News

Indigo Arts' Philadelphia gallery space is closed as I move upstairs to a new space on the fourth floor of the Crane Building.  I hope to be up and running again later in May, on a "by appointment or by chance" basis.  Meanwhile, the Indigo Arts online gallery is operating as usual, though shipments may be delayed a bit.  Please feel free to contact me with any questions in the mean time.

Thanks,

Tony

"Artist at Work: Carving Woodblock Prints in Brazil" - New York Times video about José Francisco Borges

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Wednesday, July 26, 2017 - 12:00am

The New York Times has just released a video tour of the workshop of legendary Brazilian artist José Francisco Borges.

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A Visit to Maison Picassiette

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Tuesday, June 6, 2017 - 9:52am

We just returned from a trip to France.  Of many highlights, the one which I have most exhaustively photographed is our visit to La Maison Picassiette, in Chartres.

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Hector Hyppolite, Birds and Flowers (1946-47), which was in the collection of Jonathan Demme before selling at auction in 2014. COURTESY MATERIAL CULTURE

A Farewell to Jonathan Demme

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Thursday, April 27, 2017 - 12:00am

Yesterday we received the sad news of the passing of Jonathan Demme.

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José Garcia Montebravo

Indigo Arts at 2017 New York Outsider Art Fair

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Sunday, January 8, 2017 - 12:00am

We're back!
In Booth #19

Dates:
January 19 - 22, 2017

Location:
Metropolitan Pavilion (Booth #19)
125 West 18th Street
New York, NY 10011

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Lafortune FELIX 1933 – 2016

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Monday, December 12, 2016 - 9:58am

This news, passed on to us by the Toussaint Louverture Cultural Foundation:
 With deep sadness we learned Lafortune Felix passed away a few weeks ago in Haiti.
It’s a great loss for the art world in Haiti and abroad. 

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Hurricane Matthew - A Fundraiser for Haiti

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Sunday, October 9, 2016 - 6:53pm

Hurricane Matthew has now passed through Haiti, and has been wreaking havoc elsewhere.  But it is clear that the damage and loss of life in Haiti has been devastating.

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Claudio Jimenez Quispe at work in 2004.

"Peru retablo artist lifts the lid on traditional story boxes" - A BBC video tour of Claudio Jimenez Quispé's Studio

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Friday, July 29, 2016 - 12:00am

I was a bit slow in finding out about it, but the BBC has produced a very good video about Peruvian retablo master Claudio Jimenez Quispé and his work.  You can watch it at:  

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Sankofa Exhibit at Wheaton Arts

Caribbean Carnival and Sankofa: Two shows featuring Arts of the Caribbean and the African Diaspora

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Wednesday, July 13, 2016 - 12:00am

Indigo Arts has loaned artworks to two exhibits now showing at the Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center, in Millville, N

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This man was stretched out on a second floor wall in downtown Lima.

A Gallery of Peruvian Street Art

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Saturday, June 18, 2016 - 12:00am

I am always intrigued by the street art I find when I travel, whether signage graphics, informal grafitti or intentional and officially sanctioned murals.  On my trip to Peru in April I had been tipped off by my friend Scott Rothstein, so I was particularly interested to see what I would find.

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Seymour E. Bottex 1922 - 2016

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Saturday, June 11, 2016 - 12:00am

I  received this news of one of the last of the "Old Masters" of Haitian art, Seymour Bottex (courtesy of Erve Bottex).  Rest in peace.

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