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Reposted from @darrenwalker A groundbreaking exhibition “Entangled Pasts”at @royalacademyarts. Featuring an arresting installation by @tavaresstrachan “The First Supper (Galaxy Black)” in the courtyard of Burlington House (listen to the hustle and bustle of Piccadilly in the background). Bravo @axelruger @arthistorianbyday @ablackhistoryofart Sarah Lea, Prof. Cora Gilroy-Ware, Dr. Esther Chadwick on an inspiring and intelligent show!

#yinkashonibare #karawalker #johnakomfrah #hewlocke #issacjulien #lubaniahimid #soniaboyce #frankbowling #TheFirstSupper #WillTravelForArt #BlackGirlArtGeek

H/t @shansimp

#EntangledPasts #royal academy of arts #BlackArtists #BlackGirlArtGeeks #WillTravelForArt #TavarasStrachan #The First Supper

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#Repost @trascapades ・・・ 🦹🏿‍♀️🦸🏿#ArtIsAWeapon @schomburgcenter's 9th Annual Black Comic Book Festival, Jan. 13-16, 2021. See full schedule and register for #SchomCom2021 @eventbrite www.schomburgcenter.eventbrite.com (link in their BIO). Reposted from @schomburgcenter Get ready for the Black Comic Book Festival! It’s back for a ninth year and reimagined as a four–day virtual celebration. Events include a tribute to actor @ChadwickBoseman, a workshop with illustrator Tim Fielder, the launch event of John Jennings's Megascope imprint, and more! Click on the link in our bio to register. #SchomCom2021 is from Jan. 13-16. #SchomburgCenter #BlackComicBooks #BlackIllustrators #VirtualFestivals #BlackComics #BlackSuperheroes #TraScapades #BlackGirlArtGeeks https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ_QSAVhqyb/?igshid=bqp6icdv7mhy

#repost #artisaweapon #schomcom2021 #schomburgcenter #blackcomicbooks #blackillustrators #virtualfestivals #blackcomics #blacksuperheroes #trascapades #blackgirlartgeeks

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Artist: Nathaniel F. Austin @artby_nateaustin

Artwork: “Amiyah” (3ft. X 4ft.) acrylic on canvas

www.artbynfa.com

Image and caption reposted from @artby_nateaustin “Stand up straight and realize who you are. That you tower over your circumstances. You are a child of God. Stand up straight”

-Maya Angelou

I’ve found so much beauty in growth lately. Growth can be painful and uncomfortable but ultimately unavoidable. How then, can we make the most of it? By standing up and pressing through, knowing that there is power and beauty in the end result.

Children often are the greatest models for how we should approach growth. They are eager and excited for the next step in life. When you’re looking for inspiration look to them. Then, stand up straight.

#artoftheday #artoninstagram #paint #paintings #Blackartists #dopeartist #art #dopeblackart #BlackGirlArtGeeks

#BlackArt #BlackArtists #NateAustin #NathanielFAustin #BlackGirlArtGeeks #Instagram

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CONGRATULATIONS BISA!

Reposted from @bisabutler No entertainment on earth can match a good story compellingly told

- #OctaviaButler (1947-2006)

This is history being made! This is the first time a portrait of an African American woman, created by an African American woman, curated by an African American woman and purchased by an African American collectors collective has been entered into the permanent collection of the #NationalPortraitGallery.

This story begins with me in 1993 reading Imago by Octavia Butler in the library at the National Portrait Gallery while I was a student at #HowardUniversity .

The library was a refuge of calm and a place where I could dream and aspire. The words of Octavia Butler allowed me to imagine a world beyond my reality- through the eyes of a Black woman.

It was serendipity to be asked by The New York Times to create a portrait for the cover of the Arts and Leisure section and the gorgeous photo by @alice_a2studio captivated me.

Then fate shined on me again when my Howard sister #RheaCombs, the chief curator at The National Portrait Gallery asked if the portrait was available.

I said yes immediately and she reached out to the Black Commissioners and Collectors group for financial support and as it goes the money was raised in 17 minutes!

I want to send a huge thank you to Curator Rhea Combs, and Director Kim Sajet. Thank you to the collective ; Taylor and Wemimo Abbey wemsabbey ; Sol Aponte @solaponte and Jennia Fredrique Aponte @jenniafredrique ; Mahari Y. Bailey @mahariyared, Esq.; Lyndon J. and Janine Sherman Barrois @srbarroislyndon ; Ingrid Best @ms_ibest ; Devin W. Blackburn, Esq.; George Fatheree @fathereeleeo and Azita Fatheree; Kenneth T. Little; Nike Opadiran; Ayesha D. Selden @ayeshaselden .

