- Curating Detroit: Sydney Frakes and the Vision Shaping a Contemporary Art Scene
by aawacollectiveSomething is happening in Detroit. Across the city, independent galleries and emerging art spaces are creating room for artists to experiment, build audiences, and define what contemporary art can look… Read more: Curating Detroit: Sydney Frakes and the Vision Shaping a Contemporary Art Scene - Afrofuturist painter Jasimen Phillips’ debut solo exhibition Aquarium
by aawacollectiveAfrofuturist painter Jasimen Phillips’ debut solo exhibition, “Aquarium,” at The Mantel Gallery, Long Beach, explores the relationship between humanity, technology, and nature through robotic figures observing marine life. - She Was 75 When She Had Her First Solo Exhibition. Now Collectors Are Taking Notice.
by aawacollectiveLandscape Painter Carolyn Jordan-Sweeney was 75 When She Had Her First Solo Exhibition. Now Collectors Are Taking Notice - Robots Are Trending in Black Art—But Not for the Reasons You Think
by aawacollectiveFrom Modern Expressionism to Afrofuturism and Afrosurrealism, artists are using the machine to examine power, identity, and the possibilities of the future. The robot has long occupied a contradictory place… Read more: Robots Are Trending in Black Art—But Not for the Reasons You Think - Ashley Cole and the Rise of a New Language in Abstraction
by aawacollectiveThere is a growing inevitability around the rise of Ashley Cole. In Los Angeles right now, something significant is unfolding in contemporary art: for the first time at this scale… Read more: Ashley Cole and the Rise of a New Language in Abstraction
