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Artist Eric N. Mack on a 1971 Frank Bowling Essay About Black Art: ‘He’s Arguing for the Importance of Innovation’
"I feel like we should all feel lucky that Frank Bowling is still with us and showing, and not forgotten" Mack said.
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‘It’s Pretty Dead-On’: Curator Laura Raicovich on a 1954 Article About the State of Western Museums
British art historian Kenneth Clark addressed the problematic roots of institutions in Europe and the U.S.
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The Ideal Museum: Art Historian Kenneth Clark on the Formation of Western Institutions, in 1954
Read an essay from the January 1954 issue of ARTnews.
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‘There Has Been Change’: Artist Howardena Pindell on a 1989 Article About U.S. Museums’ Exclusion of Black Artists
"Things have changed since the article," Pindell recently told ARTnews.
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How Top U.S. Art Museums Excluded Black Artists During the 1980s: From the Archives
Read an archival article from 1989 by Patricia Failing.
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Curator Lauren Haynes Revisits a 1966 Profile of Spiral, Pioneering Black Art Collective
"People who are interested in art tend to turn to artists to solve problems that aren't theirs to solve," the curator recently told ARTnews.
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Mary Weatherford Revisits a 1957 ARTnews Profile of Painter Joan Mitchell
Irving Sandler interviewed the artist as part of ARTnews's "Paints a Picture" series.
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How David C. Driskell Shaped the Story of Black Art in America: From the Archives
"The artists I have known were in search of their place in American society," Driskell told journalist Pamela Newkirk in the May 2000 issue of ARTnews.
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Roberta Smith on Donald Judd’s ARTnews Writings: ‘A Great Template for Criticism’
"You can learn a lot about him from reading his reviews," Smith said.
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‘Everything Was a Muse to Him’: A Jacob Lawrence Expert on a 1944 ARTnews Profile of the Artist
Leslie King-Hammond views an article from the ARTnews archives through a contemporary lens.
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