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Taking a moment for Robert Colescott and Philemon Reid - Portland Arts Watch

Jun 22, 2009

Taking a moment for Robert Colescott and Philemon Reid - Portland Arts Watch

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This month, two African American artists with Portland connections have died - Robert Colescott on June 4 from Parkinsonian syndrome and Philemon Reid on June 9 from pancreatic cancer. Bob Hicks has written a sweet tribute to Reid on Art Scatter, and DK Row did some good reporting on Colescott's years in Portland in a provocative take a couple of days ago.

Turtle Creek filmmaker focuses on black ballerina - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Feb 17, 2009

Turtle Creek filmmaker focuses on black ballerina - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pitts...

Collins, who died in 2003 at the age of 86, struggled to find mainstream success as a teenager. When she tried out for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo she was told she couldn't perform unless she painted her face white. She refused and later found work on television variety shows and with smaller dance companies.

China Presses Christies in Paris to Withdraw Bronze Relics From Yves Saint Laurent Sale - NYTimes

Feb 17, 2009

China Presses Christies in Paris to Withdraw Bronze Relics From Yves Saint Laurent Sale - NYTimes

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/art...

SHANGHAI China is stepping up the pressure on Christie’s auction house to withdraw two bronzes from its sale of Yves Saint Laurent’s vast collection next week in Paris, saying they were looted from the imperial Summer Palace near Beijing nearly 150 years ago.

'Black Womanhood' checks an identity - Los Angeles Times

Feb 15, 2009

'Black Womanhood' checks an identity - Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/...

FROM THE PAST: A collection of postcards from the early 20th century documents how colonial perceptions of African women started to inform and permanently define (and distort) images of black women all over the world.

Bill Moyers Journal . Nikki Giovanni | PBS

Feb 14, 2009

Bill Moyers Journal . Nikki Giovanni | PBS

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/021...

"There are a lot of books of searching, somber books born of grief. But not many books I've seen that are about love born of grief. And, yet, that's what this book is about. It's a book of love poems," says Giovanni.

ooh - Black Models are IN because of President Barack Obama..

Feb 14, 2009
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Picture Source: New York Times

Article: NY Times: Has the 'Obama Effect' Come to Runway Castings?

Remember this summer with the *black issue* of Italian Vogue how many black models said it is hard to get work despite this all black issue of Italian Vogue? See here. Well, lets see during these next four years how many new black models will appear in ads for commercials, print ads and anything that shows the image of humans? I'm curious. Am I going to see more models of African ancestry?

Swann Auction Galleries African-American Fine Art Department

Feb 12, 2009
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Swann Auction Galleries African-American Fine Art Department

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Swann launched a new department devoted to African-American Fine Art in February 2007. Today, we are the only major auction house to conduct regular sales of this material. At each African-American Fine Art auction benchmarks have been set for works by important and lesser-known artists.

Louvre sets stage for Funeral of Mona Lisa | Oddly Enough | Reuters

Feb 11, 2009

Louvre sets stage for Funeral of Mona Lisa | Oddly Enough | Reuters

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PARIS (Reuters) - A giant, grey version of Mona Lisa with tears in her eyes and streaks of paint running down her front goes on display at the Louvre museum this week in the room next to the original by Leonardo da Vinci.

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Theater Review - 'White People' - J. T. Rogerss Play Explores Prejudice, Both Blatant and Subtle

Feb 11, 2009

Theater Review - 'White People' - J. T. Rogerss Play Explores Prejudice, Both Blatant and Subtle

http://theater2.nytimes.com/2009/02/1...

The country has finally elected a black president yet remains a very long way from resolving its issues about prejudice, as “White People,” by the playwright J. T. Rogers, demonstrates. Mr. Rogers tries to impart insights into the mind-set of the diminishing national majority, and though he falls short of his ambitions, he makes an impact.

Cornell Chronicle: Artist shares her cultural quilts with Parisians

Feb 11, 2009

Cornell Chronicle: Artist shares her cultural quilts with Parisians

http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/J...

Riché Richardson, associate professor of Africana studies, returned Jan. 17 from a week in Paris as a cultural envoy to France sponsored by the U.S. Embassy. She gave a series of lectures in the city, where her art quilts depicting Barack Obama, Josephine Baker and Simone de Beauvoir were being exhibited.