Tag: Faith Ringgold

Dindga McCannon – interview: ‘Not having money never stopped me creating what I wanted’

With a 50-year career as an artist and teacher, Dindga McCannon is widely celebrated in the US’s black activist, feminist and fibre art communities. As her first European solo show opens in London, she talks about the importance of passion,…
Coral Woodbury – interview: “The work I’m doing is approaching death, making peace with death’

Woodbury talks about her solo show at HackelBury Fine Art and what led her to use old books to redraw the history of art and make the invisible visible
En plein air: art in the time of pandemic

With museums and galleries shut due to the pandemic, art had to be rethought. Online shows have their place but can’t compete with seeing the real thing. With that in mind, here is a roundup of New York’s best outdoor…
The Armory Show 2019

From historical displays to recent works by relatively unknown artists, from performance to installation, from politically provocative and conceptual pieces to ornamental presentations, this year’s Armory presented a well-measured display of opposing – even conflicting – trends within the art…
Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power

This is an exhibition of tragedy, celebration and defiance at a time of change and violence in the US’s racial history. Soul of a Nation is powerful, moving and brimming with artistic heroes who, until now, have been largely overlooked…