kara Walker, Purvis Young, and Mickalene Thomas, among many others. They continue to vigorously collect by visiting studios, art spaces, fairs, galleries, biennials, and museums, and by talking with artists, curators, and gallerists. If the work grabs them, they dig deeper—conducting intensive research before they welcome it into their collection.Jason Rubell started collecting contemporary art in 1983 at the age of 14, acquiring the painting Immigrants from then-emerging George Condo via Pat Hearn Gallery. At first supporting his collecting habit by stringing tennis rackets, Jason's early support of artists grew into a life-defining passion. Jason's studies at Duke and experience with organizing and touring the exhibition of his collection were instrumental in the Rubell family's decision to open their collection to the public, ensuring it would serve as a broader resource for audiences to encounter contemporary art and the ideas it explores. In 1993, the Rubells' passion became their mission when they opened the Rubell Family Collection/Contemporary Art Foundation in Miami's Wynwood neighborhood. The establishment of the RFC pioneered a new model for sharing private collections with the public and spurred the development of Wynwood as one of the leading art and design districts in the U.S. After nearly 30 years, the collection relocated to the Allapattah neighborhood in December 2019 and was renamed the Rubell Museum to emphasize its public mission and expanded access for audiences. The opening of the Rubell Museum DC in October 2022 further deepened the family's commitment to sharing their collection as a public resource, providing opportunities for residents and visitors of the nation's capital to engage with today's most compelling artists.Follow: @RubellMuseum on Instagram.Vanessa Raw: This is How the Light Gets In, the Rubell's Artist in Residence for 2024 opens on December 2nd.Visit: http://rubellmuseum.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We back! It's been a crazy few weeks for your boy JBarber. I had extensive water damage to my house and had to shut down my studio for a full renovation. My studio is in shambles! It makes me think of two things. One, the people out in western NC that were devastated by the recent hurricane. The River Arts District was completely underwater for days. We have to continue to support them in any way that we can. Two, I can't help be remember the amazing Legacy Print Weekend at Delita Martin's studio hanging out with some of the best printmakers in the world. Today we got Rabea Ballin and Ann Johnson on the podcast recorded during our fun in Houston. We talked about experimenting in the studio, insight into your friends' art process, taking classes at Anderson Ranch and much more. We are forgetting about our big studio problems for a little while and getting back to that good art talk we love. Listen, subscribe, and share!Episode 194 topics include:Legacy Weekend at Delita Martin's studio how the ROUX Collective worksexperimenting with colleaguesCan you run leaves through a letterpress?group critiquing with peerstaking Mickalene Thomas' class at Anderson Ranchcontinuing education for artistsseeing artists workRabea Ballinb. deutschland. louisiana. JAH. germany. louisiana. violin. kurtis blow. mexico. sax. high school. native tongues. art school. colorado. louisiana. college. job. first love. broken heart. spanish. paris. graphic design. italy. rebirth. painting. mrc. houston. mfa. houston 7. gallery. new york. solo exhibition. jeep. professor. 3rd ward. miami basel. zula. roux. afrikaans. stir. brooklyn. bas. suga. everything records. massachusetts review. gallery director. professorship.lief.round 41. netherlands.spain. germany. south africa. mended heart. harvey. biennial. artadia. department chair. cuba. camh. 2020. public art. loss. mfah. mexico city.AnnJohnsonAnn is a graduate of Prairie View A&M University in Texas, (where she now teaches) and received a BS in Home Economics. She has also received an MA in Humanities from the University of Houston-Clear Lake, as well as an MFA from The Academy of Art University, in San Francisco with a concentration in printmaking. Primarily an interdisciplinary artist, Johnson's passion for exploring issues particularly in the Black community has led her to create series' of works that are evocative and engaging. Her series Converse: Real Talk has been exhibited at Women and Their Work in Austin, TX, The Kansas City Art Institute, and The Community Folk Art Center in Syracuse, NY. She has been acknowledged as an “Artist to Watch” by the International Review of African American Art, and is a member of the Bearden 100 (honoring artist Romare Bearden). She is co-founder of the organization PrintMatters and PrintHouston and is a member of the ROUX Collective. See more: Rabea Ballin website + Rabea Ballin IG @rballin + Ann Johnson website + Ann Johnson IG @solesisterart Follow us:StudioNoizePodcast.comIG: @studionoizepodcastJamaal Barber: @JBarberStudioSupport the podcast www.patreon.com/studionoizepodcast

Known for her elaborate paintings composed of rhinestones, acrylic, and enamel, Mickalene Thomas draws on art history and popular culture to create a contemporary vision of female sexuality, beauty, and power.

On the release of Supreme Sirens, the third gorgeous book in his Supreme series, author/TV host/documentarian/bon vivant/Egyptian-in-his-heart Marcellas Reynolds joins us to talk about the divas who've inspired him, the proper usage of slides, flops and Crocs, Mickalene Thomas at the Broad, a fortuitous run-in with Issa Rae, a shooting of shots with Andy Cohen, a salting of his game by Sutton Stracke, modeling for an iconic brand, the Murder She Wrote/Columbo/Perry Mason trifecta of comfort, and the subtle sexuality of Robert Blake. Get Supreme Sirens where books are sold, and please use the hashtag #IStandyWithAndy in all your social media interactions until further notice. 

Inner tubes, in-and-out, vocab words, apricot juice, what is large format, and paper. Join the friends as they see Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys at the Brooklyn Museum. The show features 98 artworks by Black American, African, and African diasporic artists including Derrick Adams, Deana Lawson, Meleko Mokgosi, Gordon Parks, Kehinde Wiley, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Mickalene Thomas, Hassan Hajjaj, Barkley L. Hendricks, Lorna Simpson, and Amy Sherald.

In honor of ICP's 50th anniversary year, a new exhibition presents works from the museum's deep holdings of photographs collected since 1974. Some of the artists featured in the show include Robert Capa, Francesco Scavullo, Nona Faustine, Deana Lawson, Mickalene Thomas and Carrie Mae Weems. Elisabeth Sherman, the senior curator and director of exhibitions and collections, and executive director David E. Little join us to discuss, ICP at 50: From the Collection, 1845–2019.This segment is guest-hosted by Tiffany Hanssen. 

Ep.187 February James currently lives and works in Washington, D.C., where she was born, after living in Los Angeles for fifteen years. She received her BFA from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA. James has exhibited in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, Berlin and Turin, Italy. Her work is currently included in Singular Views: 25 Artists at the Rubell Museum in Washington, D.C., following her inclusion in What's Going On, the museum's inaugural exhibition in 2022-2023. In 2021, James was invited by Mickalene Thomas and Racquel Chevremont to create a room size installation in Set It Off, an exhibition they organized for the Parrish Art Museum in Watermill, NY. She has been featured in multiple other group shows, including Punch, curated by Nina Chanel Abney at Jeffrey Deitch in Los Angeles, Face-to-Face at the Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art and Storytelling, New York and BodyLand, curated by Lauren Taschen at Galerie Max Hetzler in Berlin. She was invited to contribute watercolors to a feature in The New York Times Style Magazine in February 2021. James has been represented by Tilton Gallery since 2020. Photo credit Mariah Miranda Artist https://www.februaryjames.com/ Tilton Gallery https://www.jacktiltongallery.com/artists/february-james/biography Galerie Max Hetzler https://www.maxhetzler.com/exhibitions/bodyland-2023 Los Angeles Magazine, September 9, 2021. https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/february-james-wilding-cran/ Platform Art https://www.platformart.com/editorial/february-interview/ NYTimes Roberta Smith https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/arts/design/art-gallery-shows-reviews.html The NY Times Style Magazine, February 18, 2021. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/t-magazine/female-monuments-women.html?referringSource=articleShare Sixty Inches from Center https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/the-artist-as-changemaker-a-conversation-with-february-james/ New City Art https://art.newcity.com/2020/08/07/emotive-states-a-review-of-chase-hall-and-february-james-at-monique-meloche/ Monique Meloche https://www.moniquemeloche.com/exhibitions/12-february-james-we-laugh-loud-so-the-spirits/overview/ ARTSKOP https://www.artskop.com/artmedia/en/february-james-1-54-art-fair-exhibition/ Artsy https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-5-artists-radar-march Artsy https://www.artsy.net/article/casey-lesser-4-curators-artists-celebrating-black-history-month Artnet https://www.artnet.com/artists/february-james/

The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College kicks off its spring semester this week with two events: the seventh-annual Winter/Miller Lecture on Thursday and a spring opening reception on Saturday.The Winter/Miller Lecture features acclaimed multimedia artist Mickalene Thomas. She is known for her monumental portraits of Black women that critique standard ideas about beauty, race, and gender. Her work has been shown at museums around the world, including at the Tang. The Lecture is at 6pm on Thursday.