Thank you Sheryll Cashin and Marque Chambliss for hosting!

Thank you to my home team @johnnyjbutler_ and @ehubbs37 for always being there and giving 1000%. You are so appreciated.

**there is zero paint on this artwork

Patternmaster, 2022

Cotton, dutch wax,silk, wool, lace, beads and glitter vinyl

Quilted and appliquéd

24” x 30”

#bisabutler #quilting #artwork #octaviabutler #fiberart #BlackArtists

#BisaButler #OctaviaButler #National Portrait Gallery #Black Artists #BlackArt #BlackCreatives #Quilting #TextileArt #FabricArt #Afrofuturism #BlackGirlArtGeeks

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“𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕚𝕞𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘, 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕖, 𝕚𝕟 𝕝𝕚𝕗𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕡𝕚𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟. 𝕀 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕡𝕚𝕣𝕖 𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕀 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕡𝕚𝕣𝕖𝕕.” - #ArtistActivist #FaithRinggold @faithringgold, my hero!

🎥 and caption reposted from @jeffreydeitchgallery 🤩 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 🤩

Growing up during the Harlem Renaissance, Faith Ringgold took inspiration from the city, her neighbors and the culture around her to create her 𝓈𝑒𝓃𝓈𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝒶𝓁 portfolio 🎶🎺🎨

Now, Ringgold’s works are in the 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 of museums like @guggenheim , @themuseumofmodernart and @whitneymuseum to name a few 😎😎

We are happy to share a clip from #Androiddevelopers showcasing Ringgold’s 𝒷𝓊𝒷𝒷𝓁𝓎 personality and 𝒾𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓃𝓊𝒾𝓉𝓎 (the video celebrates the artist’s mobile app, ‘Quiltuduko’) 💛🤳💛

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Excerpt from @AARP #DisruptAging:

"I have made so much art, and now Quiltuduko is my thing. It’s an art-making app that uses color and design — images instead of the number system of Sudoku. It’s a workout that requires memory and focus, and keeps that brain functioning — for young and old alike. Plus, it’s fun, and you have a piece of art to show for it. I have more than 60 diagrams now, and the themes are based on faces, angles, swirls. I can’t stop making them."

See the full story: www.aarp.org/disrupt-aging/video-disrupt-aging/info-2017/faith-ringgold-quiltuduko-video.html

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#Quiltuduko #BlackArtists #Artists #ArtMobileApp #BlackWomenArtists #BlackGirlArtGeeks

#FaithRinggold #BlackArtists #BlackWomenArtists #ArtIsAWeapon #ArtistActivist #ArtMobileApp #Quiltuduko #BlackGirlArtGeeks

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🖼Image: Say Her Name - Sandra Bland, 2020

🎨Artist: S.A.W. @iamsawart

📍Location: 75 John Wesley Dobbs Ave NE Atlanta Ga

This mural memorializes Sandra Bland, who died while in police custody 8 years ago today (July 13, 2015). Thinking of her mother and sister, who continue their fight for #JusticeForSandraBland

Reposted from @naacp_ldf Today marks [eight] years since Sandra Bland’s death. Sandra Bland was a 28-year-old civil rights activist who was taken into custody by former Texas Trooper Brian Encinia for an alleged traffic violation. The encounter escalated when the Trooper tried to yank Sandra Bland out of her vehicle for smoking a cigarette and pointed a stun gun in her face threatening to “light her up.” Encinia had initially claimed that Bland assaulted him. He was ultimately charged with perjury since his own dash cam proved that to be untrue. Three days after the arrest, Sandra Bland was found hanging in a Waller County Jail cell. The officers who falsified monitoring logs and claimed they checked in on Bland an hour before she was found hanging were quietly moved to other law enforcement roles. What exactly happened to Sandra Bland still largely remains a mystery and no one has been held accountable for her death.

