#5WomenArtists: Dean, Humphries, Lou, McCannon, and Olson
Each Wednesday this month we're highlighting five women artists with works in our collection. This week we focus on artists who have participated in our Voices in Contemporary Art Lecture Series.
Exhibition Spotlight: Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of Postman Roulin in Humble and Human
In his Portrait of Postman Roulin, Vincent van Gogh captured an image of his friend in his full, utterly unique humanity.
#5WomenArtists: Bhabha, Ga, McArthur, Muholi, and Smith
Each Wednesday this month we're highlighting five women artists with works in our collection. This week we focus on artists whose works are included in our current exhibition We the People: New Art from the Collection.
Collection Spotlight: Kevin Beasley's Untitled (hollow), 2016
In honor of Black History Month, we’re celebrating works by African American artists, including Kevin Beasley's Untitled (hollow), 2016, which is currently on view in We the People: New Art from the Collection.
Collection Spotlight: Samuel Levi Jones's Elements, 2018
In honor of Black History Month, we’re celebrating works by African American artists, including Samuel Levi Jones's Elements, 2018, which is currently on view in We the People: New Art from the Collection.
Collection Spotlight: Rashid Johnson's Falling Man, 2015
In honor of Black History Month, we’re celebrating works by African American artists, including Rashid Johnson's Falling Man, 2015, which is currently on view in We the People: New Art from the Collection.
Collection Spotlight: Theaster Gates's Civil Tapestry 5, 2012
In honor of Black History Month, we’re celebrating works by African American artists, including Theaster Gates's Civil Tapestry 5, 2012, which is currently on view in We the People: New Art from the Collection.
Exhibition Spotlight: Morgan Law on Dan Halter’s Rifugiato Mappa del Mondo (Refugee Map of the World)
As part of We the People: New Art from the Collection, the Albright-Knox asked members of the community for their thoughts on works in the exhibition. Morgan Law chose Dan Halter’s Rifugiato Mappa del Mondo (Refugee Map of the World).
Exhibition Spotlight: Karima Amin on Hank Willis Thomas’s We The People
Karima Amin, storyteller and founder/director of Prisoners Are People Too, Inc., reflects on Hank Willis Thomas’s We The People.
Exhibition Spotlight: Aria Dean
This first solo museum presentation of Aria Dean’s work includes three videos that explore how blackness is constructed through the repetition and circulation of its representations. Dean will discuss her works at the AK on January 10.
Exhibition Spotlight: Yuji Agematsu in We the People: New Art from the Collection
Yuji Agematsu’s zip: 01.01.06 . . . 06.30.06 is an unconventional portrait of a very specific time and place: January 1 through June 30, 2006, in New York.
Exhibition Spotlight: Ebony Pope on Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s “The Beautyful Ones” Series #5
Educator Ebony Pope reflects on Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s “The Beautyful Ones” Series #5.