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Michael Jordan and the Jordan Brand’s partnership with 11 emerging WNBA players has made history as the largest group of women Jumpman endorsees in basketball. The major announcement was accompanied by a photoshoot conducted by beloved image maker Ming Smith. Smith was the first Black woman in photography to have her work acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The endorsement group was announced in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the WNBA’s inaugural game. “These amazin...

Ralph Ellison’s classic 1952 novel has influenced not just writers but photographers, sculptors and painters, all grappling with what it means to be seen.

The Nicola Vassell Gallery was opened by art dealer and curator Nicola Vassell in N.Y. Vassell has experience as an art dealer and curator.

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The first exhibit at the gallery highlights the 50-year career of photographer Ming Smith.

Evidence at Nicola Vassell Gallery features a combination of rare, vintage silver gelatin and never-before-exhibited archival prints, spanning th...

It’s time for a black owned gallery to inhabit the art world in New York in a really strong dynamic way, “ Nicola Vassell declares

Krysta Anderson ( [Many thanks to Veerle Poupeye for bringing this item to our attention through Critical.Caribbean.Art.] Nicola Vassell. The name which once echoed in the field of fashion is now ‘jaminating’ the art world. The Jamaica-born curator and art dealer recently opened her gallery located in Chelsea, New York, to the delight of aesthetes and dilettantes. The Sunday Gleaner recently caught up with the beautiful creative, post-viewing to discuss the event and Vassell’s plans for t...

Wet Paint: NFT Collective Whines Over Cryptopunks Sale, Coveted Young Artist Joins Hauser & Wirth, & More Art-World Gossip Which art dealer is sitting courtside at Knicks playoff games? What famed artist-made house hit the market? Read on for answers. Nine CryptoPunks at Christies 21st-century evening sale on May 13, 2021. Courtesy of Christies. Every week, Artnet News Pro brings you Wet Paint, a gossip column of original scoops reported and written by Nate Freeman. If you have a tip, email Nat...

To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. Nine minutes and 29 seconds, under normal circumstances, is easily forgettable. It’s the time we spend on routine activities such as taking a shower, doing the dishes, and walking to the station, our minds often elsewhere and not focusing on the task at hand. But nine minutes and 29 seconds was all it took for George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, to publicly lose his life at the hands of the police. The injustice of those tra...