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The annual Studio Museum residency has long been one of the most prestigious artist residencies in the city, and a fertile ground for emerging Black artists. The program includes alumni such as David Hammons, Mickalene Thomas, and Kehinde Wiley. A new exhibition at MoMA PS1 presents the work of the 2022-23 artists in residence: Jeffrey Meris, Devin N. Morris, and Charisse Pearlina Weston. Meris and Morris join us alongside curator Yelena Keller to discuss the show. And Ever An Edge: Studio Museum Artists in Residence 2022–23 is on view through April 8.

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Mickalene Thomas Photographed by Malike Sidibe At Yale Gallery for The New York Times Magazine. Mickalene Thomas was born and raised in New Jersey and lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. One of the most influential artists in the world today, her innovative practice has yielded instantly recognizable and widely celebrated aesthetic languages within contemporary visual culture. She is known for her elaborate paintings composed of rhinestones, acrylic, and enamel. Not only do her masterful mixed-media paintings, photographs, films and installations command space, they occupy eloquently while dissecting the intersecting complexities of black and female identity within the Western canon. Outside of her core practice, Thomas is a Tony Award nominated co-producer, curator, educator and mentor to many emerging artists. Apart from her own monumental solo shows, she simultaneously curates exhibitions at galleries and museums and collaborates with corporations and luxury brands. In addition to an Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts from the New York Academy of Art (2018) and a United States Artists Francie Bishop Good & David Horvitz Fellow (2015), she has been awarded multiple other prizes and grants, including the Pratt Institute Legends Award (2022); Rema Hort Mann Foundation 25th Anniversary Honoree (2022); Artistic Impact Award, and more. Thomas is also the  Co-Founder of SOULAS House, a cultural hub and retreat for Black women, the Co-Founder of Pratt>FORWARD and founder of Art>FORWARD Artist in the Market incubator for post-graduate students. Mickalene Thomas, September 1981, 2023. Dye sublimation print and rhinestones, 63.375 x 57.75 x 1.25 in Mickalene Thomas, December 1981, 2023. Dye sublimation print and rhinestones, 58.625 x 48.125 x 3 in Mickalene Thomas, Cover 1981, 2023. Dye sublimation print and rhinestones, 15.125 x 12.25 x 1.625 in

New Jersey-born and New York-based artist Mickalene Thomas is showing work at two art shows. The first, Je t'adore, runs in NYC at the Yancey Richardson Gallery through November 11, and features new work inspired by imagery of Black female erotica. The other show, Portrait of an Unlikely Space, at Yale University through January, mixes early portraiture of Black Americans with work by contemporary artists including Thomas. She joins us to discuss both.  

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This week mixed media artist Rebecca Youssef. Rebecca was born in Lebanon, PA in 1973. The daughter of teachers Chic & Linda Hess, she was the middle of three children; she has an older brother and younger sister. Art runs in her family in different mediums; her sister and a cousin are graphic artists, an aunt was a fashion designer, and her paternal grandmother was a hobby painter. At the age of 9, her family moved to Hawaii where Rebecca began to appreciate the connection between nature and nurture. She developed her interest in gardening and arboriculture, which established the foundation for her focus on eco-culture. Her love of trees and nature is reflected in her work as she strives to bring awareness to the importance of sustainable art. She says: “I've been an avid gardener since the age of ten. Even then, I recall understanding the importance of growing and nurturing native plants. I was already in awe of California's lush topography, and knew that a balanced ecosystem was key to survival for all its members.” Rebecca graduated from the University of Arizona in Tucson with a Bachelor in Fine Arts and a Masters in Art Education from Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles. After college she worked as a graphic artist and in fashion before teaching art. She met her husband Ike in LA where they live with their three children; Andrew, Caroline and Margaret. Rebecca returned to art seven years ago and after initially finding it a challenge once she found how her art belonged in her soul and with her eco-friendly values, she settled into what has become her niche; using natural materials and sustainable practices for eco-conscious mixed media art. She says: ‘Beautiful things can be made by working with the planet, not taking from it.” As the saying goes: one man's trash is another man's treasure and Rebecca has proved how waste can be transformed into beauty. A cultivator of native California oak trees, her family's acorn project has seen over 25,000 acorns planted in the Santa Monica Mountains over the past ten years. Rebecca is currently an artist-in-residence at the 18th Street @ The Airport art complex in Santa Monica, CA.Rebecca's favorite female artists: "Jaclyn Gordyan, who uses objects found in nature in her work Laurey Bennett-Levy, who is a printmaker using cyanotype Joan Wulf, who uses smoke and fire to create marks Julie Mehretu, who creates layered, abstracted landscapes Mickalene Thomas, whose collages incorporate glitter, rhinestones and enamel."Rebecca's playlist:"Podcasts: I Like Your Work, Art Problems, The Flying Fruitbowl, Arts To Hearts, Armchair Expert, Pivot Music: Hip Hop only Audiobooks: Everything from fiction to self help. I just started Finding The Mother Tree and am loving it."Rebecca's website: https://www.rebeccayoussef.com/Instagram: rebecca.youssef_studioHost: Chris StaffordFollow @theaartpodcast on InstagramEmail: hollowellstudios@gmail.comThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4769409/advertisement

Known for her elaborate paintings composed of rhinestones, acrylic, and enamel, Mickalene Thomas draws on art history and popular culture to create a contemporary vision of female sexuality, beauty, and power.

This week mixed media artist Rebecca Youssef. Rebecca was born in Lebanon, PA in 1973. The daughter of teachers Chic & Linda Hess, she was the middle of three children; she has an older brother and younger sister. Art runs in her family in different mediums; her sister and a cousin are graphic artists, an aunt was a fashion designer, and her paternal grandmother was a hobby painter. At the age of 9, her family moved to Hawaii where Rebecca began to appreciate the connection between nature and nurture. She developed her interest in gardening and arboriculture, which established the foundation for her focus on eco-culture. Her love of trees and nature is reflected in her work as she strives to bring awareness to the importance of sustainable art. She says: “I've been an avid gardener since the age of ten. Even then, I recall understanding the importance of growing and nurturing native plants. I was already in awe of California's lush topography, and knew that a balanced ecosystem was key to survival for all its members.” Rebecca graduated from the University of Arizona in Tucson with a Bachelor in Fine Arts and a Masters in Art Education from Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles. After college she worked as a graphic artist and in fashion before teaching art. She met her husband Ike in LA where they live with their three children; Andrew, Caroline and Margaret. Rebecca returned to art seven years ago and after initially finding it a challenge once she found how her art belonged in her soul and with her eco-friendly values, she settled into what has become her niche; using natural materials and sustainable practices for eco-conscious mixed media art. She says: ‘Beautiful things can be made by working with the planet, not taking from it.” As the saying goes: one man's trash is another man's treasure and Rebecca has proved how waste can be transformed into beauty. A cultivator of native California oak trees, her family's acorn project has seen over 25,000 acorns planted in the Santa Monica Mountains over the past ten years. Rebecca is currently an artist-in-residence at the 18th Street @ The Airport art complex in Santa Monica, CA. Rebecca's favorite female artists: "Jaclyn Gordyan, who uses objects found in nature in her work Laurey Bennett-Levy, who is a printmaker using cyanotype Joan Wulf, who uses smoke and fire to create marks Julie Mehretu, who creates layered, abstracted landscapes Mickalene Thomas, whose collages incorporate glitter, rhinestones and enamel."Rebecca's playlist:"Podcasts: I Like Your Work, Art Problems, The Flying Fruitbowl, Arts To Hearts, Armchair Expert, Pivot Music: Hip Hop only Audiobooks: Everything from fiction to self help. I just started Finding The Mother Tree and am loving it."Rebecca's website: https://www.rebeccayoussef.com/Instagram: rebecca.youssef_studioHost: Chris StaffordProduced by Hollowell StudiosFollow @theaartpodcast on InstagramEmail: hollowellstudios@gmail.com

