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small white book with black lettering and four color photos of paintings
*black dimensions in contemporary american art* (1971) preface: edward s. spriggs, #studiomuseum exec dir. intro: david c driskell. bios & color photos of work from 40+ artists. ~$1 at #estatesale 2day. #blackstudies #paperback #almathomas #berniecasey #margaretburroughs #davidhammons #bennyandrews
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This oil portrait shows an adult dark-skinned woman, turned three-quarters to the our left. Her eyes glance sideways with a calm, watchful focus and her mouth rests closed, neither smiling nor stern. Loose brushwork builds her features in warm browns and deep shadows, leaving edges slightly unfinished so the face seems to emerge from paint. Her hair is pulled back beneath a wreath of green leaves and three roses (two white, one red). She wears a bright purple top with a thick ruffled red neckline that fans outward like a soft collar. A saturated red background fills the space, interrupted at right by a darker, smoky area that pushes the figure forward and heightens the sense of heat and immediacy. Its scale keeps the encounter intimate. Ghanaian-British artist Lynette Yiadom-Boakye paints Black figures of people not tied to a specific sitter, era, or place so her work feels like a portrait while withholding a biography. Made in 2011, as her career gathered momentum (including an earlier solo presentation at The Studio Museum in Harlem), her practice insisted that Black presence belongs inside the history of portrait painting without needing explanatory narrative. The title, “No Head for Violence,” reads like a refusal and a boundary of a mind that will not be recruited for harm and a body that will not be reduced to spectacle. However, the painting stays deliberately open. Meaning arrives through form with the steady chin, the contained mouth, the way the red backdrop presses forward while she holds her ground. The floral wreath complicates any easy reading of softness as flowers can mark celebration, grief, protection, or self-fashioning, and here they sit like chosen armor. Yiadom-Boakye has said viewers are tempted to politicize the fact that she paints Black figures, while her starting point is the “language of painting” itself. That tension leads to beauty and ambiguity all at once, granting this woman the right to be ordinary, enigmatic, and monumental.
“No Head for Violence” by Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (British; Ghanaian heritage) - Oil on canvas / 2011 - The Studio Museum in Harlem (New York) #WomenInArt #WomensArt #WomanArtist #WomenArtists #LynetteYiadomBoakye #YiadomBoakye #StudioMuseum #BlueskyArt #BlackArt #art #artText #WomenPaintingWomen
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News/Opinion: Studio Museum in Harlem opens to the public on Saturday, November 15. The initiative, proposed by Black PR Wire, Inc., aims to foster Black voices and experiences in public communication and culture.: Title: The… #Wale #StudioMuseum #MuseumLaunches #LaunchesHarlem #HarlemNovember
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Here at the Amazing Studio Museum in Harlem for their Professional Peers day. The grand opening is this Saturday, November 15 th @studiomuseum #studiomuseum
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#AdjayeAssociates designs Studio #Museum in #Harlem based on "familiar local architectural tropes"
Architecture studio Adjaye Associates has unveiled the #StudioMuseum in Harlem, #NewYorkCity, ahead of its opening later this week
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Take a look inside the newly designed #studiomuseum #harlem #art #125thstreet ~ opening November 15th
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News/Opinion: The Studio Museum will open its new location to the public on Saturday, November 15th, featuring events organized by Black PR Wire, Inc., known as Community Celebrations.: Title: Harlem Studio Museum Announces New Opening with… #MaxMartin #HarlemStudio #StudioMuseum #MuseumAnnounces
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The Studio Museum in Harlem is back — unveiling a stunning new building that will welcome members, guests, and the whole community!
@vanityfair.com #studiomuseum #fineart #hq #architecture #community #africanamericanart #museum #harlem #vanityfair #thearts #blacksky
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The Studio Museum in Harlem is back — unveiling a stunning new building that will welcome members, guests, and the whole community!
