Katie O’Hagan, Portrait of the Collectors, 2016, oil on canvas, 78 x 58". Courtesy The Bennett Collection.

Bennett Prize Entry Deadlines
Established in 2018 by Dr. Elaine Melotti Schmidt and Steven Alan Bennett, the prestigious Bennett Prize is a competition for women figurative realists working today. The prize awards $50,000 to the winning artist, as well as major recognition for the nine other finalists. It’s an opportunity for passionate and talented artists to put their names on the map, bolster their career growth and open doors within the industry. Call for entries for the current competition, Round 4, closes at 11:59 p.m. MST on October 4. Finalists will be notified in November and announced to the public in December. For more information, visit www.thebennettprize.org.

Amy Sherald, Deliverance, 2022, oil on linen. The Dean Collection, courtesy of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys. © Amy Sherald. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo by Joseph Hyde.

Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys
Held at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia, Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys is the first major exhibition of the art collection of musical and cultural icons Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz (Kasseem Dean). Organized by the Brooklyn Museum, where it debuted in February, Giants features a selection from the couple’s collection that highlights works by multigenerational Black diasporic artists, from 20th-century legends like Nick Cave, Lorna Simpson and Barkley L. Hendricks, as well as major up-and-coming artists of a younger generation including Deana Lawson, Amy Sherald and Ebony G. Patterson. The show will be on view at the High Museum from September 13, 2024, to January 19, 2025.

Ralph Steadman, Owen the Owl, 2007, ink on paper.

Ralph Steadman solo show
On view from September 7 to December 8 at the at the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing surveys over 60 years of the eccentric artist and illustrator’s career. The exhibition showcases Steadman’s legendary collaborations with Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson; his illustrated literary classics like Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island; as well as books Steadman authored himself like I, Leonardo and The Big I Am.

Frank Stewart, Stomping the Blues, 1997, gelatin silver print, 16 x 20". Collection of Rob Gibson, Savannah.

Final Stop on Frank Stewart Retrospective
The Brandywine River Museum is currently hosting the exhibition Frank Stewart’s Nexus: An American Photographer’s Journey, 1960s to the Present, a dynamic retrospective of Stewart’s compelling body of photography over the past 60 years. The show features more than 100 color and black-and-white photographs capturing Stewart’s mindful approach to portraying world cultures and Black life. “This special exhibition highlights Stewart’s visionary work, which has captured intimate and empathetic images of lives experienced and observed across subjects, cities, and countries,” the museum notes.  Frank Stewart’s Nexus: An American Photographer’s Journey, 1960s to the Present is on view through September 22. This will be the fourth and final stop for the traveling exhibition. —