With a New Book and Major Exhibitions on the Horizon, Barkley L. Hendricks’s Photography Comes into Focus
The fourth of a five-volume series of publications shows the artist's eye behind the camera.
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Bodies of Work: In Washington, Big-Ticket Blockbusters, a Bracing Permanent Collection Hang, Anne Truitt, and the Museum of the Bible
Plus, "Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting" at the National Gallery, Mark Bradford at the Hirshhorn, and more
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Resistance, Rebellion, and Culture: Exhibitions Around London Renew Questions About a So-Called Black Aesthetic
On 'Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power,' Lubaina Himid, Thick/er Black Lines, and more.
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From the Archives: A Studio Visit with Barkley L. Hendricks, in 2008
There are passive portraits, where subjects blankly look off in the distance, and then there are Barkley L. Hendricks’s paintings. His subjects, many of whom are black, stare directly at viewers, <a href="/art-news/news/barkley-l-hendricks-whose-tender-and-immaculate-portraits-define-an-age-dies-at-72-8142/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"…
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Barkley L. Hendricks, Whose Tender and Immaculate Portraits Define an Age, Dies at 72
“No artist deserves anything,” Barkley L. Hendricks said in an interview in 2008. “Van Gogh didn’t get squat in his lifetime.” At the time, the 63-year-old was at the start of a career…
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National Academy Announces 2013 Academicians
The National Academy Museum & School has announced its newly elected members for 2013, a group of artists and architects chosen for their significant contributions to contemporary American art and…
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The politics of style and race are cross-wired in Barkley Hendricks's vivid figurative paintings.
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