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Gio Swaby’s embroidered portraits are ‘love letters to Black women’
The Weekly Challenger September 7, 2022 Bahamian artist Gio Swaby’s giant tapestries on canvas will grace the walls until Oct. 9, so get there fast. Swaby’s... Read more -
Hear Me Now: The Black Potters Of Old Edgefield, South Carolina
Antiques and The Arts Weekly September 6, 2022 NEW YORK CITY – On view from September 9 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MMA) and traveling thereafter, “Hear... Read more -
New Hopper College windows acknowledge past, celebrate present
YaleNews August 25, 2022 Twelve new decorative windows installed today in Grace Hopper College, the Yale residential college previously known as Calhoun College, celebrate... Read more -
Artist Robert Peterson Debuts The Joyous, Loving, And Balanced Family Life In New Solo Exhibition At Claire Oliver Gallery
Harlem World Magazine August 22, 2022 Claire Oliver Gallery in Central Harlem , NY, is pleased to announce When You See Them, You See Me, the... Read more -
Gio Swaby ‘Fresh Up’ a Must-See if You Appreciate Good Style
The Gabber July 28, 2022 Swaby didn’t grow up going to galleries and looking at fine art. The daughter of a seamstress, she grew up... Read more -
New Hopper College dining hall windows to confront past, celebrate change
Yale News July 28, 2022 Artist Barbara Earl Thomas has accepted a commission to design a new set of windows for the dining hall of... Read more -
Inside the artists’ studios: 5 Seattle-area creators give us a peek
Seattle Times July 26, 2022 During Barbara Earl Thomas’ storied career , she’s seen many studio configurations: At one point, working out of a large... Read more -
Gio Swaby celebrates Black women at Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
Tampa Bay Times June 23, 2022 ST. PETERSBURG — “I’m making the art that I wanted to see.” That is how Bahamian artist Gio Swaby explained... Read more -
9 New Books to Read in June
Vanity Fair June 17, 2022 “I make work for people to see, but the process is for me,” says Gio Swaby, the Bahamian portrait artist... Read more -
Tulsa museum acquires work by Lawton artist Robert Peterson
The Lawton Constitution June 12, 2022 The piece, entitled “Tomorrow’s SuperHERo,” is a 60-by-60-inch oil painting on canvas depicting a young Black girl posed in front... Read more -
LAST CHANCE: STAN SQUIREWELL AT CLAIRE OLIVER
Harlem Bespoke June 7, 2022 Harlem Bespoke: This is the last week to check out the sold-out exhibit of Stan Squirewell at the Claire Oliver... Read more -
Luxuriant Tufted Portraits by Artist Simone Elizabeth Saunders Exude Black Joy
Colossal June 7, 2022 For Saunders , celebrating love is not grand, abstract, or impossible to grasp. It’s as honest as a single strand... Read more -
Black Arts Legacies: Barbara Earl Thomas
Crosscut. June 1, 2022 With meticulous skill and a communal approach, the longtime Seattle artist has cut her own path. Read more -
Bahamian artist Gio Swaby uses unique artistic mediums to explore Blackness and womanhood
The Crow's Nest at USF May 31, 2022 Multidisciplinary artist Gio Swaby was born and raised in Nassau, Bahamas before moving to Canada to purse a Master of... Read more -
Textiles, Triumphs and Love Letters to Black Women: Gio Swaby’s Solo Museum Debut
Yahoo News May 28, 2022 The 30-year-old Bahamian artist, whose solo museum debut opened at The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg on Saturday, accompanied... Read more -
Fresh Up: MFA artist Gio Swaby tells personal stories through textiles
Catalyst May 27, 2022 Every picture, it’s been wisely observed, tells a story. And with Fresh Up, the exhibition of works opening Saturday at... Read more -
Gio Swaby featured in Orlando's City Magazine
Orlando's City Magazine May 27, 2022 When Gio Swaby was a teenager in the Bahamas, adults told her not to go out “gyalavantin” with her friends... Read more -
Nikole Hannah-Jones and Gio Swaby on Portraiture that Uplifts Black Women
Literary Hub May 26, 2022 Gio’s work evokes at once awe and comfort, complexity in a misleadingly simplistic form. It is approachable even as you... Read more -