@vanityfair.com #studiomuseum #fineart #hq #architecture #community #africanamericanart #museum #harlem #vanityfair #thearts #blacksky
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Happy 60th Birthday, Thelma Golden! 🥂
#ThelmaGolden #Curator #studiomuseum #whitneymuseum #contemporaryart #kuratorin #blackvoices #curatorialpractice #blackartmatters #womenartists #artherenow #artagenda
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Inside the Studio Museum in Harlem’s Dazzling, Seven-Years-in-the-Making Return #studiomuseum #blacksky #harlem
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In her series “Mythology,” French artist Elizabeth Colomba looks to Greek mythology for inspiration. Here, she references the tale of the naiad (a freshwater nymph) Daphne and the gods Cupid and Apollo. Colomba reshapes the myth by positioning a Black woman as the primary subject of the painting, thereby countering the erasure of Black bodies from Classical antiquity narratives. In Daphne, Colomba represents the naiad holding an arrow, Apollo's lyre as the pedestal of the table behind her, and, further in the background, the branches of a laurel tree, into which Daphne is transformed during the climax of her story. Colomba’s striking figurative paintings weave Black women into highly detailed compositions through historical European imagery with a fresh, imaginative twist— these Black women are not models or servants painted by white artists. Colomba controls their narratives in a compassionately humanizing approach, giving them a meaningful, full-bodied purpose, an engagement beyond beautiful, exotic prop. “Daphne” showcases a Black woman, the central figure, standing in a richly decorated room. She is dressed in a sumptuous, long gown. The bodice is a dark olive-green with a complex brocade pattern and is cinched at the waist with a silver ribbon that forms a bow in the front. The long skirt is a deep, reddish-maroon, appearing to be made of a heavy, luxurious fabric that drapes elegantly around her. She wears large, circular earrings contrasting against her dark skin. Her onyx hair is styled neatly into a bun. Daphne’s expression is serious and thoughtful, her gaze directed towards the background while she delicately holds the arrow at her chest. The overall atmosphere is one of refinement that evokes a sense of timeless elegance that strengthens themes of dignity, resilience, and the complexities of historical representation.
“Daphne” by Elizabeth Colomba (French) - Oil and gold leaf on canvas / 2015 - Studio Museum in Harlem (New York) #WomenInArt #art #WomanArtist #ElizabethColomba #artwork #Colomba #WomensArt #WomenArtists #StudioMuseum #daphne #mythology #femaleartist #WomenPaintingWomen #BlueskyArt #bskyart #beauty
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American artist Jas Knight depicts and celebrates contemporary African-American experience through the historical language of portraiture, still life and genre painting. Through masterful use of 16th and 17th century painting techniques, Knight translates his love of French and Dutch traditions into portraits of people doing everyday 21st century things, like checking their email or making the bed - focusing on the lives of everyday New Yorkers, including himself and friends, as well as some settings far from home. In this 2017 oil painting, Knight depicts a young woman with a beautiful coffee complexion and dark hair in a bun, wearing a charcoal tank top, tight blue jeans, and white socks, sitting with her legs crossed on a simple black wooden chair and looking down at a cell phone in her hands, creating a somewhat melancholic mood as she scrolls through unseen content. "Young Woman Reading" is a realistic portrayal of a young person seated on a simple black wooden chair. Her dark hair is pulled up into a high bun, revealing her face, which is slightly downturned as she focuses her attention on the smartphone in her right hand. Her expression is serious, even pensive, and conveys a sense of quiet focus or perhaps mild boredom. She is wearing a black sleeveless top and dark-colored tight pants. The clothing is simple and unadorned. Noticeably, she is wearing white athletic socks, which contrast with her dark attire. Her posture is relaxed yet slightly hunched, suggesting a degree of inward concentration. The mood of the painting is contemplative and somewhat melancholic. The simplicity of the composition and the woman's subdued expression evokes a sense of quiet solitude and introspection enhanced by a subdued color palette, mainly consisting of dark greys, blacks, and muted browns. The quietness of the scene invites us to reflect on the woman's state of mind and the nature of her focus on her cell phone.
"Young Woman Reading" by Jas Knight (American) - Oil on linen / 2017 - Studio Museum in Harlem (New York) #WomenInArt #Reading #ArtText #Portraitofawoman #OilPainting #JasKnight #StudioMuseum #womeninart #AfricanAmericanArtist #AfricanAmericanArt #artwork #ContemporaryArt #AmericanArt #Realism
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Geoffrey Lamont Holder was a Trinidadian-American actor, dancer, musician, director, choreographer, and artist. His portrait of a woman titled Essence of Dignity depicts a beautiful dark-skinned woman, rendered in a style reminiscent of a mixed-media technique or the legendary Modigliani, is presented in a thoughtful, contemplative pose. The focus is primarily on her thanks to a textured background of deep green and dark tones. The framing is tight, drawing the viewer's attention directly to the subject. The woman's body takes up most of the canvas as she leans on a bench extending from the lower right quadrant of the image, behind the woman. She has dark curly hair, and her expression is calm and introspective. She wears a loose, orange-red garment with a white lace collar. The detailed rendering of her clothing, hair, and facial features highlights the artist's attention to form and texture. Holder uses visible strokes and marks to show the texture of her hair and clothing, as well as the background elements. His style is expressive and evocative, with a focus on capturing the subject's emotional essence through colors and composition.
“Portrait of a Woman; Essence of Dignity” by Geoffrey Holder (Trinidadian) - Colored pencil on paper / c. 1980 - The Studio Museum in Harlem (New York) #womeninart #artwork #GeoffreyHolder #womensart #portrait #pencilart #studiomuseum #fineart #studiomuseuminharlem #trinidadian #portraitofawoman
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