News

An African art collection might finally find a new buyer now that an auction date has been set, again. In April, officials halted a sheriff’s sale after the collection's owner, Sam Njunuri ...
The first African American fine art sale, held in February 2007, was so well-attended that, for the first time in the company’s history, Swann had to add an additional floor of overflow seating.
Last week, a rare sculpture by African-American artist Elizabeth Catlett sold to a private buyer at Swann Galleries in New York City for the impressive price of $120,000. This puts the artist in ...
In his remarks on the December 15 sale of African American Fine Art, Mr. Freeman also highlighted Elizabeth Catlett’s painting Friends, which sold for $81,250, more than double its high estimate.
An auction of African American Art at Swann Galleries on Thursday, October 7 totaled $5.1 million, making it the highest grossing sale in the company’s history.
The highest prices for artwork by African-Americans come in the still overheated contemporary art market, where Andy Warhol protégé Jean-Michel Basquiat is the reigning star, with a 2007 auction ...
As the anticipated International African American Museum gears up for a grand opening in 2020, we couldn’t help but find out what other black-centric museums and exhibits around the country are ...
Marietta officials are seeking bids from artists or art teams to make artwork for an historic African-American site that will become a new park. Both the Elizabeth Porter Community Center and an ...