Black Art Auction

02/19/2026

Calling all art lovers!

BLACK ART AUCTION is pleased to present the February Timed Auction; an offering of more than 270 lots of fine art! This auction includes works at all price points, and includes works by Jacob Lawrence, Norman Lewis, Romare Bearden, Roberto Lugo, Raymond Saunders, Mavis Pusey, Lois Mailou Jones, Sam Gilliam, and MANY more!

This Timed Auction ends on Saturday, February 21st, at 11 AM CST. Each lot has a timer, which indicates when bidding ends, similar to an eBay auction. Bids placed within the last minute extend the lot by 1 minute, so that each bidder has the opportunity to place a competing bid.

For auction registration, bidding, and to view the entire catalog, please visit the link below! Terms and Conditions apply.

https://bid.blackartauction.com/auctions/4-JMTHYH/february-timed-auction

06/03/2025

Black Art Auction is pleased to present: the June Signature Auction! The catalog, featuring over 270 lots, is now live!

This EXTRAORDINARY catalog includes artists such as Alma Thomas, Norman Lewis, Palmer Hayden, Annie Lee, Sam Gilliam, Augusta Savage, Glenn Ligon, Wadsworth & Jae Jarrell, Ed Clark, Winfred Rembert, Chakaia Booker, Aaron Douglas, Richard Mayhew, Walter Williams, and many more!

To view the full auction catalog, visit our website at www.blackartauction.com!

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09/03/2024

Black Art Auction is pleased to present The Fall Auction, containing 250+ lots of African American artwork at all price points. Featured artists include Betye Saar, Jacob Lawrence, Romare Bearden, Faith Ringgold, Beauford Delaney, and many more!

The catalog is currently live for bidding, with the auction beginning on Saturday, September 14th at 11:00 AM CST.

To view the full auction catalog, please click the link below!

https://bid.blackartauction.com/auctions/4-EIYBP6/the-fall-auction

07/08/2024

Adger Cowans has impacted the art community for 60+ years, impressing upon gallerists, artists, art scholars, curators, and more. These impressions have been documented, with features from Danny Simmons, Halima Taha, Dr. George Preston, and Wadsworth Jarrell. Please check back, as additional comments will be added daily!

Testaments Halima TahaCurator and art advisor best known for her groundbreaking best seller, Collecting African American Art: Works on Paper and Canvas. As a Mid-Westerner, Adger Cowans’ career as a multi-disciplinary artist spans 60 years and was cultivated through strong family ties, innovation ...

07/05/2024

Black Art Auction, in coordination with 21ST Editions, had the privilege of interviewing Mr. Cowans regarding his inspirations, Black Abstraction, and his legacy.

To view the auction catalog and full exhibition, please visit www.blackartauction.com

All images are copyrighted by Adger W. Cowans and may not be disseminated or reproduced without expressed written consent.

Adger Cowans has spent nearly nine decades living as a creative. From jazz at an early age, to becoming an icon himself in the world of photography and fine ...

07/04/2024

Adger Cowans painted alongside some of the most renowned African American artists of the 20th century, including Ed Clark, Peter Bradley, Norman Lewis, and Jack Whitten.

Chenoa Baker's essay, "Adger Cowans and Abstract Expressionism", dives deeper into the style, technique, and impact of Adger's paintings. Click below to view the full essay!

Adger Cowans and Abstract Expressionism Chenoa Baker Adger Cowans, most known as a photographer and mentee of Gordon Parks, has painted for quite some time. These days, in his 80s, he continues to work in that medium. He talks of his friendship with Ed Clark blossoming in the 70s where they looked a...

07/02/2024

Black Art Auction and 21ST Editions are pleased to present a unique retrospective exhibition and auction of the paintings of Adger W. Cowans!

The exhibition and auction is live NOW, with additional content including interviews, essays, and commentary from the community being released daily. The auction will end on July 13th, 2024.

Visit www.blackartauction.com for the auction catalog, as well as additional content on the life and work of Adger Cowans!

All images are copyrighted by Adger W. Cowans and may not be disseminated or reproduced without expressed written consent.

05/13/2024

The May Signature Auction is live!

BLACK ART AUCTION is excited to present 250 lots of African American art at all price levels! Featured artists include: Kehinde Wiley, Bob Thompson, Ernie Barnes, Norman Lewis, Faith Ringgold, Beauford Delaney, Richard Mayhew, and many more!

View Catalog:
https://bid.blackartauction.com/auctions/4-DFPJV2/may-signature-auction

Pre-auction bidding is available now, with the live auction beginning this Saturday, May 18th at 12:00 EST.

11/30/2023

Lawrence Philp was born in New York City in 1949 to parents who had immigrated from Jamaica in 1920. He studied at the Rhode Island School of Design (BFA) and the University of Michigan (MFA). One of his early influences was the work of Bob Thompson.

“I love looking at his work—the coloration, the flat figures that are reminiscent of the classicism of a painter like Masaccio or Piero della Francesca. Thompson was sampling the whole of the European Renaissance and making it his own subject matter playground.”

Visit blackartauction.com for Lawrence Philp's full artist spotlight, as well as the full Winter Signature Auction catalog!

11/29/2023

In 2020, TIME magazine commissioned artist Charly Palmer to create a portrait of the impact of racial injustice. The resulting 40-by-30-in. acrylic painting of a little girl faced with the injustice of today and America’s historical role in it is titled In Her Eyes. Black Art Auction is pleased to present one of the series of three paintings Palmer created for this project in its Winter Signature Sale of African-American Fine Art.

Visit blackartauction.com to view Charly Palmer's full artist spotlight, as well as the Winter Signature Auction catalog, featuring 250 lots of African American art at all price points.

Pre-bidding is available NOW, with live bidding beginning with lot 1 on Saturday, December 2nd at 11:00 AM CST.

11/15/2023

BLACK ART AUCTION, an auction house committed to selling exclusively artwork by Black artists, will auction 250 lots of important historical and contemporary works of art on December 2, 2023.

The auction will include paintings, sculpture, photography and alternative media by Black artists created as early as 1878 and as recent as 2023.

Iconic works by historically significant artists such as Elizabeth Catlett, Jacob Lawrence, Romare Bearden, Sam Gilliam, Beauford Delaney, Norman Lewis, Charles White, William H. Johnson, Allan R. Crite, Benny Andrews, John Biggers, Richard Mayhew, Richmond Barthe, Alma Thomas, David Driskell, Varnette Honeywood, Ed Clark, Charles Alston, Augustin Cardenas, and Dox Thrash will be sold.

The Auction catalog will be posted this Friday, November 17th. Visit blackartauction.com for a full preview!