I will not make anymore boring art

"And the portrait show seems to have no faces in it at all, just paint you suddenly wonder why in the world anyone ever did them" - Frank O'Hara The creative side of Wall Text.

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Henri Matisse, Female Figure and Fruit, 1947

via tobulous

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ON VIEW @ SculptureCenter

Gabriel Sierra: Numbers in a Room, September 20, 2015 - January 4, 2016. SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves Street, Long Island City, NY.

Gabriel Sierra, Untitled (pretext), installation view, Gabriel Sierra: Numbers in a Room, SculptureCenter, 2015. Modified exit sign, metal track, and electronic components. Dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist and kurimanzutto, Mexico City. Photo: Kyle Knodell

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This Wednesday September 16 is ‪#‎AskACurator‬ Day! Submit your questions for MoMA curators Starr Figura & Dave Kehr via the hashtag or by replying to us on Twitter at @museummodernart. We’ll be sharing their answers on Twitter on the 16th. 

Starr is curator of the current exhibition Andy Warhol: Campbell’s Soup Cans and Other Works, 1953–1967 and the recent exhibition Gauguin: Metamorphoses.

Dave is curator of the recent MoMA Film exhibition Ingrid Bergman: A Centennial Celebration, and the upcoming What Lies Beneath: The Films of Robert Zemeckis.

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Last chance! Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960–1971, featuring the artist’s pioneering early works, closes Monday. 

[Installation view of Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960–1971, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, May 17–September 7, 2015. © 2015 The Museum of Modern Art. Photo: Thomas Griesel]

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CY TWOMBLY Trees, 1994 Portfolio of 3 dry ink photographs 21 5/8 x 16 3/8 inches (54.9 x 41.6 cm) Ed. of 10

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In Italian - Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1983 

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(via The Lifeless Eyes of Laurie Simmons’s Human Dolls)

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The Knife Thrower - Henri Matisse. Artist: Henri Matisse. Completion Date: 1947. Style: Abstract Expressionism

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FEATURED ARTIST: Fabian Bürgy 

Fabian Bürgy creates conceptual situations and small interventions which are inspired by a widerange of mundane objects and appearances, from chairs and suicide belts to skidrow textures, nails and even dog tails, all subjected to what could bedescribed as Bürgy’s characteristicallyslightly violent and disturbing process of transformation, misplacement and dysfunction of things. He takes specific thoughts and develops conflicts with precise and absolutely minimalistic means - an oeuvre, which explores the point where known things become something else, where metamorphosis is reached. In a humble and silent career spanning more than 15 years, he has sought to challenge the boundaries between real and unreal, aesthetics and symbolism. In recent years he has increasingly taken his practice beyond the actual physical creation and works with digital imaging to conceive his ideas.

Fabian Bürgy (b. 1980, Switzerland) lives and works in Switzerland. In 2012 he was awarded the Studio Award “Residency Berlin”. Most Recently his solo exhibition “Deux objects, deux murs” in Fribourg, Switzerland. Recent publications include The Pinch Magazine, USA; Carousel Magazine, Canada; Capdesign Magazine, Sweden; MUINE Magazine, Taiwan 2014; AS/H Magazine, Switzerland; IGNANT.DE, Germany; The Think Tank Gallery LA, USA. 

Fabian Bürgy, Holes. Digital art. 84cm x 69cm. Courtesy the artist.

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FEATURED ARTIST: Marysia Gacek, Marcel & His Shades of Blue, 2012. Oyster shells, watercolor, t-shirt, stretcher bars. 24 x 30 inches. Dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist.

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Watch a Sneak-Peek Video from Kalup Linzy’s New Show

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WHAT’S ON: Philipp Modersohn, Turbulenzen im Teich, March 7 - April 18, 2015, Gallery Guido W. Baudach, Potsdamer Straße 85, 10785 Berlin

Installation view: Philipp Modersohn: Turbulenzen im Teich, Galerie Guido W. Baudach Berlin, 2015. Courtesy the artist and Gallery Guido W. Baudach, Berlin.

www.sculpture-center.org

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This is an art piece from Alisha B. Wormsley and this is a both a hopeful and scary statement in the world we live in. What kind of future will we live in though? More on Wormsley’s work and other #news on my blog: http://bit.ly/1q1PHf1 #afrofuturism #alishabwormsley #blackfutures #art #blacklivesmatter

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"I don’t listen to what art critics say. I don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.” –Jean-Michel Basquiat (Photo: New York Times Magazine, 1985)

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As promised, a list of my favourite tumblrs who highlight the best in black art: 

manufactoriel

nokiabae

gumaasaat

blackcontemporaryart

hildakortei

cihuanaba

lostinurbanism

streetetiquette

artsdotblack

westindians

bekkethatsall

cecileemeke

dynamicafrica

bdgrmmr

uslonelylondoners

mocada-museum

elmuseo

toyinodutola

artblackafrica

aadatart

kingtexas

plaingold

derica

eastafricaart

latinocaribbeanartists

arcmagazine

pablopicasshoe

cineaesthesia

diasporadramazine

varietyinblack

geriljakurating

sorryyoufeeluncomfortable

vanessapeterson

eastandcentral

fyblackwomenart

contemporaryblackness

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Talk | Black Artists on Social Media: Saturday, February 7th, 7pm

On the occasion of Target First Saturdays at the Brooklyn Museum Kimberly Drew, Founder of blackcontemporaryart will moderate a panel featuring Devin Kenny aka Devin KKenny (http://devinkenny.info/) and Sondra Perry (http://mothermothermother.org/). Full details: http://bit.ly/1KtAMRK They will be in conversation about how black artists employ social media as a medium, the pre/post-internet, Worldstar, the afrofuture of the internet, and so much more. It’s a great day to swing by the museum! The schedule of events also includes a screening of The Peculiar Kind, an unscripted web-series about queer women of color and the night will end with a BILAL CONCERT.

Photo credit: Kimberly Drew, Photo: King Texas; Devin Kenny, Photo: Janna Ireland; Screenshot of GIF created by Sondra Perry

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This undated photo provided by Christie’s shows Jean-Michel Basquiat untitled 1981 painting of a regal warrior figure. (AP Photo/Christie’s)

What: Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks Where: The Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY When: April 3, 2015 to August 23, 2015 Why: We can’t help but want to sneak a glimpse into the 160 pages of Basquiat’s personal notebooks on view in this show, including poetry fragments, word play, sketches, and personal observations.