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Nina Chanel Abney  |  John Bankston  |  Jean-Michael Basquiat  |  Mark Bradford  |  Iona Rozeal Brown  |  Nick Cave  |  Robert Colescott  |  Noah Davis  |  Leonardo Drew  |  Renee Green  |  David Hammons  |  Barkley L. Hendricks  |  Rashid Johnson  |  Glenn Ligon  |  Kalup Linzy  |  Kerry James Marshall  |  Rodney McMillian  |  Wangechi Mutu  |  William Pope.L  |  Gary Simmons  |  Xaviera Simmons  |  Lorna Simpson  |  Shinique Smith  |  Jeff Sonhouse  |  Henry Taylor  |  Hank Willis Thomas  |  Mickalene Thomas  |  Kara Walker  |  Carrie Mae Weems  |  Kehinde Wiley  |  Purvis Young

Nina Chanel Abney

• How Nina Chanel Abney Is Championing the Black Lives Matter Movement with a Paintbrush
• Powerful Political Art: Nina Chanel Abney’s Black History Paintings
• Summit Series to convene 3,000 leading entrepreneurs, artists, innovators, and disruptors for Summit At Sea 2016 this November
• 65 artists, 200 artworks in 40,000 sq.ft in an Abandoned Hospital
• PAFA Announces Latest Acquisitions to Permanent Collection

John Bankston

• An Inquiry into Identity at ArtPrize

Jean-Michael Basquiat

• Basquiat Portrait Sells for $6.8 Million in London

Mark Bradford

• What Else Can Art Do? The many layers of Mark Bradford’s work
• A Conversation on Race, Police Brutality, and Art with Mark Bradford
• Mark Bradford’s Paintings Bring Out the Politics in Clyfford Still’s

Iona Rozeal Brown

• Single Works With Myriad Influences
• Kabuki and hip-hop: Corcoran presents an artist’s blending of distinct traditions

Nick Cave

Robert Colescott

Noah Davis

• Noah Davis dies at 32; L.A. painter and installation artist
• Young Blood: Noah Davis, Kahlil Joseph, The Underground Museum

Leonardo Drew

Renee Green

David Hammons

• David Hammons Is Still Messing With What Art Means
• Laughter and Anger: A David Hammons retrospective

Barkley L. Hendricks

• Barkley L. Hendricks on Why You Shouldn’t Call Him a Political Artist
• Barkley L. Hendricks on “the F’d-Up-Ness of American Culture”

Rashid Johnson

• Artist Rashid Johnson’s latest work ponders the limits of freedom
• In ‘Fly Away,’ Rashid Johnson Keeps the Focus on Race

Glenn Ligon

Kalup Linzy

Kerry James Marshall

• University of Chicago Awards Artist Kerry James Marshall the 2016 Rosenberger Medal

Rodney McMillian

Wangechi Mutu

William Pope.L

Gary Simmons

Xaviera Simmons

Lorna Simpson

• Lorna Simpson Goes to Washington, Gives Inaugural Photography Lecture at National Gallery of Art

Shinique Smith

Jeff Sonhouse

Henry Taylor

Hank Willis Thomas

Mickalene Thomas

• Mickalene Thomas Appointed to the Children’s Museum Board of Directors

Kara Walker

Carrie Mae Weems

Kehinde Wiley

• The Exquisite Dissonance Of Kehinde Wiley

Purvis Young

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Glenn Ligon, America, 2008. Neon sign and paint, Edition of 1 plus AP, 24 í— 168 inches. Courtesy of the Rubell Family Collection.  A group of30 Americans artists, left to right: Rashid Johnson, Nick Cave, Kalup Linzy, Jeff Sonhouse, Lorna Simpson, Carrie Mae Weems, Barkley L. Hendricks, Hank Willis Thomas (front row), Xaviera Simmons, Purvis Young, John Bankston, Nina Chanel Abney, Henry Taylor, Mickalene Thomas (front row), Kerry James Marshall, and Shinique Smith.  Photo credit: Kwaku Alston.