CCH is an avid art collector. A new exhibit featuring pieces from CCH's collection Diaspora Stories: Selections from the CCH Pounder Collection opened in Chicago on March 18 at The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center and runs through July 16, 2023.  The exhibition which was curated especially for the DuSable Museum contains 24 works of art by worldrenowned artists including Kehinde Wiley, Patricia Renee Thomas, Reginald Jackson, Robert Pruitt, Greg Breda, Ebony G. Patterson, and Mickalene Thomas, among others. Each item was curated and personally selected in collaboration with the DuSable and Ms. Pounder from her extensive collection specifically for “Diaspora Stories: Selections from the CCH Pounder Collection.”  Bio: Award winning actress CCH Pounder can currently be seen as “Mo'at” in James Cameron's AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER. Pounder portrayed “Dr. Loretta Wade” on the CBS series, NCIS: NEW ORLEANS for seven seasons and other notable projects include the television shows THE GOOD FIGHT, WAREHOUSE 13, SONS OF ANARCHY, REVENGE, BROTHERS, LAW & ORDER: SVU and HBO's THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY, which garnered Pounder her fourth Emmy® nomination. For seven years, Pounder portrayed "Claudette Wyms" on the critically acclaimed FX series, THE SHIELD, which earned her many accolades including an Emmy® nomination, the MIB Prism Award," two Golden Satellite Awards and the “Genii Excellence in TV Award.” Other honors for Pounder include an Emmy® nomination for her role as Dr. Angela Hicks on the NBC series ER and an Emmy® nomination for her role in FOX's The X-FILES.  In addition, she received a Grammy® Award nomination for "Best Spoken Word Album" for GROW OLD ALONG WITH ME, THE BEST IS YET TO BE and won an AUDIE, the Audio Publishers Association's top honor, for WOMEN IN THE MATERIAL WORLD. Film credits include HOME AGAIN, RAIN, PRIZZI'S HONOR, POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE, ROBOCOP 3, SLIVER, TALES FROM THE CRYPT: DEMON KNIGHT, FACE/OFF, END OF DAYS, MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES, ORPHAN, AVATAR, GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS and her breakout role in BAGDAD CAFÉ.  A graduate of Ithaca College, she received an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from the school, was their 2010 Commencement Speaker and in 2021, she received Ithaca College Alumni Association's Lifetime Achievement Award.  Pounder serves on the Board of the African Millennium Foundation and was a founding member of Artists for a New South Africa. An advocate of the arts, she is active in the Creative Coalition and recent accolades for Pounder include the Visionary Leadership Award in Performing Arts from the Museum of the African Diaspora (MOAD) in San Francisco, the 2015 Carney Awards, the Lifetime Achievement Award from Chase Brexton Health Care in Baltimore, 2015 Honoree at the Grand Performances Gala in Los Angeles, the 2016 SweetArts Performing Arts honoree from the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans, the National Urban League's 2017 Women of Power Award and the 2018 Bob Marley Award from AFUWI (American Foundation for the University of the West Indies).  In addition to her prolific acting career and advocacy, Pounder has been extensively involved with the arts as a patron, collector, gallery owner and museum founder. Originally from Georgetown, Guyana, Pounder's collection consists of Caribbean and African artists and artists of the African Diaspora. Her collection is heavily concentrated in the area of Contemporary Art but also includes traditional African sculptures. In 1992, Pounder and her husband, the late Boubacar Koné, founded and built the Musée Boribana, the first privately owned contemporary museum in Dakar Senegal, which they gifted to that nation in 2014. Pounder's personal collection contains over 500 works of art, many of which she has loaned to Xavier University of Louisiana for a series of exhibitions and some which were on exhibit at Somerset House in England, Kent State Museum, The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, MI and The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center in Chicago. 

THIS WEEK on the GWA Podcast, I interview one of the most renowned artists working in the world right now, Mickalene Thomas. Working across painting, photography, installation, film, collage and more, Thomas, for the past two decades has been instrumental in forging an identity for figuration in the 21st century. Positioning her subjects – bold, beautiful women – in often large-scale work that commands the same power as that of Old Master Painting, Thomas lionises her subjects, whether they be friends, family members or lovers, by imbuing them with glittering rhinestone crystals and rich, colourful patterning, in atmospheres that are full of freedom, full of liberation. Drawing from pop culture and history – think Grace Jones to the 19th century French painters – and striving to encapsulate the beauty and glamour she witnessed in Jet magazine when growing up, Thomas also re-stages, reclaims, art-historical compositions by reworking paintings from the lens of a Black queer woman. In 2013, she said: ‘Portraits are very powerful. They have a great representation and dominance in the world... of trying to capture the essence of someone' and just to prove how powerful this was on her own career, it was after seeing legendary photographer Carrie Mae Weems's Kitchen Table Series, 1990 that Thomas was inspired to pursue art. Switching from law and enrolling in art school at the Pratt Institute, Thomas then went on to earn her MFA from Yale, and has since worked indefatigably to elevate the presence of Black women in art. Thomas has exhibited at the world's most prestigious institutions, from the Brooklyn Museum to MOCA Los Angeles, Spellman College to the ICA in Boston, but she has also been a force at uplifting the careers of others – such as, in recent shows, curating exhibitions alongside her own featuring younger names, making for a more exciting and inclusive art history, that others have followed her in doing. Follow us: Katy Hessel: @thegreatwomenartists / @katy.hessel Sound editing by Mikaela Carmichael Artwork by @thisisaliceskinner Music by Ben Wetherfield https://www.thegreatwomenartists.com/ THIS EPISODE IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY OCULA: https://ocula.com/

In this conversation first recorded for Washington Post Live on April 6, artist Mickalene Thomas discusses her work celebrating the beauty of Black women, her exhibitions around the world and the power of seeing Black people engaged in leisure and relaxation.

“Célébration Picasso”La collection prend des couleurs !au Musée national Picasso, Parisdu 7 mars au 27 août 2023Interview de Joanne Snrech, conservatrice du patrimoine, responsable des peintures au Musée national Picasso-Paris, et co-commissaire de l'exposition,par Anne-Frédérique Fer, à Paris, le 6 mars 2023, durée 20'57.© FranceFineArt.https://francefineart.com/2023/02/26/3394_collection-rijksmuseum_fondation-custodiaCommuniqué de presse Commissariat et direction artistique :L'accrochage est conçu par Cécile Debray, conservatrice générale du patrimoine et présidente du Musée national Picasso-Paris. & Joanne Snrech, conservatrice du patrimoine et responsable des peintures au Musée national Picasso-Paris, commissaires, avec une direction artistique de Paul Smith, designers britanniques.Le 8 avril 2023 marque le cinquantième anniversaire de la disparition de Pablo Picasso et place ainsi l'année sous le signe de la célébration de son oeuvre et de son héritage artistique en France, en Espagne et à l'international. À l'occasion de cette année anniversaire, le Musée national Picasso-Paris invite le designer britannique Sir Paul Smith, connu pour son travail sur la couleur et le sur-mesure à signer la direction artistique d'un accrochage exceptionnel, mettant à l'honneur la collection du musée.Cet accrochage conçu sous la direction artistique de Sir Paul Smith se déploie autour des chefs-d'oeuvre de la collection. L'approche unique que le designer porte sur les oeuvres invite le public à les envisager à travers une lecture plus contemporaine, et souligne le caractère toujours actuel du travail de Picasso. Aussi, les univers des deux créateurs se rencontrent parfois, comme autour d'un amour partagé pour les objets, pour le costume ou l'espièglerie, proposant des rapprochements et une mise en espace des oeuvres résolument inventive et spectaculaire !Le parcours est ponctué d'oeuvres d'artistes contemporains internationaux. Ainsi, Guillermo Kuitca, Obi Okigbo, Mickalene Thomas et Chéri Samba participent de cette même volonté d'ouvrir de nouvelles perspectives sur la postérité de l'oeuvre de Picasso, en questionnant son image ou en reprenant à leur compte, certaines de ses innovations plastiques. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

On this episode I'm joined by Jeffrey Meris, the New York-based artist whose paintings, sculptures, and conceptual work draw on his lived experiences.  Meris was recently announced as one of this years winners of the prestigious and highly coveted Studio Museum of Harlem residency which has seen the likes of heavy hitters such as Chakaia Booker, David Hammons, Kerry James Marshall, Julie Mehretu, Mickalene Thomas and Kehinde Wiley partake in its program. Formally Jeffrey Meris is an artist who works across sculpture, installation, performance, and drawing to consider ecology, embodiment and various lived experiences while healing deeply personal and historical wounds. 

Multidisciplinary artist Mickalene Thomas is one the the most well know contemporary artists in the art scene today. She is a queer identified, African American woman working and residing in Brooklyn NY.  Her visual work examines ideas around femininity, beauty, race, sexuality, and gender.  In this episode, Mickalene speaks about her complex relationship with her mother, who inspired and influenced her photography and paintings, and set a trajectory for her visual work, as well as personal recollections on her journey of self awareness, queer liberation and coming to terms with the past. Mickalene Thomas's work is held in many collections, including, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Brooklyn Museum, The Guggenheim Museum, The Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Studio Museum of Harlem among many others. Photo: © Mickalene ThomasSupport the showRecorded at The Newsstand Studio at 1 Rockefeller Plaza in NYC. Special thanks to Joseph Hazan & Karen Song. Produced by Wanda Acosta• Find us: @cafetabacfilm on Instagram & Facebook • Email us: info@cafetabacfilm.com• Website: cafetabacfilm.com/podcast • LEAVE A REVIEW

Known for her elaborate paintings composed of rhinestones, acrylic, and enamel, Mickalene Thomas draws on art history and popular culture to create a contemporary vision of female sexuality, beauty, and power.

