February 13, 2022
Pigment International at the Penthouse Miami
VALENTINE'S EDITION
BLACK ARTISTS IN LOVE
This Valentine’s Day it is fitting that we consider art and love.  There are enumerable works that seek to capture Black love on canvas. Here we are contemplating the love relationships of Black artists.  Imagine the possibilities, the passions, the partnerships, the volatility. I’m sure some stories would make great reality television. 

Consider that Elizabeth Catlett’s marriage to Charles White only lasted five years, while she remained married to Mexican painter Francisco Mora for 55 years. Sculptor Augusta Savage was married four times.  Romare Bearden was married to noted dancer and choreographer Nanette Rohan for 34 years.  Below are links to three beautiful stories of Black Art Love.

Happy Valentine’s Day.    

Below - Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight; Mickalene Thomas and Racquel Chevremont, Kerry James Marshall and Cheryl Bruce.
THE CLIFF DWELLERS AND PIGMENT INTERNATIONAL™

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48 Hours With Muhammad Ali – A Conversation with Peter Angelo Simon
 
February 17, 2022
 
Cliff Dwellers Club
200 S. Michigan Ave. 22nd Floor
 
Time: 5:00 p.m.  - 9:00 p.m.   
 
PETER ANGELO SIMON is a ground-breaking, award winning, fine art photographer.  His work has been featured in books, advertising campaigns, corporate communication, and magazines worldwide, including the New York Times magazine and Smithsonian. His photographs have been exhibited in museums and galleries internationally.

This program is $15. Please RSVP by Tuesday, February 15 by phone at 312-922- 8080, or by email at reservations@cliff-chicago.org
TO READ, TO SEE, TO HEAR
Tawny Chatmon, represented by Myrtis Bedolla, owner and founding director of Galerie Myrtis, will be one of the gallery's featured artists at the Venice Biennale this April.  Galerie Myrtis is the first Black-owned gallery to be invited to participate in the Biennale-affiliated exhibition “Personal Structures: Time, Space, and Existence.” The gallery was invited to the prestigious show by the European Cultural Centre-Italy.  The artists in the exhibition are asked to imagine a posthuman condition that challenges the universal ideal of the white male “man of reason.”
 
Chatmon, whose work you might have seen on the Showtime hit “Billions” last week, which also included photos of Mandela and Stacy Abrahams, is featured in the Washington Post Magazine Magazine. 
Blessed and Hardly Favored, 2020.
Desiree Vaniecia

Limited edition print in edition of 30. Hand-signed by the artist. Size includes a 1" white border. Print is unframed.

Print on Paper
Size: 12 W x 18 H x 0.1 D in

Ships flat
PIGMENT INTERNATIONAL IS HEADED TO THE VENICE BIENNALE
Pigment International has been granted press access for the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston’s (ICA) U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. 

View their website dedicated to Artist Simone Leigh. 

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