Latest News in Black Art features updates and developments in the world of art and related culture
APRIL BEY, “I KNOW ALL ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW ALL ABOUT,” 2024 (jacquard, sherpa, crushed velour, metallic thread, beads, adorned clothespins, 80 x 240 inches). | © April Bey, Courtesy the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
REPRESENTATION
April Bey Joined Vielmetter Los Angeles
Vielmetter Los Angeles added April Bey (b.1987) to its roster. The news coincides with a solo exhibition of the artist, “April Bey: I Know All About What You Want to Know All About,” currently on view at Vielmetter until May 18. The gallery also featured works by Bey in its booth at Art Basel Miami Beach in December. Spanning installation, textiles, synthography, weaving, and stitching, Vielmetter said Bey’s “interdisciplinary practice is an introspective and social critique of American and Bahamian culture, in which issues of Feminism, AfroSurrealism, Speculative Futurism, and Blerd culture coalesce.” Los Angeles-based Bey grew up in the Bahamas. She is now represented by Vielmetter and Tern Gallery in Nassau, Bahamas. (5/15) | More
Paul Anthony Smith in his studio. | Photo by Andre D. Wagner, Courtesy Timothy Taylor Gallery
New Representation for Paul Anthony Smith
Timothy Taylor announced its representation of Paul Anthony Smith (b. 1988) in London. The gallery has locations in London and New York. Smith will continue to be represented by Jack Shainman gallery in New…