Sie hat Michelle Obama und Oprah Winfrey porträtiert, zusammen mit Beyonce gearbeitet und jetzt nimmt sie es im Pariser Musée de l'Orangerie mit Monets Seerosen auf. Mickalene Thomas gehört seit Jahren zu den gefeiertsten Künstlern of Colour, aktuell sind ihre Werke erstmals in Europa zu bestaunen. Über sie als Titelheldin der neuen Ausgabe und ein ganzes Heft voller Schönheit spricht Monopol-Chefredakteurin Elke Buhr. Moderation: Til Schäbitz detektor.fm/was-wichtig-wird Podcast: detektor.fm/feeds/was-wichtig-wird Apple Podcasts: itun.es/de/9cztbb.c Google Podcasts: goo.gl/cmJioL Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0UnRK019ItaDoWBQdCaLOt

In Episode 1 we welcome artist Mickalene Thomas. In preparation for her solo exhibition at Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris, we discuss the power of art, reincarnation, and how black erotica fills the void of aspirational love. The Art Career Podcast is available on Apple, Spotify, and Google. Link in bio. Mickalene Thomas was born and raised in New Jersey and lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. One of the most influential artists today, her innovative practice has yielded instantly recognizable and widely celebrated aesthetic languages within contemporary visual culture. She is known for her elaborate paintings composed of rhinestones, acrylic, and enamel. Not only do her masterful mixed-media paintings, photographs, films and installations command space, they occupy eloquently while exploring the intersecting complexities of black and female identity within the Western canon. Thomas received a B.F.A. from the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY in 2000 and an M.F.A. from Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT in 2002. In 2012, a blockbuster Brooklyn Museum exhibition established Thomas as one of the leading artists of her generation. In the decade since, Thomas' work has been purchased by institutions ranging from the Museum of Modern Art to the Guggenheim, from the Whitney to the Studio Museum in Harlem and from museums in Boston, Chicago, Tokyo and more. She has held solo exhibitions all over the world. Thomas has truly become a master of the female nude form and erotic suggestion in addition to having the drive and commitment to her practice that is unparalleled. @theartcareer @mickalenethomas @emilymcelwreath_art @lizzie.gill.art Image Courtesy of the Artist #TAC #TACpodcast #theartcareer #artpodcasts #mickalenethomas

When the Seattle Art Museum opened the Olympic Sculpture Park on the urban waterfront in 2007, it changed the way people could interact with art and experience the city's environment. The fact that it's free and open to everyone makes the park one of the most inclusive places to see art in the Pacific Northwest. The sculpture park contains pieces like Alexander Calder's red sculpture The Eagle, Jaume Plensa's giant head Echo, and Neukom Vivarium, a 60-foot nurse log in a custom-designed greenhouse, among many others. Although many people believe that the greatest work of art at the park is the park itself and the way it connects with its surroundings. Because of the efforts of the Seattle Art Museum and the city, instead of being filled with private condo buildings, this former industrial site has become a welcoming part of the waterfront for the public to enjoy sculptures, activities, and the gorgeous Elliott Bay views. The new book Seattle's Olympic Sculpture Park: A Place for Art, Environment, and an Open Mind, pays homage to the interconnected spirit of the park. Mimi Gardner Gates — the director of the Seattle Art Museum (1994–2009) at the time of the Sculpture Park's conception and creation — edited this collection of writings and images about the park and how public-private partnerships can create innovative civic spaces. Other contributors include Barry Bergdoll, Lisa Graziose Corrin, Renée Devine, Mark Dion, Teresita Fernández, Leonard Garfield, Jerry Gorovoy for Louise Bourgeois, Michael A. Manfredi, Lynda V. Mapes, Roy McMakin, Peter Reed, Pedro Reyes, Maggie Walker, and Marion Weiss. Seattle Times journalist Lynda V. Mapes and SAM curator Catharina Manchanda joined Gates in discussion about the remarkable waterfront park and how it might inspire future innovation in civic spaces. Mimi Gardner Gates was director of the Seattle Art Museum for fifteen years and is now director emerita, overseeing the Gardner Center for Asian Art and Ideas. Previously, she spent nineteen years at Yale University Art Gallery, the last seven-and-a-half of those years as director. She is a fellow of the Yale Corporation; Chairman of the Dunhuang Foundation; Chairman of the Blakemore Foundation; a trustee of the San Francisco Asian Art Museum; a trustee of the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment, and serves on the boards of the Yale University Art Gallery, the Northwest African American Museum, the Terra Foundation, and Copper Canyon Press. Dr. Gates formerly chaired the National Indemnity Program at the National Endowment for the Arts and served on the Getty Leadership Institute Advisory Committee. Lynda V. Mapes is a journalist, author, and close observer of the natural world, and covers natural history, environmental topics, and issues related to Pacific Northwest indigenous cultures for The Seattle Times. Over the course of her career she has won numerous awards, including the international 2019 and 2012 Kavli gold award for science journalism from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world's largest professional science association. She has written six books, including Orca Shared Waters Shared Home, winner of the 2021 National Outdoor Book Award, and Elwha, a River Reborn. Catharina Manchanda joined the Seattle Art Museum as the Jon & Mary Shirley Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art in 2011. Notable exhibitions for SAM include Pop Departures (2014-15), City Dwellers: Contemporary Art from India (2015), Figuring History: Robert Colescott, Kerry James Marshall, Mickalene Thomas (2017), and Frisson: The Richard E. Lang and Jane Lang Davis Collection (2021). Prior to joining SAM, she was the Senior Curator of Exhibitions at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio. She has also worked in curatorial positions at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. She is the recipient of numerous international awards including an Andy Warhol Foundation grant, Getty Library Research grant, and others. Buy the Book: Seattle's Olympic Sculpture Park: A Place For Art, Environment, And An Open Mind from University Book Store Presented by Town Hall Seattle. To become a member or make a donation click here. 

Collected by institutions from MOMA to the Guggenheim and by museums in Boston, Chicago, Tokyo and more, her vibrant work focuses on Black women and perceptions of beauty--but it's really about changing the way we see.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 95 features Kent Kelley. His interest in the arts was formed from fond memories observing his mother, an artist who died when he was 14. A decade later he acquired his first works of art and in 2015 began building an art collection with the express goal of documenting and preserving the culture of the African diaspora. His support for the arts includes increasing the awareness of artists of color whether they be emerging artists, mid-career artists or mid-20th Century masters excluded from the historical art canon because of their race and gender. Kent is also a finance professional and currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer of a fast growing SaaS software company. His collection includes works by Nate Lewis, Tariku Shiferaw, Genevieve Gaignard, Vaughn Spann, Nathaniel Murray Quinn, Mickalene Thomas, Kehinde Wiley, Norman Lewis, Bettye Saar, Ed Clark, Frank Bowling and Benny Andrews. Kent is also a patron of the Arts. He is a Director's Circle member at his local High Museum of Art, a Director Council member at the Studio Museum of Harlem and a member of MoMA PS1's, "Greater New Yorkers", a community of forward thinking individuals dedicated to supporting MoMA PS1's ability to be artist centric, artist driven and artist focused. Kent and his wife were funders for the High Museum of Art, in Atlanta, Obama Portraits Exhibition on view until March 20, 2022. https://high.org/obama-tour/ Artsy https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-collector-kent-kelley-supporting-brilliance-black-emerging-artists High Museum https://high.org/Press-Release/high-museum-of-art-presents-the-obama-portraits-tour-featuring-portraits-by-artists-kahinde-wiley-and-amy-sherald/ J News https://jnews.uk/collector-kent-kelley-on-supporting-the-brilliance-of-black-emerging-artists/ Newsbreak https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2481869378970/collector-kent-kelley-on-supporting-the-brilliance-of-black-emerging-artists Photo credit: Slingshots Photography

