TL Lange, City, acrylic on canvas, 38 x 40"TL Lange retrospective
A retrospective is being held at Phil Mechanic Studios in Asheville, North Carolina’s River Arts District for the late TL Lange, who was known for his figurative and abstract artwork. Titled Twenty Years Gone, the show features an incredible collection of 20 paintings by the Asheville-based artist never seen by the public. Several works will be for sale. Also included in the exhibition are prints of Anonymous Bathers, one of his most noteworthy creations. Twenty Years Gone is on view through December 12.
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Kerry James Marshall is known for his revolutionary portraits of Black subjects. Photo by Anadrew Harnik/AP.
New Windows at National Cathedral
World-renowned artist Kerry James Marshall, will create racial-justice themed windows for the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., replacing its former stained-glass windows featuring Confederate iconography, which were removed in 2017. These windows, to be unveiled in 2023, are intended to remain a permanent public exhibition—a first for the artist. This is also Marshall’s first foray into working with stained glass. In addition, the project will involve poet Elizabeth Alexander, who will write a poem to be installed in stone tablets alongside the windows.
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A rendering of Destination Crenshaw at Sankofa Park. Courtesy Perkins&Will.Celebrating Black public art
The community-led project Destination Crenshaw, a 1.3-mile open-air museum along Crenshaw Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, is dedicated to celebrating and preserving the art and culture of African Americans in LA. Destination Crenshaw, which “will be the largest Black public art project in the US and quite possibly the world,” has recently announced seven esteemed artists who will create sculptures for Sankofa Park, the northernmost public gathering place being created by the project, and for other sites along the route. These artists, Charles Dickson, Melvin Edwards, Maren Hassinger, Artis Lane, Alison Saar, Kehinde Wiley and Brenna Youngblood, make up the first cohort of the 100 artists who will ultimately create works for the museum.
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Ashley Bryan focuses on his artwork. Photo by Rose Russo.
Ashley Bryan receives Maine in America Award
The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine, has announced artist Ashley Bryan as the winner of the 2022 Maine in America Award, given each year to an individual or group who has made an outstanding contribution to Maine’s role in American art. A painter, printmaker, illustrator and more, Bryan originally came to Maine in 1946 to attend the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. The 98-year-old artist is known for the outstanding breadth of diversity in his oeuvre, from painting to puppet making to writing. —
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