#SandraBland #SayHerName #BlackLivesMatter #PublicArt #Mural #QueensMural #BlackGirlArtGeeks #NeverForget

#SandraBland #SayHerName #Mural #PublicArt #BlackLivesMatter #Black Lives Matter #QueensMural #NeverForget #BlackGirlArtGeeks

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✊🏿#ArtIsAWeapon #Artwork: Portrait of Nat Turner with the Head of his Master, 2011 #Artist: @kerryjamesmarshs #KerryJamesMarshall VIA @eji_org On this day in history - Nov 11, 1831 - Nat Turner was Hanged; Hundreds of Black People Later Killed By White Mobs Angry About Slave Revolt On November 11, 1831, after a rushed trial and conviction, an enslaved Black man named Nat Turner was hanged in Jerusalem, Virginia, after being convicted of leading a revolt against his enslavers. On August 21, 1831, Mr. Turner led a group of Black people in a revolt against slavery. Other enslaved Black people joined the uprising and Mr. Turner's troops grew to 60 to 70 people who fought white enslavers before being defeated by a militia. Many of Mr. Turner's followers were killed or captured immediately but Mr. Turner escaped and evaded searchers for weeks before being captured on October 30, 1831. Enslavers and defenders of slavery throughout Virginia wanted Nat Turner and all who participated in the revolt harshly punished as an example to others who might be inspired by his efforts. At least 18 Black participants in the uprising were executed along with Nat Turner. Read more: https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/nov/11 #NatTurner #BlackSuperheroes #Revolt #BlackLiberation #BlackArtists #BlackGirlArtGeeks https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck1tmcds4ga/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#artisaweapon #artwork #artist #kerryjamesmarshall #natturner #blacksuperheroes #revolt #blackliberation #blackartists #blackgirlartgeeks

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🎨 #ArtIsAWeapon #Artist: Tschabalala Self @tschabalalaself #Artwork: Red Room (2022) 🟥 • • • "The work is political because it's politicized; politicized bodies are featured in the work. I'm a political person because if I wasn't a political person, that would affect my safety and my well-being in the country. But that's not why I'm making the work. I'm making the work to leave a document of my experience, leave a document of the experience of people who are like me." -Tschabalala Self www.tschabalalaself.com • • Image reposted from the artist. #TschabalalaSelf #HarlemGirls #BlackBodies #BlackArtists #BlackWomen #BlackGirlArtGeeks https://www.instagram.com/p/CnW2ZreumKo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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🎬 #ArtIsAWeapon #Artist: Glenn Hardy, Jr. @glennardo #Artwork: Untitled, 2022. Acrylic on canvas Image and caption reposted from Reposted from @platformart_com "Seeing Black people in the film industry behind the camera is important to sharing certain stories, so this piece was inspired by those film directors, artists and creatives that don’t normally get the spotlight, but are just as important to the message being shared." - #GlennHardyJr. __ Glenn Hardy, Jr., Untitled, 2022. Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30 inches (101.6 x 76.2 cm) #Artists #BlackArtists #BlackFilmmakers #BlackCreatives #BlackGirlArtGeeks https://www.instagram.com/p/CnQ9wCeO4G6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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❤️🖤💚#ArtIsAWeapon #Kwanzaa2022 DAY 2 #Kujichagulia Image and caption reposted from #artist @afranks3 - Kujichagulia (Self-Determination) To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves. . . Song for reflection: I am the Black Gold of the Sun, Rotary Connection & Minnie Riperton . . Thought for the day: Black, Daniel. The Coming. St. Martin’s Press, New York. 2015. pp 9-10. . . “We didn’t know we wouldn’t return. We simply believed some terrible calamity had befallen us, that our Gods had let tragedy come because we had not honored them. But we were wrong. We were warriors and hunters, poets and jali, farmers and soothsayers. We were magicians and healers, artisans and thinkers, writers and dancers. We were fathers and mothers, sisters and brothers, cousins and kinsmen. We were lovers. And we were home. We loved the land and it loved us. We were black like the land, and kissed by the sun. We knew our strengths and our frailties, and we knew much needed improvement. But we were home.” #IAmTheBlackGoldOfTheSun #BlackHolidays #BlackCulture #SelfDetermination #BlackCreatives #BlackArtists #Blackness #TheComing #BlackGirlArtGeeks https://www.instagram.com/p/CmsHZBjuEBq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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💜#ArtIsAWeapon #Artist: J. Bentsil-Kobiah @artist_j.bentsil_kobiah #Artwork: Eyes Tells Tales 💜 #sikayɛmogya #art #money #Ghana #sikay3mogya #paintings #blackart #Acryliconcanvas #africanart #africanartists #collage #contemporaryart #artcollectors #BlackGirlArtGeeks https://www.instagram.com/p/ChF1qClO7oo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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❤️#ArtIsAWeapon #Artist: Paula Mans @paulamansart #Artwork: "Cotton Flower" Oil and paper collage on canvas 24 x 24 inches • • www.PaulaMans.art Biography: "Paula Mans (b. 1986) is a self-taught #painter, #collagist, and #arteducator based in Washington, DC. While Paula is a native Washingtonian, she spent many of the formative years of her childhood and young adulthood living abroad in Tanzania, Mozambique, Eswatini, and Brazil. Her experiences throughout the African Diaspora shaped her identity and informed the development of her artistic voice. Living in Washington, DC and Salvador, Brazil has been particularly impactful for the artist. Both cities are diasporic meccas for Black cultural expression. DC (often referred to as Chocolate City) and Salvador (frequently called Roma Negra, or Black Rome in Portuguese) are famous for their prominent and influential Black populations. Nonetheless, racism and gentrification often render Black people invisible in both cities. In her artistic practice, Paula Mans seeks to deconstruct these pervasive power structures by amplifying the visibility and agency of the Black figure... Artist Statement: Paula Mans tells the many stories of the global Black experience through collage. The artist views collage as emblematic of the cultural and historical interconnectedness of the African Diaspora." #PaulaMans #Collage #CollageArt #BlackArt #BlackArtists #DCArtist #AfricanDiaspora #BlackGirlArtGeeks https://www.instagram.com/p/CdtBO9eujKD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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@154artfair returns to #NYC next week, May 1-4, 2024!