Episode 89 features Antwaun Sargent. He is a writer, curator, art critic and director at Gagosian Gallery in New York City. He is the author of “The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion” (Aperture 2019) and the editor of “Young, Gifted and Black: A New Generation of Artists” (DAP 2020). Mr. Sargent was the guest editor of “Art In America” magazine's, New Talent Issue, May/June 2021. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, The New Yorker, and in museum and gallery publications for artists Mickalene Thomas, Arthur Jafa, Meleko Mokgosi, Nick Cave, Yinka Shonibare and Ed Clark, among many others. In mid-2021, Gagosian New York City, presented Social Works I, a group exhibition curated by Antwaun with participating artists David Adjaye, Zalika Azim, Allana Clarke, Kenturah Davis, Theaster Gates, Linda Goode Bryant, Lauren Halsey, Titus Kaphar, Rick Lowe, Christie Neptune, Alexandria Smith, and Carrie Mae Weems. In late 2021, Antwaun curated the sequel, Social Works II, Gagosian located in Grosvenor Hill, London. “The New Black Vanguard” and “Young, Gifted and Black” are currently on view. Photo credit: Chase Hall Gagosian https://gagosian.com/exhibitions/2021/social-works-curated-by-antwaun-sargent/ Gagosian Quarterly https://gagosian.com/quarterly/2021/06/25/interview-social-works-rick-lowe-and-walter-hood/ Vulture https://www.vulture.com/2020/08/young-gifted-and-black-artists-book.html New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/23/arts/design/gagosian-antwaun-sargent-social-works.html Culture Type https://www.culturetype.com/2021/09/05/on-view-social-works-curated-by-antwaun-sargent-at-gagosian-in-new-york-exhibition-will-have-a-sequel-in-london-in-october/ Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/chaddscott/2020/10/18/antwuan-sargent-curated-just-pictures-exhibition-proves-to-be-much-more/?sh=e2e8b1d15b3c ARTnews https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/antwaun-sargent-artnews-live-interview-1234579985/ Projects+Gallery http://www.projects-gallery.com/just-pictures-antwaun-sargent i-D https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/5dmwdd/antwaun-sargent-bernard-lumpkin-young-gifted-black-davey-adesida Fad Magazine https://fadmagazine.com/2021/10/05/social-works-ii-curated-by-antwaun-sargent/ DAZED https://www.dazeddigital.com/art-photography/article/48097/1/antwaun-sargent-bernard-lumpkin-on-curating-for-the-black-community

At the Gucci North America Changemakers Summit to launch the third year of the program, powered by Gucci Equilibrium, that took place in November 2021 at the Crenshaw High School Performing Arts Center in Los Angeles, a panel discussion entitled ‘A Conversation on the Impact of Arts, Fashion, and Education on Community Change' was led by model, activist and Gucci's Executive Adviser for Global Equity and Culture Engagement Bethann Hardison and featured visual artists Racquel Chevremont and Mickalene Thomas, director of Diversity Equity and Inclusion at Yale Law School Yaseen Eldik and photographer-filmmaker Tyler Mitchell. Gucci will continue accepting applications for the Gucci Changemakers North America initiative including the Changemakers Impact Fund for non-profit organizations and the Gucci Scholars Program for talented undergraduate and community college students until January 28, 2022. Discover more on https://equilibrium.gucci.com/

Thanks for listening! This week our friend and talented film lady, Katie Lee, guest stars to tell us about the Italian Bienalle Del Arte in 2019: May We Live in Interesting Times. Katie specifically tells us about the fascinating piece "L'Ange du Foyer" by Max Ernst and its new video adaptation. Sinclaire brings us the fantastic queer, Black artist, Mickalene Thomas, and her twist on Manet's "Le Déjeuner sur L'Herbe" by the same title. Kendal shows us Kent Monkmon, a contemporary, indigenous, queer artist, specifically, she discusses "The Resurgence of the People" a piece that lives in the Met lobby currently. Max commentates as usual and will soon be doing museum reviews! POCOT Instagram: @paint_on_canvas_on_tapeEmail: paintoncanvasontape@gmail.com

Racquel Chevremont and Mickalene Thomas, who are collectively known as Deux Femmes Noires, join us to discuss their second curatorial project together titled, Brand New Heavies. The exhibition is on view at Brooklyn's Pioneer Works through June 20 and features monumental, site-specific installations by three artists: Abigail DeVille, Xaviera Simmons, and Rosa-Johan Uddoh.

Artista e Filmmaker newyorkese, Mickalene Thomas è nota per i suoi dipinti e le sue fotografie che esplorano la forza e l'estetica delle donne di colore. L'articolo Mickalene Thomas | ArteDonna | ArteCONCAS proviene da Andrea Concas - Il mondo dell'arte come nessuno ti ha mai raccontato.

Artista e Filmmaker newyorkese, Mickalene Thomas è nota per i suoi dipinti e le sue fotografie che esplorano la forza e l'estetica delle donne di colore. L'articolo Mickalene Thomas | ArteDonna | ArteCONCAS proviene da Andrea Concas - Il mondo dell’arte che nessuno ti ha mai raccontato.

Larry Ossei-Mensah is a Ghanaian-American independent curator and cultural critic who has documented contemporary art happenings for various publications including Uptown and Whitewall Magazine. His writings have profiled some of the most dynamic visual artists working today—Derrick Adams, Mickalene Thomas, Kehinde Wiley, Lorna Simpson and street artist JR. As a curator, Ossei-Mensah uses contemporary art and culture as a vehicle to redefine how we see ourselves and the world around us. He has organized exhibitions at commercial and nonprofit galleries throughout New York City featuring a roster of critically acclaimed emerging and mid-career artists including Firelei Baez, ruby amanze, Hugo McCloud, Brendan Fernandes, and Derek Fordjour to name a few. Ossei-Mensah is also the Co-Founder of ARTNOIR, a global collective of culturalists who design multimodal experiences aimed to engage this generation's dynamic and diverse creative class. ARTNOIR serves as a tangible extension of Ossei-Mensah's curatorial vision of “bridging gaps.” ARTNOIR's inaugural event was a conversation on art and gender justice featuring Wangechi Mutu, Julie Mehretu and Adrienne Edwards. He currently serves as Co-Chair on Russell Simmons' RUSH Artist Advisory Board, the Guggenheim's Young Collectors Council, MoMA's Friends of Education and as juror for the 2016 PULSE Prize. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/noah-becker4/support

In this episode of PhotoWork with Sasha Wolf, Sasha and photographer, curator, and writer, Jon Feinstein discuss the evolution of Humble Arts Foundation, the organization he co founded with Amani Olu, and how Humble represents Jon’s strong desire to democratize the art world and create opportunities for more people. Jon and Sasha also talk about some of the recent events in Jon’s personal life that has made his own work more urgent and emotional. They also reminisce about the first time they met and mutual affection abounds.  http://www.jonfeinstein.com About Jon Feinstein: Jon Feinstein divides his time between making photographs, writing about photographs, curating photographs, and raising his daughter.   Since 2019, he has been directing content/marketing strategy for The Luupe, a new platform connecting women photographers with big brands to change the still-backward narrative.  In his spare time, he runs Humble Arts Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to supporting up and coming art photography. He works with photographers on collaborative interviews to make their photos shine. Feinstein has curated over 50 exhibitions online and IRL, sometimes with curatorial heroes like Lumi Tan, Charlotte Cotton, Natalia Sacasa, Roula Seikaly, and Mickalene Thomas, landing press in HyperAllergic, Aperture, FeatureShoot, The New York Times and The New Yorker.  Feinstein won the 2019 Blue Sky curatorial prize with Roula Seikaly, and also recently, curated his first museum show at The Ogden Museum in New Orleans.  His writing on photography has appeared in VICE, Slate, Daylight, Aperture, Adobe, Hyperallergic, Photograph, and Time, and his weekly stories and interviews on Humble's blog have helped get photographers press, representation, and sell their work.  His own photographs have been featured in Vice, Booooooooom, Paper Journal, Business Insider, Bon Appetit, Lenscratch, and (strangely) Fox News (no regrets). Find out more at https://photowork.pinecast.co

John talks with Ghanaian-American curator and cultural critic, Larry Ossei-Mensah. Larry uses contemporary art as a vehicle to redefine how we see ourselves and the world around us. He has organized exhibitions and programs at commercial and nonprofit spaces around the globe from New York City to Rome featuring artists such as Firelei Baez, Allison Janae Hamilton, Brendan Fernades, Ebony G. Patterson, Modou Dieng, Glenn Kaino, Joiri Minaya and Stanley Whitney to name a few. Moreover, Ossei-Mensah has actively documented cultural happenings featuring the most dynamic visual artists working today such as Derrick Adams, Mickalene Thomas, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Federico Solmi, and Kehinde Wiley.A native of The Bronx, Ossei-Mensah is also the co-founder of ARTNOIR, a 501(c)(3) and global collective of culturalists who design multimodal experiences aimed to engage this generation’s dynamic and diverse creative class. ARTNOIR endeavors to celebrate the artistry and creativity by Black and Brown artists around the world via virtual and in-person experiences. Ossei-Mensah is a contributor to the first-ever Ghanaian Pavilion for the 2019 Venice Biennial with an essay on the work of visual artist Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.Ossei-Mensah is the former Susanne Feld Hilberry Senior Curator at MOCAD in Detroit. He co-curated in 2019 with Dexter Wimberly the critically acclaimed exhibition at MOAD in San Francisco Coffee, Rhum, Sugar, Gold: A Postcolonial Paradox in Spring/Summer 2019. Ossei-Mensah currently serves as Curator-at-Large at BAM, where he curated the inaugural exhibition When A Pot Finds Its Purpose featuring the work of Glenn Kaino at the Rudin Family Gallery. He will be co-curating with Omsk Social Club 7th Athens Biennale in Athens, Greece in 2021. Ossei-Mensah has had recent profiles in such publications as the NY Times, Artsy, and Cultured Magazine, and was recently named to Artnet’s 2020 Innovator List.