Artist Talk: Kiki Smith and Judith Schaechter
Lesley University May 24, 2022 Read more -
Explore the occult through art at the Chrysler Museum Friday the 13th
The Virginian-Pilot May 11, 2022 Norfolk — The Chrysler Museum of Art’s popular event, “Art Out Loud,” returns Friday the 13th by dabbling in Victorian... Read more -
At Museums, a Mix of Old and New
The New York Times April 27, 2022 American museums are making steady efforts to show a large range of media, styles and perspectives. But this spring and... Read more -
Gio Swaby's Textile Portraits Are a Love Letter to Black Womanhood
HARPER'S BAZAAR April 6, 2022 The 30-year-old Bahamian multimedia textile artist took the art world by storm after her debut exhibition in New York City's... Read more -
Robert Peterson: Ten Years to the Top
LUXIERE April 1, 2022 Robert Peterson’s raw and spontaneous abstract portraits are in high demand from art collectors and fans worldwide, including professional athletes... Read more -
Editors’ Picks: 14 Events for Your Art Calendar
artnet news March 21, 2022 For his inaugural show for the artist at Claire Oliver, Squirewell’s work looks at who curates and controls the narratives... Read more -
A Conversation With Barbara Earl Thomas
Cerebral Woman Art Talks Podcast March 20, 2022 Ep.96 features Barbara Earl Thomas. She is a visual artist with numerous national exhibits to her credit. She is a... Read more -
How one Louisville man is challenging the context of Black Indigenous history
Louisville Courier Journal February 24, 2022 Stan Squirewell sees beyond the hardened expressions frozen in time when he flips through an archive. He believes the people... Read more -
The Poetics of Barbara Earl Thomas
University of Washington February 9, 2022 This story is the first in a series on Black artists and scholars. Read more -
The Totality of Time Lusters the Dusk
Chrysler Museum of Art January 15, 2022 In this immersive installation, artist Lauren Fensterstock transforms a gallery within the Chrysler Museum of Art into a darkened and... Read more -
TRUE BLUE: The Culpability of a Material
Tatter January 4, 2022 Adebunmi creates sculptures, prints, ceramics, and paper using historical and cultural imbued materials. Currently focused on her “True Blue and... Read more -
Studio Visit: How Louisville's Stan Squirewell Went From The D.C. Streets To A Sold Out, Art Basel Show
LEO Weekly December 15, 2021 Squirewell got his start in Washington D.C., but it wasn’t smooth, and like many young men with not enough to... Read more -
In Miami, Buyers Hit the Beach for Untitled Art Fair
artnet news November 30, 2021 Mixed-media paintings and textile works by emerging and mid-career artists were hot sellers. “Everything’s gone,” Harlem gallerist Claire Oliver said... Read more -
Peterson breaks a personal record with Phillips art auction
The Lawton Constitution October 31, 2021 Peterson’s painting “We’re Gonna Be Kings” sold for $56,700 at the storied Phillips auction house in New York City. Phillips... Read more -
In the galleries: Multiple works by Black artists create a vision of authority
The Washington Post September 17, 2021 When the artists studio Stable opened two years ago, much attention was paid to the building’s picturesque original function: sheltering... Read more -
How a Surprise Discovery of Photographs From the 1960s Meets the Moment
The New York Times: Race/Related September 4, 2021 Not long after his mother passed away in 2018, a massive relic from Jeffrey Henson Scales’ childhood was unexpectedly found... Read more -
Editors’ Picks: 9 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week
artnet news August 10, 2021 Lauren Fensterstock has used glittering materials—glass, vintage crystal, and semi-precious stones such as quartz, obsidian, onyx, and hematite—to create her... Read more -
Artist Lauren Fensterstock Illuminates New York Gallery With Fervent Depiction Of Buddha's Sermon Of The Seven Suns
Forbes June 11, 2021 Crystals reclaimed from a chandelier welcoming entertainers to a legendary Harlem hangout that’s become a gallery protrude amid a meticulous... Read more -
