Melvin Edwards news

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is the final venue to present 'Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power', a group exhibition organised by Tate, London. Bringing together a wide range of works, the exhibition explores what it means to be a Black artist during two revolutionary decades in American history. 

Melvin Edwards is included in 'Future Food. Essen für die Welt von morgen', a group exhibition curated by Viktoria Krason, at the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, Germany. 

We are delighted to congratulate Melvin Edwards on receiving the coveted United States Artists Fellowship. The US Artists Fellowship 2020 has been awarded to fifty artists working across ten creative disciplines, each...

California African American Museum hosts a talk between pioneering African-American artist Melvin Edwards and 'LA Blacksmith' curator Jill Moniz. Edwards employs metalwork and abstraction to explore social injustice and the African-American experience,...

This internationally acclaimed exhibition, organized by Tate Modern, celebrates art made by Black artists during two pivotal decades when issues of race and identity dominated and defined both public and private discourse....

American-led military engagement in Iraq over the last 30 years has had an indelible impact on contemporary culture and the work of artists around the world. This large-scale group exhibition examines the...

Black artists explore spirituality and culture in 'Afrocosmologies: American Reflections'. Alongside artists of the late-nineteenth century, contemporary artists define new ideas about spirituality, identity, and the environment in ways that move beyond...

'Generations: A History of Black Abstract Art' is a group exhibition at Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland, presented in collaboration with Helis Foundation, Louisiana and Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Louisiana. The...

'Crossroads' is a touring solo exhibition by Melvin Edwards which opened at Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland and travelled to Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana and Fisher Museum at...

'Walking Through Walls' is a group exhibition that marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Featuring 28 contemporary artists, the exhibition takes the momentous events of 1989 as...

LA Blacksmith is a group exhibition at California African American Museum, California, USA, curated by Jill Moniz. Black artists in Los Angeles have worked with metal for decades, exploring its historic and...

auroras presents a solo exhibition of new work by Melvin Edwards from 17 August to 27 October 2019 at Museu da República, Rio de Janeiro. The exhibition shows a series of works...

'Melvin Edwards' is a solo exhibition by the pioneering African-American artist at Museu da República, Rio de Janeiro. Examples of Edwards' iconic steel sculpture sit alongside works in watercolour to explore the...

Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power 1963-1983 shines a bright light on the vital contribution of Black artists made over two decades, beginning in 1963 at the...

This solo exhibition brings together examples of Melvin Edwards' celebrated series 'Lynch Fragments' sculptural series. Inspired by the practices of modernists such as Julio González and David Smith, the series spans three...

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum presents 'On Edge', a group exhibition that brings together seven contemporary artists whose work addresses the complex and dynamic terrain of the table’s edge. Revealing the edge...

Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power shines a bright light on the vital contribution of Black artists to an important period in American history and art. Featuring...

Soul of a Nation shines a bright light on the vital contribution of Black artists to a dramatic period in American art and history. The show opens in 1963 at the height...