This episode we are so excited to be joined by an amazing gallerist and dear friend, Kavi Gupta. Kavi is the founder of the Kavi Gupta Gallery, which opened in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood in 2002. Since then, the gallery has grown to two permanent locations that host more than a dozen museum-quality exhibitions each year; representing artists such as: Mickalene Thomas, Manish Nai, Firelei Báez, Angel Otero, (and one of my personal favorites) Jeffrey Gibson - just to name a few. Working alongside these artists to develop new projects, original scholarship, and historic archives, Kavi Gupta's program is renowned for its strong academic focus and forward-thinking vision. In addition, Kavi Gupta Gallery is a three-time recipient of the prestigious International Association of Art Critics Award for Best Show in a Commercial Space Nationally. You can follow the gallery on Instagram @kavigupta_ Some artists discussed this episode: McArthur Binion Jeffrey Gibson Félix González-Torres Mickalene Thomas Roger Brown Gladys Nilsson Jim Nutt Ed Paschke Robert Gober Gerald Williams Theaster Gates For images, artworks, and more behind the scenes goodness, follow @artfromtheoutsidepodcast on Instagram.

Welcome to this ninth episode of the Dior Talks podcast series ‘Feminist Art’. This podcast series will explore the connections between Creative Director of Women’s collections Maria Grazia Chiuri and contemporary women artists and curators.  In this episode, series host Katy Hessel, a London-based curator, writer and art-historian, speaks with Mickalene Thomas, the New York-based painter and multimedia artist, about her career as an observer and documenter of African American womanhood in all its variety, and her lifelong fascination with the black female experience, from her own family members to the world at large. Mickalene Thomas was born in Camden, New Jersey, in 1971 and was raised by a remarkable mother who introduced her to visual art as a young child and raised her as a Buddhist. Thomas studied pre-law and theater in Portland, Oregon, before completing her BA and MA in Fine Art at the Pratt Institute and Yale School of Art, respectively. Based in Brooklyn, she has exhibited her paintings, collages, photographs, films and videos around the world, including in major exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum, ICA Boston, Aspen Art Museum and Baltimore Museum of Art. She has also completed many commissions, amongst others at MoMA PS1 in New York, the Norton Museum of Art, and a mosaic mural for the wall of the U.S. Embassy in Dakar, Senegal. Thomas’s work and research processes involve multiple reference points, including the history of art, the representation of black femininity and black power and the seminal 1970s ‘Blaxploitation’ genre. She has painted many iconic African American women, including Eartha Kitt, Whitney Houston, Oprah Winfrey and Michelle Obama, and is renowned for her deft use of classical traditions of fine art in her penetrative portrayals of the black experience. For the Dior Cruise 2020 collection, Maria Grazia Chiuri commissioned Thomas to reinterpret Christian Dior’s iconic ‘Bar’ jacket, a timely collaboration and an opportunity for the two creatives to combine their passions for the historical and the contemporary, along with their mutual dedication to feminism and female creativity. In 2018, Thomas was invited to create a new and striking take on the ‘Lady Dior’ handbag, as part of the limited-edition ‘Dior Lady Art’ series.

AW CLASSROOM PODCAST: INTERVIEW WITH LARRY OSSEI MENSAH For this episode, we are diving into Larry Ossei-Mensah’s curatorial journey and perspective on supporting artists early in their careers. Larry shares his eye for art and his advice for young artists. Larry Ossei-Mensah uses contemporary art as a vehicle to redefine how we see ourselves and the world around us. The Ghanaian-American curator and cultural critic has organized exhibitions and programs at commercial and nonprofit spaces around the globe from New York City to Rome featuring artists such as Firelei Baez, Allison Janae Hamilton, Brendan Fernades, Ebony G. Patterson, Glenn Kaino, and Stanley Whitney to name a few. Moreover, Ossei-Mensah has actively documented cultural happenings featuring the most dynamic visual artists working today such as Derrick Adams, Mickalene Thomas, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Federico Solmi, and Kehinde Wiley. A native of The Bronx, Ossei-Mensah is also the co-founder of ARTNOIR, a 501(c)(3) and global collective of culturalists who design multimodal experiences aimed to engage this generation’s dynamic and diverse creative class. ARTNOIR endeavors to celebrate the artistry and creativity by Black and Brown artists around the world via virtual and in person experiences. Ossei-Mensah is a contributor to the first ever Ghanaian Pavilion for the 2019 Venice Biennial with an essay on the work of visual artist Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. Ossei-Mensah is the former Susanne Feld Hilberry Senior Curator at MOCAD in Detroit. He recently co-curated in 2019 with Dexter Wimberly the critically acclaimed exhibition at MOAD in San Francisco Coffee, Rhum, Sugar, Gold: A Postcolonial Paradox in Spring/Summer 2019. Ossei-Mensah currently serves as guest curator at BAM's Rudin Family Gallery. He also will be co-curating with Omsk Social Club 7th Athens Biennale in Athens, Greece in Spring 2021. Ossei-Mensah has had recent profiles in such publications like the NY Times, Artsy, and Cultured Magazine, which recently named him one of seven curators to watch in 2019. Follow him on Instagram/Twitter at @youngglobal or www.larryosseimensah.com. Image: Miranda Barnes for New York Times Follow us: @artsywindow --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/artsywindow/support

Motivation This week the topic is Motivation. Seema and Gina share some of their thoughts about how motivation looks different during quarantine and how artists get themselves motivated. Deep Dive with Reggie: Mickalene Thomas Show Notes: “Girlfriends and Lovers,” Mickalene Thomas, 2008, The Mary S. and Louis S. Myers Endowment Fund for Painting and Sculpture https://www.akronartmuseum.org/collection/?object=4026 To hear Mickalene Thomas talk about what motivates her, follow this link: https://www.mickalenethomas.com/about Shop Talk with Arron Foster Arron Foster is an artist and educator who works in a variety of media, including printmaking, book arts, video, and installation. Arron has exhibited both nationally and internationally, while also teaching university coursework in print media and book arts. This edition is especially fun since Katelyn had Arron as a professor at Kent State University. Hear Arron discuss Mickalene Thomas’s work, what drives his motivation, and his favorite (and very specific!) salty snack. Website- https://arron-foster.squarespace.com Instagram @fosta1918 Zygote Exhibition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCp1S7V-ujA Current & Forthcoming Exhibitions: Virtual Exhibition- And the Band Played On- Failure, Catastrophe, and Absurdity. IN TOTO Gallery https://www.intotovirtual.com/and-the-band-played-on?utm_campaign=30576f9b-4581-4e64-b658-027b5f69df18&utm_source=so&utm_medium=mail&cid=861ab816-3257-453e-ab0e-077f01cc3804 2020 Mid American Print Council Juried Members Exhibition hosted by Kent State University. 2020 Screenprint Biennial- Hosted by Todd Gallery at Middle Tennessee State University. Past Lives Collaborative Book project- published by Risolve Studios- Lancaster PA. Cul-De-Sac Print Exchange (Exhibition)- Gathered Glassblowing- Toledo, OH. Relief Podcast Music Jordan King is a multi-instrumentalist based in Kent, Ohio. Through his music project, Swell Tides, he has worked with Akron Recording Company and Electric Company Records. His work has been featured in the Devil Strip, Cleveland Scene, Akron Recording Company’s Where the Hell is Akron, OH? Vol. 2. Find Swell Tides on Bandcamp and Spotify, and stay in tune with upcoming shows on Instagram @swelltides https://smelltides.bandcamp.com https://open.spotify.com/artist/2qa5gCXkIOy2wkvQAPQPAy?si=1OPf7j5hQUCl0IU4zI3-Og

This week on Inside the Arts, the 23rd New Orleans French Film Festival gets underway right after Mardi Gras. It’s one of the longest-running foreign language festivals in the country. We talk with the festival’s artistic director emeritus John Desplas. And, the Contemporary Arts Center continues its run of a series of exhibits highlighting women artists, headlined by internationally acclaimed Brooklyn painter Mickalene Thomas. We caught up with Thomas who will join us in our studio. Airs Tuesdays at 1:00 p.m., Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m., and Thursdays at 8:45 a.m.

