Roots of the Spirit is a multimedia art exhibition curated by Ludlow E. Bailey, focused on African spirituality as it relates to the global African Diasporic cultural production in music, art, film, theology, theater, fashion and dance. Mr. Bailey designed the show for ArtServe in order to celebrate and to visualize some of the
There is an undercurrent of culture, symbolism and understanding that is inherent in the people of African Diaspora, that can be studied from the outside, but can never really be understood or practiced from those outside of the continent. The art which emanates from the people of the African Diaspora represents that culture. In
Miami, FL (November 25, 2019) - Art Advisor and Curator Ludlow Bailey, Managing Director of CADA Internaonal LLC (Contemporary Africa Diaspora Art), is pleased to announce the 10th Annual CADA Art Basel Panel Discussion on Contemporary African Diaspora Art. The event will convene on Sunday, December 8, 2019 from 12:00pm-3:30pm at the Museum of
AN IMAGE OF BLACK LOVE by Kerry James Marshall was highly sought this week. Nearly six-feet tall, “Vignette 19” (2014) depicts three couples captured in a park-like vignette framed with strokes of pink and a glittery heart. Offered at Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Auction on Nov. 14 in New York, the painting was expected
The Prince Pierre Foundation in Monaco has awarded Arthur Jafa the 2019 Prix International d’Art Contemporain (PIAC), or international prize for contemporary art. The American artist was selected for his video work Love Is the Message, The Message Is Death, 2016, and was honored at an award ceremony at the Opéra Garnier in Monte-Carlo on
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (July 31, 2019) –ArtServe, South Florida’s historic arts incubator, recently announced the appointment of Contemporary African Diaspora Art (CADA) Managing Director Ludlow Bailey as consulting curator. One of the nation's leading curators of culture as art, Bailey will join ArtServe Curator Sophie Bonet in developing ArtServe’s upcoming artistic season, which celebrates
Ghana's Pavallion earned rave reviews at the 58th Venice Biennale. Click here for the source of the overview. The Ghanian Pavilion rocks at the 58th Venice Biennale with curving galleries designed by David Adjaye, artists are putting Africa firmly on the biennale map.. Artnet says, “The knockout pavilion, which includes work by John Akomfrah and
CADA blog review of Afrofuture. Afrofuture: A pop-up exhibition created in honor of Black History Month and designed to celebrate the rising value of African Diaspora Art in the contemporary art world. The event was sponsored in part by AARP and The Miami Design District. [wl_geomap] The opening of Afrofuture on February 15,
ICA MIAMI based, Art historian, Yadira Capaz review of Afrofuture Review of “Afrofuture” Exhibition by Yadira Capaz March 2019 The “Afrofuture” exhibition as curated by Ludlow Bailey was a long overdue, missing piece in Miami’s Design District. For a place that stands for the power of design to create the world anew, it
For an excerpt from the panel, click here. The 9th Annual Art Basel Panel Discussion on Contemporary African Diaspora Art moderated by curator, Ludlow Bailey, convened on Sunday, December 9, 2018, at the Biscayne campus of Florida International University. The global African international panel included, Nigerian performance artist, Jelili Atiku, Jamaican American art
