How Black-Owned Art Galleries Are Shifting the Market Through a Focus on Equity and Identity
Submitted by Nadia Elokdah on March 24, 2022
“Although major cultural institutions, businesses and organizations have made renewed commitments to supporting arts organizations led by BIPOC leaders since 2020, Black-owned art galleries and collections have long played a central role in diversifying the art market and acquiring artwork of artists from underrepresented racial and ethnic backgrounds,” purports Sabrina Greig in NewCity Art.
“We (Greig/NewCity Art) sat down with established Black art professionals, curators and gallerists from five galleries across Chicago that have been working to bring equity to the greater art world.”