2019 was a year of protests and profound change. We look back on what happened, what our guests talked about and what our listeners most responded to. Tune in to hear Ian Alteveer (the Aaron I. Fleischman curator of Modern and contemporary art at the Metropolitan Museum), Julia Halperin (the executive editor of artnet News) and host Charlotte Burns review the year—and to hear snippets from our 2019 shows featuring museum directors Nicholas Serota (formerly Tate and now the head of Arts Council England), and Max Hollein (the Metropolitan Museum of Art); The New York Times co-chief art critic Roberta Smith; artists Catherine Opie, Mickalene Thomas, Derrick Adams and Nari Ward; architect David Adjaye; Ford Foundation president Darren Walker, and more. Transcript: https://www.artagencypartners.com/transcript-74-looking-back-at-2019/ "In Other Words” is a presentation of AAP and Sotheby's, produced by Audiation.fm.

2019 was a year of protests and profound change. We look back on what happened, what our guests talked about and what our listeners most responded to. Tune in to hear Ian Alteveer (the Aaron I. Fleischman curator of Modern and contemporary art at the Metropolitan Museum), Julia Halperin (the executive editor of artnet News) and host Charlotte Burns review the year—and to hear snippets from our 2019 shows featuring museum directors Nicholas Serota (formerly Tate and now the head of Arts Council England), and Max Hollein (the Metropolitan Museum of Art); The New York Times co-chief art critic Roberta Smith; artists Catherine Opie, Mickalene Thomas, Derrick Adams and Nari Ward; architect David Adjaye; Ford Foundation president Darren Walker, and more. Transcript: https://www.artagencypartners.com/transcript-74-looking-back-at-2019/ "In Other Words” is a presentation of AAP and Sotheby’s, produced by Audiation.fm.

Coming to you live today at the IFPDA in New York. Check out this episode to hear what's going on in New York for Print Week if you can't be here to see it in person. Today I go over the happenings yesterday like my talk with master printer Craig Zammiello of Two Palms. We discussed photogravure, his specialty, and I give some detail today on how I think I've been misrepresenting that technique by calling all kinds of other printed things by that name. In fact, there is one material that is hardly available today that makes the process of photogravure possible, and Craig tells us all about it. I also get into the prints I've been seeing and some of my perspective on some prints that really have hit me. I'm exploring the publishers' booths at the fair each day to see who is making great new work, and trying to meet the people who facilitate that print work. Two artists I'm enjoying are Swoon and Mickalene Thomas, both of whom are printing with Tandem Press out of Madison, Wisconsin. Midwest in the house! I also love the woodcuts of Chitra Ganesh at Durham Press because they're simple, black and white, and carry a lot of power in the message behind the work.Today at the fair Jeff Koons talks about the state of multiples in the art world, and I'll be making time to interview Karl LaRocca of Kayrock Screenprinting and Kathy Caraccio who runs K. Caraccio Printshop where she is master printer and has been collaborative printing for 40 years. After that Phil Sanders leads a discussion also about collaborative printing. It seems to be the theme of this type of event, so you'll be learning a lot about how artists and printers navigate working together. More to come so keep following The Print Cast to hear more about what's happening around the big apple this weekend.

In Episode 04 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews one of the most highly regarded young artists working today, the Harlem-born painter, TSCHABALALA SELF!! A graduate of the Yale School of Art and a recent participant of the AMAZING Studio Museum Residency, the brilliant Tschabalala is known for her expressive, vibrant and dynamic works of human figure, that combines paint, printmaking, collage and sculpture. With her primary concern centring around the black female body, Self explores subjects around race, gender, and identity through powerful and bold images of women. In this episode we discuss Tschabalala's beginnings in Harlem, the place that has culturally shaped who she is today and the impact it's had on her work; the artists who continue to inspire her – from Faith Ringgold, Kehinde Wiley and Clementine Hunter; the stories behind the figures and the 'settings' she places them in; her artistic process; interests in the environment that surrounds her characters, in particular the bodega; and her previous and current exhibitions – one of which, "Thigh High" is on right now at Pilar Corrias Gallery in London. She is SO brilliant and SO interesting, and I couldn't be more honoured to interview someone right at the forefront of their career. She's killing it. ENJOY!! WORKS / EXHIBITIONS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: Bodega Run –  The Hammer, LA: https://hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/2019/hammer-projects-tschabalala-self/ Pila Corrias, London: https://www.pilarcorrias.com/exhibitions/tschabalala-self-bodega-run/ Thigh High –  Currently on view at Pilar Corrias, until 9 November: https://www.pilarcorrias.com/exhibitions/tschabalala-self/ Tschabalala Self – Parasol Unit, 2017: https://parasol-unit.org/whats-on/tschabalala-self/ Studio Museum Residency: https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/5086 Upcoming exhibitions: ICA Boston –  https://www.icaboston.org/exhibitions/tschabalala-self-out-body Artists discussed include: Faith Ringgold, Mickalene Thomas, Wangechi Mutu, Clementine Hunter Thank you for listening!! This episode is sponsored by the Affordable Art Fair: @affordableartfairuk Follow us: Katy Hessel: @thegreatwomenartists / @katy.hessel Artwork by @thisisaliceskinner Sound editing by @_ellieclifford / @_naomiabel Music by Ben Wetherfield

Do I exist? Am I important? Am I beautiful? Find validation in the art of Mickalene Thomas. Mickalene Thomas redefines female physical perfection in a collage-inspired painting of a nude woman with a gaze that transfixes her audience.

TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM offers an artful and intimate meditation on the life and works of the acclaimed novelist. From her childhood in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio to ‘70s-era book tours with Muhammad Ali, from the front lines with Angela Davis to her own riverfront writing room, Toni Morrison leads an assembly of her peers, critics and colleagues on an exploration of race, America, history and the human condition as seen through the prism of her own literature. Woven together with a rich collection of art, history, literature and personality, the film includes discussions about her many critically acclaimed works, including novels “The Bluest Eye,” “Sula” and “Song of Solomon,” her role as an editor of iconic African-American literature and her time teaching at Princeton University. In addition to Ms. Morrison, the film features interviews with Hilton Als, Angela Davis, Fran Lebowitz, Walter Mosley, Sonia Sanchez and Oprah Winfrey, who turned Morrison’s novel “Beloved” into a feature film. Using Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’ elegant portrait-style interviews, Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am includes original music by Kathryn Bostic, a specially created opening sequence by artist Mickalene Thomas, and evocative works by other contemporary African-American artists including Kara Walker, Rashid Johnson and Kerry James Marshall. Director Timothy Greenfield-Sanders joins us for a conversation on gaining the trust and confidence of a literary icon. For news and updates go to: tonimorrisonfilm.com For more on upcoming screenings go to: tonimorrisonfilm.com/tickets For more about the filmmaker go to: greenfield-sanders.com Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/ToniMorrisonFilm https://twitter.com/tonimorrison

Visual artist Mickalene Thomas seems to have artwork everywhere, from the Moody Arts Center in Houston to the Brooklyn Museum and Paris. One morning in June, Mickalene and her partner and muse, Racquel Chevremont, joined me at Albertine, the French bookstore on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The three of us talked at length about how Mickalene reinterprets famous French paintings; about the visibility of black women in the arts; Mickalene and Racquel’s love for Dior and French butter; and the role that Paris plays for African-American artists.  

