April 26, 2021Kelsie JankowskiAfrican American Art 13 Auction Records in Spring 2021 Sale of African American Art Read more about 13 Auction Records in Spring 2021 Sale of African American Art Auction Brings $3.9 Million – Second-Highest Grossing Sale in Department Thirteen-Year History Our spring offering of African American Art on April 22, 2021 was the second highest-grossing sale in the…
Read more about Artists Working in Mixed-Media & Assemblage April 19, 2021 African American Art Artists Working in Mixed-Media & Assemblage Howardena Pindell, Betye Saar, Vanessa German, Bisa Butler, and Dindga McCannon are assemblage artists that apply found items and fabrics that previously held different uses or significance.
Read more about Swann Galleries’ Guide to Rare Book Week 2019 in NYC February 26, 2019 Early Printed Books Swann Galleries’ Guide to Rare Book Week 2019 in NYC Rare Book Week kicks off March 5 in NYC. We gathered a selection of our favorite events happening throughout the week, as well as several not-to-be-missed exhibitions. See you there!…
Read more about Specialists in the Field: Nigel Freeman at the Tate August 1, 2017 African American Art Specialists in the Field: Nigel Freeman at the Tate Nigel Freeman, founder and director of our African-American Fine Art department, is in London this week visiting some familiar images. Two of the works in the Tate Modern’s latest exhibition, Soul of…
Read more about Los Angeles Assemblage Artists March 28, 2017 African American Art Los Angeles Assemblage Artists From the catalogue of our April 6 sale of African-American Fine Art. Assemblage emerged as a dynamic new art form in Los Angeles in the late 1960s. The…