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nbsp; A NEW WAVE OF BLACK FEMALE ARTISTS has been making strides in the art world, over the past several years, with major exhibitions, museum acquisitions, collector support, gallery representation, and auction records that most practitioners don’t see in their entire careers. These recent publications are the first major volumes to document the individual practices of 10 artists at the dawn of their acclaim. Most of the artists are in their 30s. A couple are in their 40s and 50s. Nearly all of them focus on portraits or figuration. Amy Sherald, 46, famously painted First Lady Michelle Obama’s official portrait for the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. About five weeks after the portrait was unveiled, Sherald joined Hauser & Wirth, one of the top galleries in the world. Clockwise, from top left, Ebony G. Patterson. | Courtesy Monique Meloche Gallery; Jordan Casteel. | Photo by David Schulze, Courtesy Denver Art Museum; Amy Sherald. | Photo courtesy the artist and Justin T. Gellerson; and Nina Chanel Abney. | Courtesy Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Photo by J Caldwell Four are alums of the artist-in-residence program at the Studio Museum in Harlem: Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Jordan Casteel, Tschabalala Self, […]
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