Katelyn Brown explores the black woman experience and its marriage to the black community and the world in broader terms primarily through digital portrait photography and mixed media. Self-taught, Katelyn began photographing as a means of investigating self image. In her early work she yielded chiefly self portraits, highlighting freedom and black beauty as major themes. Her influences include Quazi King, Mickalene Thomas, James Baldwin and Kerry James Marshall; as such, Katelyn has begun to weave the vast definitions of black womanness together with notions that are present but not limited to self love as a revolution, vulnerability, naturalness and introspection, being the needle and threads. Katelyn is currently experimenting with adding mixed media elements to her photographs using gold, silver, and copper leafing, paint and collaging. Katelyn currently lives in Baltimore, and is an alumna of the Maryland Institute College of Art where she earned a MFA in Photographic & Electronic Media. https://www.katelynbrown.work/ https://www.blurb.com/b/8637462-four-brooklyn

In the words of the Los Angeles Times, the artist Mickalene Thomas “is to contemporary painting what Daft Punk is to music: acclaimed as one of the more original remix artists working today.” Her genre-busting work takes many forms, and grapples with bodies and their desires, with power, equity and identity. In today's episode, she talks about community and collaboration—both essential to her practice—in a conversation with her partner and muse, the art consultant Racquel Chevremont, the cultural critic Antwaun Sargent and Charlotte Burns, the host of In Other Words. Thomas and Chevremont recently launched “Deux Femme Noires”, an organization focused on mentoring emerging artists of color. “The more of us that come up, the better," Chevremont says "We want the room to be filled with us.”  Thomas was studying to be a lawyer when a chance encounter with the photographs of Carrie Mae Weems inspired her to change direction and become an artist herself. “Whatever that power is, or mystery one may feel when they're excited by or inspired by particular art—I knew that's what I wanted to do with images," Thomas says. "And I knew I wanted to create that space for others.” Tune in for more from the artist, the muse and the writer in today's episode. Transcript: http://www.artagencypartners.com/transcript-community-collaboration-and-sisterhood-with-mickalene-thomas-racquel-chevremont-and-antwaun-sargent-on-creating-change/ “In Other Words” is a presentation of AAP and Sotheby's, produced by Audiation.fm.

In the words of the Los Angeles Times, the artist Mickalene Thomas “is to contemporary painting what Daft Punk is to music: acclaimed as one of the more original remix artists working today.” Her genre-busting work takes many forms, and grapples with bodies and their desires, with power, equity and identity. In today’s episode, she talks about community and collaboration—both essential to her practice—in a conversation with her partner and muse, the art consultant Racquel Chevremont, the cultural critic Antwaun Sargent and Charlotte Burns, the host of In Other Words. Thomas and Chevremont recently launched “Deux Femme Noires”, an organization focused on mentoring emerging artists of color. “The more of us that come up, the better," Chevremont says "We want the room to be filled with us.”  Thomas was studying to be a lawyer when a chance encounter with the photographs of Carrie Mae Weems inspired her to change direction and become an artist herself. “Whatever that power is, or mystery one may feel when they’re excited by or inspired by particular art—I knew that’s what I wanted to do with images," Thomas says. "And I knew I wanted to create that space for others.” Tune in for more from the artist, the muse and the writer in today's episode. Transcript: http://www.artagencypartners.com/transcript-community-collaboration-and-sisterhood-with-mickalene-thomas-racquel-chevremont-and-antwaun-sargent-on-creating-change/ “In Other Words” is a presentation of AAP and Sotheby’s, produced by Audiation.fm.

Note: this episode contains salty and/or strong language. Listener discretion is advised. Anne Thompson rented a billboard along Interstate 70 in Missouri to put up an artwork that says “Keep Abortion Legal.” Anne runs the I-70 Sign Show, a project that, since 2014, has displayed the work of artists including Ed Ruscha, Marilyn Minter, and Mickalene Thomas along a stretch of highway that runs across the state of Missouri. Though Anne wasn't initially interested in addressing politics through the project, all of that changed after the election. The I-70 Sign Show's billboards often collide with their setting in unexpected ways, and it's not uncommon for billboards to be defaced. Will the “Keep Abortion Legal” billboard, originally designed by artist Aleksandra Mir, be riddled with bullets by the time it's replaced by a discount boots sign? Also, we occasionally get some complaints about our show, like this one which was recently posted on our Apple Podcasts page from J. Robert Lennon. Lennon is the author of two story collections and eight novels, including Mailman, Familiar, and Broken River. On this episode, he reads his review. Below you'll find a slideshow of billboards from Anne Thompson's I-70 Sign Show project. We've also included a bunch of other non-art billboards, Anne Thompson's favorites from along I-70. Produced by Bram Sable-Smith. Aleksandra Mir, "Keep Abortion Legal," June-July 2017 View of installation at I-70 West mile 101, near Boonville (Credit: Matt Rahner for the I-70 Sign Show) Commercial billboard, I-70, Missouri. Jeff Gibson, "Armagarden," 2015  On main billboard, in Hatton, Missouri, December 2015–February 2016 (courtesy of Anne Thompson / I-70 Sign Show) Commercial billboard, I-70, Missouri. Karl Haendel, "Plow Pose," 2015On main billboard March–May 2015 (courtesy of Anne Thompson / I-70 Sign Show) Commercial billboard, I-70, Missouri. Visit I-70 Sign Show's website to see art billboards from Marilyn Minter, Ed Ruscha, Ryan McGinness, and others.

Mickalene Thomas joins the #BeYourOwnMuse podcast to discuss her latest exhibition, "Mickalene Thomas: Mentors, Muses, and Celebrities", on view at the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art February 9th - May 20th, 2017. In the first part of this two-part conversation, Mickalene Thomas discusses her earliest muses, her mother as an important source of creative inspiration, and why she reveres female comediennes. She also explains her approaches video versus photography and her thoughts on creating a sense of invitation for the viewer and the subjects of her work. Image: © Lyndsy Welgos

In the second part of this two-part conversation, Mickalene Thomas talks about "creating space," what she brings to her craft that a man could not, and why “tete-a-tate” is an important aspect of how she fosters context and dialogue with other artists and their work. Finally, Thomas details her collaboration with singer Solange Knowles, and what motherhood has taught her. Image: © Lyndsy Welgos

BAIA Talks : Where we like our conversations as HOT as our coffee. When an Art Scholar, Museum Director and Creatives meet up during Art Basel Miami 2014. Black Art In America hosted a conversation at de la Cruz Collection in Miami during Art Basel Miami 2014 and a number of contemporary artists come up in conversation, from Glenn Ligon to Mickalene Thomas. Perspectives present are from Curlee Holton, John Guess, RM, Najee Dorsey and several other BAIA members. SUBSCRIBE & LIKE for more podcasts #BAIAtalksPODCAST BLACK ART IN AMERICA™ (BAIA) is a leading online portal and network focused on African-American Art with visitors from over 100 countries visiting our site each month and about half a million visitors to our social media pages. Check out the resources below for more info. ** Resources ** Become a Patreon https://www.patreon.com/blackartinamerica Educational Resources https://blackartinamerica.com/index.php/educational-resources/ FREE course on Getting Started Collecting Art https://tinyurl.com/startcollectingart Visit our Curated Shop https://shopbaiaonline.com/ Buy and Sell Black Art in our Marketplace http://buyblackart.com/ **Social** Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BlackArtInAmerica/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/blackartinamerica_ Twitter https://twitter.com/baiaonline **Our Website** https://blackartinamerica.com/

Runway model Sandra Bush dreamed of becoming the first African-American supermodel, only to struggle with addiction and despair. But she later achieved celebrity as Mama Bush, the model for some of the best-known and widely admired paintings by her daughter, acclaimed artist Mickalene Thomas. In her film directing debut, Thomas paints a poignant portrait of her mother and artistic muse, presenting a tender look back at a lifetime’s worth of hopes, regrets and redemption. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN debuts MONDAY, FEB. 24 (9:00-9:30 p.m. ET/PT), on HBO during Black History Month. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN was conceived and directed by Mickalene Thomas; produced by Tanya Selvaratnam; executive producers, the Lehmann Maupin Gallery, Mickalene Thomas and Lisa Cortés; distribution consultant, Sarah Lash; cinematographers, Shane Sigler and Omar Mullick; editor, Alex Meillier; music by Thomas M. Lauderdale. Check out the film trailer: http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/happy-birthday-to-a-beautiful-woman/index.html#/documentaries/happy-birthday-to-a-beautiful-woman/video/trailer.html Known primarily for elaborate paintings composed of rhinestones, acrylic and enamel, Mickalene Thomas holds an MFA degree in painting from Yale University. Centering on womanhood and the expanded definition of beauty in today’s society, her work is exhibited extensively both nationally and internationally, and can be found in several significant collections, including those of the Museum of Modern Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Brooklyn Museum of Art.

SPECIAL GUEST: Ms. Thomas received her B.F.A. from Pratt Institute in 2000 and her M.F.A. in painting from Yale University in 2002. In 2002---2003, she participated in the Artist--- in---Residence program at the Studio Museum in Harlem. Recent awards include the Rema Hort Mann Grant in 2007, Joan Mitchell Grant and the Pratt Institute Alumni Achievement Award in 2009. Residencies include the Versailles Foundation Munn Artists Program at Give