Renaissance Man: Richard Mensah
When We Arrived, 2022 Richard Mensah British-Ghanaian Painter Figurative London, UK ArtMatch Value Score*: Promising Richard Mensah (b....
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Anthony Roberts
- Jun 11
- 5 min
Supernatural Feminine: Wangechi Mutu
Water Woman, 2017 Wangechi Mutu Kenyan Painter and Sculptor Surreal Nairobi, Kenya ArtMatch Value Score*: Promising Wangechi Mutu (b....
Anthony Roberts
- Apr 30
- 6 min
Evolution and Elevation: Jack Whitten
Eta Group IV, 1976 Jack Whitten American Painter Abstract New York, NY ArtMatch Value Score*: Strong Jack Whitten (b. 1939, d. 2018) was...
Ségolène Py
- Apr 17
- 4 min
Impasto Beauty: Izere Antoine
Hello Queen, 2022 Izere Antoine Rwandan Painter Figurative, Impressionist Kigali, Rwanda ArtMatch Value Score*: Promising Izere Antoine...
Ségolène Py
- Mar 5
- 5 min
Enlightened Abstractions: Ryan Cosbert
Mauri, 2021 Ryan Cosbert African American Painter Conceptual, Abstract New York, NY ArtMatch Value Score*: Promising Ryan Cosbert (b....
Anthony Roberts
- Feb 1
- 4 min
Shining in the Dark: Xavier Leopold
Coffee Bean Thoughts, 2022 Xavier Leopold Black British Painter Cubist-Figurative London, UK ArtMatch Value Score*: Emerging Xavier...
Anthony Roberts
- Dec 15, 2022
- 7 min
Feeling Through His Eyes: Wolfgang Tillmans
Kate Moss, 1996 Wolfgang Tillmans Photographer Portraits, Still Lives, Candid Shots Berlin, London ArtMatch Value Score*: Strong Wolfgang...
Ségolène Py
- Nov 6, 2022
- 3 min
Ladies in leisure: Megan Gabrielle Harris
Her Idyll, 2022 Megan Gabrielle Harris African American Woman Painter Figurative-Surrealist Portraits California, NYC, Cape Town ArtMatch...
Anthony Roberts
- Oct 23, 2022
- 7 min
Women’s Work: Simone Leigh
Brick House, 2019 Simone Leigh (b. 1967) is a sculptor whose practice is rooted in philosophical and cultural studies of African...
Ségolène Py
- Oct 9, 2022
- 4 min
Reframing Caribbean culture: Firelei Báez
This month, we are bringing you a two-part special series highlighting two artists currently being featured at the 59th Venice Biennale....
Anthony Roberts
- Aug 28, 2022
- 4 min
Showing people at their best: James Van Der Zee
Couple in Racoon Coats, Harlem 1932 James Van Der Zee (b. 1886) was a photographer, best known for his portraits documenting Harlem...
Anthony Roberts
- Aug 14, 2022
- 4 min
Exploring cross-cultural identity: Manjari Sharma
Untitled from the Series Surface Tension, 2019 Manjari Sharma (b. 1979) is a photographer whose work explores cross-cultural identity and...
Ségolène Py
- Aug 7, 2022
- 4 min
Beyond Boundaries: Nadia Huggins
Transformations No. 1, 2015 Nadia Huggins (b.1984) is a photographer whose documentation of the authentic natural and human environments...
Anthony Roberts
- Jul 31, 2022
- 4 min
Confidence, Care, and Calculation: Vaughn Spann
Cosmic Symbiote (Marked Man), 2020 Vaughn Spann Vaughn Spann (b.1992) is a formally trained, cross-genre artist whose figurative,...
Anthony Roberts
- Jul 24, 2022
- 4 min
Harmonies to heaven: Wassily Kandinsky
Composition VII, 1913 Wassily Kandinsky Wassily Kandinsky (b. 1866) was an artist inspired by many sources, most profoundly music, color...
Anthony Roberts
- Jul 17, 2022
- 4 min
Luminous critiques: Yaw Owusu
We Bled for This, 2021 Stainless steel and US pennies Yaw Owusu (b. 1992) is a painter and sculptor, known for his private artwork and...
Anthony Roberts
- Jul 10, 2022
- 3 min
Mesmerizing paper sculptures: Matthew Shlian
Ara 511 (Smoke Metal), 2020 Matthew Shlian Matthew Shlian (b. 1980) is an artist and self-dubbed “paper engineer” who creates intricate,...
Ségolène Py
- Jul 2, 2022
- 3 min
Honoring the woman body: Lewinale Havette
What are mortals like? Lewinale Havette Lewinale Havette (b. 1990) is an artist whose surreal work honors the woman body while critiquing...
Anthony Roberts
- Jun 26, 2022
- 4 min
Short-Lived, Everlasting Fame: Jean-Michel Basquiat
Hollywood Africans, 1983 Jean-Michel Basquiat Jean-Michel Basquiat (b. 1960) was a pop artist, heavily influenced by early hip hop and...
Anthony Roberts
- Jun 19, 2022
- 3 min
Activism through beauty: Zaria Forman
Perito Moreno Glacier no. 1, Argentina, December 13th, 2018 (2020) Zaria Forman Pastel on Paper 68 (h) x 102 (w) in Zaria Forman (b....
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