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practicing the arts of cogitation since the late 1900s.

hmmm, I don’t ordinarily promote corporate-sponsored products,

but for all you (us) art lovers who can’t buy art, perhaps you can afford a Kehinde Wiley beach towel @ Target? I’m tempted…I succumbed.

Aqua Wynwood 2007 in Miami

also:

The Little Show
Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
Thursday, November 29, 6-9PM
No less than 100 pieces of artwork to choose from, created by some of the Bay Area’s biggest artists. Start your art collection, make it bigger, or get your holiday shopping done early.
Exhibition: November 24 - December 23, 2007
Participating Artists: Patricia Ancona, Lorene Anderson, Kathy Aoki, Laura [...]

SEEKING WOMEN OF COLOUR ARTISTS

(thanks, Bridget!)
Corrective Lenses Challenging representations of women of colour in art
Are you a woman of colour artist? Are you looking to speak out against the oppressive representations of women of colour in art? We are looking for women of colour who are painters or photographers to participate [...]

365 Day of Splendor!

Hello, 365!
WE DID IT! Now join us in New York on this SATURDAY DECEMBER 1st for ahuge gathering of 365 artists.
10am - noon Public Theater 425 Lafayette StreetWELCOME BREAKFAST FOR 365 OUT-OF-TOWNERSCome to the Public (Hey, you live in NY — come and meet artists from all [...]

"Ain’t That a Groove" The Genius of James Brown Symposium Nov. 29-30

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Updated Event Schedule & Registration form available at:http://www.princeton.edu/africanamericanstudies/news/events/

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    • PITCH BLACKNESS BY HANK WILLIS THOMAS (APERTURE, 2008) December 8, 2008
      Pitch Blackness. Hank Willis Thomas, Aperture, October 2008, 128 Pages, ca. 125 four-color images, 8×10 inches (20×25 cm), ISBN: 978-1-59711-072-3, Hardcover, $35 On February 2, 2000, Songha Thomas Willis was shot to death outside a Philadelphia nightclub. He was 27 years old. The takeaway? A $400 gold chain. It’s the story [...]
    • Hank Willis Thomas interview December 4, 2008
      Check out this interview with Hank Willis Thomas in PhotoEye magazine online, http://www.photoeye.com/magazine/features/2008/12_03_Hank_Willis_Thomas.cfm, in which he talks about his monograph Pitch Blackness.
    • Obama at #15 November 24, 2008
      Poli-Book Best Seller List Based on sales for weeks ending Oct. 25 through Nov. 15, 2008 15. Obama, by Deborah Willis and Kevin Merida. (Amistad, $26.95.) Photographs capturing Obama’s 18-month campaign to the presidency. Rankings reflect aggregated sales for the weeks ending October 25 through November 15, 2008 at many thousands of venues where a wide range of [...]
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    • Updates from Simone Leigh November 7, 2008
      Archeology of Wonder curated by Kristina Newman-Scott REAL ART WAYS October 4, 2008 —January 4, 2009 Opening reception: Saturday, October 4, 2008, 4-7PM Performance by Valerie Garlick, 4:30PM Closing reception: Sunday, January 4, 2009, 3-5PM 56 Arbor St Hartford CT 06106 860 232 1006 www.realartways.org Archaeology of Wonder brings together two disparate approaches to the past - archaeology with its meticulous discipline, and wonder with [...]
    • Fall Exhibitions: ?Evocations? at Rose Issa Projects, London? Kala Fellowship Exhibition, Berkeley November 7, 2008
      I have a few projects coming up to share with you.  I will be at Kala’s opening this Thursday, October 9, in Berkeley, and on October 20 at the artist reception for my first exhibition in London.  Presented by Rose Issa, I will be exhibiting works from a number of series including The Alphabet of Silence, Most Wanted [...]