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

Wilson Bigaud c.1920 - 2010

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Monday, March 22, 2010 - 12:00am

Wilson Bigaud, one of the last giants of the first generation of Haitian painters, died in Petit-Goâve, Haiti, on March 22.

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Earthquake in Haiti

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Saturday, February 27, 2010 - 9:02am

An Update on our Fund-Raising

The news coming in of the earthquake in Haiti has been almost incomprehensibly dreadful. We are responding to this disaster in several ways.

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The Gods Give Life to the Sacred Places of the Earth

José Benitez Sanchez 1938 - 2009

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Friday, July 24, 2009 - 3:29pm

We have learned that Huichol artist José Benitez Sanchez passed away on July 2nd, 2009.

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Toyin Folorunso selected for Clinton's Global Citizen Awards

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Monday, June 8, 2009 - 8:31am

President Bill Clinton Selects Two Haitians and One Nigerian to Create Commemorative Art for the Clinton Global Citizen Awards

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Mystical Imagination: The Art of Haitian Master Hector Hyppolite

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Monday, May 18, 2009 - 12:00am

at the Museum of the Americas, Washington, D.C., May 18th to July 5th, 2009 presented by the Haitian Art Society and the Waterloo Center for the Arts.

"The Haitian government has declared 2008-2009 as the year of Hector Hyppolite.

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Haitian Art from the Collection of Jonathan Demme showing at FIAF in New York

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Thursday, May 7, 2009 - 12:00am

Through his films, his public stands, and his philanthropy, director Jonathan Demme has long been one of the foremost American proponents for the people and culture of Haiti. He is also one of the leading collectors of Haitian art in recent years.

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Susanne Wenger, R.I.P.

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Monday, January 12, 2009 - 12:00am

The Nigerian Tribune printed the following tribute:

Osun goddess devotee, Susanne Wenger, is dead
13.01.2009

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André Pierre 1916-2005

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Saturday, September 24, 2005 - 3:28pm

André Pierre, one of the giants of Haitian art, has joined the spirits. A houngan or vodou priest in the village of Croix-des-Missions, he became one of Haiti's greatest painters, considered by many the artistic heir to the houngan master painter, Hector Hyppolite.

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Issa el Saieh 1919-2005

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Saturday, September 24, 2005 - 3:25pm

Issa was not a painter himself (although he was a very talented musician and bandleader), but nevertheless was one of the most important figures in Haitian art over the last fifty years.

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UNESCO names Prince Twins Seven Seven Artist for Peace for 2005

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Sunday, May 15, 2005 - 8:42am

We received the news that UNESCO had named Twins Seven-Seven its Artist for Peace for 2005.

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