Meet Artist Gio Swaby
artnet news June 4, 2021 the 29-Year-Old Phenom Whose Sold-Out Debut Boasted Buyers Including Eight Museums (and Roxane Gay) The 29-year-old artist is still in... Read more -
At the Renwick Gallery, four artists conjure Mother Nature out of fabric, metal, glass and paper
The Washington Post May 11, 2021 From roses on teacups to berries on wallpaper, natural motifs are common in the decorative arts. But there’s nothing dainty... Read more -
Object, Monster, Omen: An Interview with Lauren Fensterstock on Her Installation at The Renwick
Whitehot Magazine May 1, 2021 Lauren Fensterstock works in large-scale installation using myriad materials and techniques such as paper quilling and mosaic. She is one... Read more -
A Love Letter to Black Women
The New York Times: Race/Related April 10, 2021 For many, art provides a voice for the unheard. It can capture moments of positivity that might otherwise be unrepresented.... Read more -
How Bisa Butler Went From Being a High School Art Teacher to an In-Demand Quilter With a Show at the Art Institute of Chicago
artnet news April 7, 2021 Bisa Butler’s intricate portrait quilts are often based on found black-and-white photographs of Black people—some famous, some anonymous, some familial.... Read more -
Barbara Earl Thomas’ ‘The Geography of Innocence’ exhibit at SAM invites transformation
The Seattle Times March 27, 2021 One word — “grace” — inspired the first cut-paper portrait Seattle artist Barbara Earl Thomas created in the series that... Read more -
Editor's Picks: 14 Events for Your Art Calendar, From a Salute to Some 'Very Funny Ladies' to a Splashy Show of Constructivist Posters
Artnet News March 21, 2021 “Stan Squirewell: Who That Is ?” at Claire Oliver Gallery, New York For his inaugural show for the artist at... Read more -
The Illuminating Work Of Barbara Earl Thomas Is Finally In Display At The Seattle Art Museum
The Seattle Medium February 26, 2021 Seattle has always produced hidden gems and Barbara Earl Thomas is one of them. A native of Seattle, Thomas is... Read more -
Barbara Earl Thomas Exhibition Opens at Seattle Art Museum
INTERIOR DESIGN February 15, 2021 The Seattle Art Museum is giving its first solo exhibition of hometown artist Barbara Earl Thomas , who is also... Read more -
Object Lessons: Lauren Fensterstock
Sculpture Magazine February 1, 2021 For a long time, I have been looking at how we shape landscapes and project meaning through them, but now... Read more -
Editors’ Picks: 19 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week
artnet news December 14, 2020 Harlem’s Claire Oliver Gallery reopens with the first New York solo show for Adebumni Gabadebo, featuring her series “True Blue,”... Read more -
An Eye-Opening Exhibition in Ohio Looks at the Role of Quilting in Radical American Social Movements
artnet news December 2, 2020 What the museum says: “Disrupting our expectations of quilts as objects that provide warmth and comfort, this exhibition will explore... Read more -
An Artist Probes Her Southern Lineage in Luminous Shades of Blue
HYPERALLEGIC October 30, 2020 Gathering hair, indigo, and artifacts from two South Carolina plantations, Adebunmi Gbadebo: A Dilemma of Inheritance considers the materiality of... Read more -
From 2 Artists, 2 Ways to Tell Stories of Black America
The New York Times October 21, 2020 Works by Bisa Butler and Barbara Earl Thomas are featured in major museum shows in Chicago and Seattle. It’s a... Read more -
A dilemma of inheritance Adebunmi Gbadebo employs abstraction and non-traditional materials to mine memories and histories of enslavement
Culture Type October 3, 2020 There;s a family gathering of sorts underway at Claire Oliver Gallery in New York. 'Adebunmi Gbadebo: A Dilema of inheritance',... Read more -
Adebumni Gabadebo: A Dilemma of Inheritance @ Claire Oliver Gallery
JUXTAPOZ September 17, 2020 Claire Oliver Gallery is pleased to announce the debut solo exhibition by artist Adebunmi Gbadebo, A Dilemma of Inheritance. The... Read more -
Preview: Fall 2020 Quarterly with Bisa Butler, Marilyn Minter, Nicolas Party, Dominic Chambers, Cassi Namoda and more!