Reposted from @154artfair 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair is thrilled to announce the return of 1-54 New York, from 1- 4 May 2024! Now in its 10th year, this edition will see 1-54 expand its dilating imprint upon the city by relocating to Chelsea, in the heart of Manhattan, once again coinciding with Frieze New York. The fair will be held at the Starrett-Lehigh Building, 255 11th Avenue (@starrettlehigh ). ⁠

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The 2024 New York edition will present 30+ galleries exhibiting the work of over 70 artists from Africa and the global diaspora, making this the 10th and largest edition of 1-54 New York to date! ⁠

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VIP & Press preview⁠ (by invitation only)⁠

Wednesday, May 1, 2 pm – 7 pm⁠

Thursday, May 2, 11 am – 7 pm⁠

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Public opening ⁠

Friday, May 3, 11 am – 7 pm⁠

Saturday, May 4, 11 am – 7 pm⁠

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🎟️ Get your ticket via the link in bio⁠

🗓️ 1-4 May 2024 ⁠

📍 Starrett-Lehigh Building, 255 11th Avenue, New York, 10001⁠

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© Karim Hapette (@karim_hapette )

#154ArtFair #BlackGirlArtGeeks #AfricanArtists #AfricanDiaspora

#154ArtFair #AfricanArt #AfricanArtists #BlackGirlArtGeeks #ArtIsAWeapon

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🎨#ArtIsAWeapon #NewExhibit "Ethereal Essence: Portraits of the African Diaspora" opens tonight at @curtissjacobsgallery_harlem , 6PM-9PM.

📍Curtiss Jacobs Gallery

2075 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd (7th Avenue) #Harlem #NYC

Reposted from @curtissjacobsgallery_harlem Join us on Friday April 19th, 2024 6pm - 9pm as we embark on a captivating journey into the soulful depths of the African Diaspora through mesmerizing portraiture. Ethereal Essence,” a remarkable group exhibition showcasing the exquisite works of five esteemed African artists.

Each artist skillfully captures the essence and elegance of their subjects, offering a glimpse into the rich tapestry of cultural heritage and individual narratives.

From bold strokes to delicate details, these portraits resonate with a timeless allure, inviting viewers to immerse themselves in the beauty and diversity of the African experience.

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#BlackArt

#CurtissJacobsGallery

#ContemporaryPainting #MixedMedia #AfricanArtist

#CollectAfricanArt #NigerianArtist #HarlemGallery

#BlackOwnedGallery #BlackGirlArtGeeks

#Curtiss Jacobs Gallery #NewExhibit #BlackArt #BlackArtists #AfricanArtists #BlackGirlArtGeeks #ArtIsAWeapon #contemporary art #BlackOwnedGallery

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📚#ArtIsAWeapon Reposted from @blackwomeninvisualart 📚 Art Books + Black Women for Winter/Spring/Summer 2024 - newly released, preorder, or coming soon. ▶️ Swipe for more and feel free to comment below what other titles should be on our list!

