A $10 painting found at Glenside thrift store is a clue to Philadelphia’s storied Black history
When Michiko Quinones first saw the framed, oval-shaped 1864 watercolor of a tiny Black man peacefully fishing near a mill, ...
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From the Museum of the African Diaspora to two museums dedicated to the Black Panther Party, here are five institutions where ...
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Rare 19th-Century Painting by Beloved Black Artist Found in a Thrift Store
A painting bought for $10 at a thrift store near Philadelphia may be a unique masterpiece by Black painter William Henry ...
Artist Turns Rescued Black Cat Into Her Muse and Creates Entire New Career
Szewczyk was still a struggling artist in 2019 when she first acquired the beautiful Bagira, (named for black panther ...
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The Time Is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure on View through Feb. 9
The Time Is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure is on view through February 9 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Time Is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure / https://philamuseum ...
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Rare Artwork by a Prominent Black Artist Is Found at a Thrift Shop in Philadelphia
A watercolor by artist William H. Dorsey dates back to 1864 and is now on display at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
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The Art Institute surveys the culture of Panafrica
The Art Institute’s massive survey wrestles with this vastness by bringing together a broad swath of African and Black art that reflects the beauty and nuance of the African story. Pan-Africanism, the ...
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Art In The Atrium To Present Black Joy Exhibit; Additional Black History Month Programming
Art in the Atrium, Inc. returns with its fourth major exhibition at Mayo Performing Arts Center's Art Upstairs and Starlight ...
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Scrawlspace’ visually reimagines texts from artists via the Black experience
Scrawlspace spotlighted a group of artists visually reimagining and exploring language, texts and writings epitomizing the Black experience.
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This painting found in a Glenside thrift store came out of Philly’s 19th-century Black cultural elite
A painting from a thrift store in Glenside is by William H. Dorsey, of Philadelphia’s elite Black society circa 1864.