JUXTAPOZ August 27, 2020 Bisa Bulter is indeed featured in this issue, and her presence looms equally large. That she is one of the... Read more -
Art Q&A: Sculptors Aaron Stephan and Lauren Fensterstock keep their heads down on long-term projects
Portland Press Herald May 31, 2020 It will be a while before the Portland couple knows how the shutdown will affect their livelihood. If you viewed... Read more -
Stained Glass That Demands Slow Looking
HYPERALLERGIC April 22, 2020 ROCHESTER, New York — Judith Schaechter’s stained glass works reach so far in different directions that trying to classify them... Read more -
Bisa Butler's work aims to 'reorient angst and despair' faced by Black Americans
CREATIVE BOOM March 17, 2020 But while it's undoubtedly exquisitely detailed and nuanced, it really packs a punch. Her portraits are expressive, viscerally alive –... Read more -
Depth, History, and Reverence: The Intricacies of Bisa Butler’s Quilted Portraits
VOGUE March 3, 2020 In the 20 years since her epiphany, Butler has been creating exquisite quilted portraits that both honor the African American... Read more -
Art Review: Ibou Ndoye and Adebunmi Gbadebo at NJCU
Jersey City Times February 14, 2020 The show features work by Newark-based sculptor and fiber artist Adebunmi Gbadebo , who works in a style that will... Read more -
Claire Oliver Gallery Becomes Latest Enterprise to Depart New York’s Chelsea District
ARTnews January 15, 2020 Amid rising rents and declining foot traffic, various galleries, including P.P.O.W, Andrew Kreps Gallery, and James Cohan Gallery, have left... Read more -
Crowding at the African American Museum is the result of poor layout more than popularity
The Washington Post June 27, 2019 If you’re among the many who saw the craziness around the opening of the National Museum of African American History... Read more -
HARLEM-BASED ARTIST STAN SQUIREWELL’S FIRST SOLO SHOW IN LONDON TO OPEN ON APRIL 1ST
FAD magazine March 22, 2019 Following an exhibition of Stan Squirewell’s work at FACTION’s Harlem space, the FACTION team bring him to London for a... Read more -
FACTION Art Projects announce solo show of Harlem artist Stan Squirewell at Gallery 8, London
ARTFIXdaily March 11, 2019 FACTION Art Projects announce solo show of Harlem artist Stan Squirewell at Gallery 8, London Stan Squirewell 1 April –... Read more -
Peggy Cooper Cafritz Leaves Collection to Two Arts Institutions
The New York Times October 10, 2018 By the time Peggy Cooper Cafritz died earlier this year, she had worked her way from a childhood in the... Read more -
PEGGY COOPER CAFRITZ BEQUEATHS MAJOR COLLECTION TO HARLEM’S STUDIO MUSEUM
ARTFORUM October 9, 2018 The respected arts patron and educator also left 250 works to the Washington, DC, high school the Duke Ellington School... Read more -
Peggy Cooper Cafritz Bequeaths Over 400 Works to the Studio Museum
Studio Museum Harlem October 9, 2018 The gift to the Studio Museum encompasses a multigenerational who’s who of artists of African descent, and will both bolster... Read more -
Studio Museum in Harlem and DC Arts High School Receive Historic Gift of Over 650 Contemporary Works
HYPERALLERGIC October 9, 2018 The Studio Museum in Harlem and Duke Ellington School of the Arts were bequeathed with a historic donation of works... Read more -
Stan Squirewell, Renee Cox among featured artists at Harlem Perspectives exhibit
New York Amsterdams News April 26, 2018 Washington, D.C. artist Stan Squirewell’s work is infused with the spirit of his great aunt who, like a great matriarch,... Read more -
Contemporary Stained Glass by Judith Schaechter
JUXTAPOZ May 1, 2015 Philadelphia-based artist Judith Schaechter works in stained glass, an art that reached its peak in the 12th Century but one... Read more -
BK ADAMS.I AM ART REDEFINES SCULPTURE AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY MUSEUM AT THE KATZEN ARTS CENTER
EASTCITYART August 6, 2014 “I was offered the 6,000 square foot sculpture garden and thought that was the greatest idea,” says the DC native... Read more -
Judith Schaechter at Claire Oliver
ARTFORUM October 1, 2013 At the prison, Schaechter’s windows underscored the ecclesiastical undercurrents of this method of incarceration. Seen in photographs displayed at Claire... Read more -
BK ADAMS•I AM ART Wins First Annual East of the River Distinguished Artist Award
Washingtonian August 7, 2012 For the first time, an award has been established to recognize an artist working east of the river whose achievements... Read more -
"Art Man" unveils new exhibit
The Washington Post November 11, 2011 B.K. Adams, who is known throughout D.C. as the “Art Man” the ubiquitous artist in the French beret, who wears... Read more -
“Exercise Your Mynd—BK Adams I Am Art” Brightens Up the Anacostia Museum
Smithsonian Magazine August 23, 2011 A Jackson Pollock-esque spatter seems to follow Washington, D.C.-based artist BK Adams wherever he goes, whether it be on his... Read more -
“Exercise Your Mynd—BK Adams I Am Art” Opens at the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum Aug. 22
Smithsonian August 15, 2011 The Anacostia Community Museum presents the one-man show “Exercise Your Mynd—BK Adams I Am Art” on view Aug. 22 through... Read more -
The Story House
Barbara Earl Thomas October 28, 2009 The Story House is a roofless structure with open walls where the business of life extends and our stories become... Read more
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