📖 Black Artists in America: From Civil Rights to the Bicentennial - The second book in a three-volume series on Black American artists, featuring work from the 1950s to the 1970s that responded to the cultural, political, and social concerns of the era. Authored by Earnestine Lovelle Jenkins #earnestinelovellejenkins, Alaina Simone @alainasimone.inc , Celeste-Marie Bernier #celestemariebernier

📖 The Art of Remembering - art historian and curator Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw @professorshaw explores African American art and representation from the height of the British colonial period to the present.

📖 Grime, Glitter, and Glass: The Body and the Sonic in Contemporary Black Art (The Visual Arts of Africa and its Diasporas) - In Grime, Glitter, and Glass, Nikki A. Greene @nikkigphd examines how contemporary Black visual artists use sonic elements to refigure the formal and philosophical developments of Black art and culture. 

📖 Mickalene Thomas: All About Love - Texts by Beverly Guy-Sheftall @bevshef, Claudia Rankine @claudiarankine, Renée Mussai @mussairenee and more. This major survey publication further affirms Thomas’ status as a key figure of contemporary art. The book also covers her distinct visual vocabulary, drawing on themes of intergenerational female empowerment, autobiography, memory and tenets of Black feminist theory. 

📖 Surrealism and Us: Caribbean and African Diasporic Artists since 1940 - How modern and contemporary artists across the African and Caribbean diasporas transformed European Surrealism into a tool for Black expression. by Maria Elena Ortiz @contemporarychica with contributors Annette K. Joseph-Gabriel @annettejosephgabriel , Negarra A. Kudumu @negarraakudumu Ashley Stull Meyers @ashleyontheinternet and more.

Click on there profiles or search the titles to ADD these to your bookshelves!

#artbooks #bookshelf #blackwomeninart #blackart #BlackGirlArtGeeks

#ArtBooks #BlackWomenArtBooks #BlackWomenArtists #BlackGirlArtGeeks #ArtIsAWeapon

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"Richard Hunt: Early Masterworks, the second largest exhibition of the artist's work in New York in over 50 years," is on view at @whitecube through tomorrow, April 13th.

📍White Cube Gallery

1002 Madison Avenue #NYC

Reposted from @whitecube / @richardhuntsculptor In 1971, Richard Hunt achieved a historic milestone by becoming the first African American sculptor to have a landmark retrospective at MoMA, New York with a presentation of works from 1955–71.

This show at White Cube New York mirrors that time span, including the restaging of several works that were presented in his MoMA retrospective.

Several rarely exhibited works from the artist’s personal collection, including ‘Hero’s Head’ (1956), a pivotal sculpture made in response to the murder of Emmett Till, feature in the show.

"[Richard Hunt's] attendance at the Till funeral nearly 70 years ago helped establish the course for his career." - New York Times

When Richard Hunt was 19 years old, he witnessed the open-casket funeral of Emmett Till in Chicago. Till, who was abducted, tortured, and lynched in Mississippi in 1955, had grown up only two blocks from the Woodlawn home where Hunt was born. Till's mother, Mamie, decided to have an open casket for Emmett, and images of his mutilation circulated the world to show the torture and violence conducted on her son. Hunt would later remark, "What happened to [Till] could have happened to me." Hunt went on to create art shaped by this experience, which influenced both his artistic expression and his commitment to the cause of Civil Rights.

"[The sculpture] Hero's Head, 1956, is what I would call my response to Emmett Till," says Richard Hunt. "I was there with my mother and father, my sister, and my cousin who was part of the family . . . [Emmett Till's] remains are there at the church. Till's mother had an open casket. It was obviously something to respond to."

Find out more: whitecube.art/RichardHuntNY

Images: Richard Hunt, ‘Hero's Head’, 1956 © 2024 The Richard Hunt Trust / ARS, NY and DACS, London;

#whitecube #richardhunt #richardhuntsculptor #newyorkartexhibition #BlackArtists #BlackGirlArtGeeks #ArtHero

#RichardHunt #RichardHuntSculpture #BlackArt #BlackArtists #BlackGirlArtGeeks #ExhibitClosing #ArtIsAWeapon #WhiteCubeNYC #Instagram