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Julian Guthrie, “Art of Richard Mayhew at MoAD” SF Gate, October 16, 2009.
The Art of Richard Mayhew
Geneva Anderson, “Meet Richard Mayhew—Master of Electric, Eclectic, Majestic Abstraction at MoAD,” Art Hound, March 1, 2010.
The Art of Richard Mayhew
Christopher Knight, “Grafton Tyler Brown’s California Scenes at Pasadena Museum’s Final Show,” Los Angeles Times (Online), June 30, 2018.
Grafton Tyler Brown: Exploring California
Sentinel News Service, “The California African American Museum Presents Exhibition on the Life and Art of Ernie Barnes,” Los Angeles Sentinel, March 14, 2019.
Ernie Barnes: A Retrospective
Katherine Keener, “Ernie Barnes: A Retrospective Opens Today at the California African American Museum,” Art Critique, May 8, 2019.
Ernie Barnes: A Retrospective
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: How Athlete-Artist Ernie Barnes Captured Black Culture’s ‘Joy and Communal Dignity,” The Hollywood Reporter. May 10, 2019.
Ernie Barnes: A Retrospective
Ayanna Nicole, “Ernie Barnes: A Retrospective: New Exhibit at the CAAM,” Jaro, May 14, 2019.
Ernie Barnes: A Retrospective
“Ernie Barnes at CAAM,” LACMA on Fire Blogspot, May 13, 2019.
Ernie Barnes: A Retrospective
Siran Babayan, “Ernie Barnes: An Artist and a Sportsman,” L.A. Weekly. May 23, 2019.
Ernie Barnes: A Retrospective
Chandra Noyes, “The Lineman with a Paintbrush: Ernie Barnes Paints America,” Art and Object. May 23, 2019.
Ernie Barnes: A Retrospective
Nadja Sayej. (June 27, 2019 Thursday). “Ernie Barnes: the overlooked legacy of the athlete turned celebrity artist; The work of the football player who became a painter is finally being celebrated, from his Olympics artwork to his Marvin Gaye album cover.” The Guardian, London).
Ernie Barnes: A Retrospective
Colony Little, “Ernie Barnes’s Iconic Chronicle of His Southern Roots and Sports,” Hyperallergic. July 4, 2019.
Ernie Barnes: A Retrospective
Makeda Easter, “Ernie Barnes’ Sugar Shack: Why Museum-goers Line Up to See Ex-NFL Player’s Painting,” Los Angeles Times (Online), August 28, 2019.
Ernie Barnes: A Retrospective
Makeda Easter, “Sweetest Spot in Town: Ernie Barnes’ The Sugar Shack Has Had a Remarkable Journey to Selfie Glory,” Los Angeles Times, August 28, 2019: E3.
Ernie Barnes: A Retrospective
Victoria L. Valentine, “Curator Bridget R. Cooks Explains How the Ernie Barnes Retrospective Landed at the California African American Museum,” Culture Type, September 1, 2019.
Ernie Barnes: A Retrospective
Victoria L. Valentine, “Ernie Barnes Retrospective Brings Renewed Attention to African American Artist Who Found Fame After Playing Pro Football,” Culture Type, September 6, 2019.
Ernie Barnes: A Retrospective
Shana Nys Dambrot, “The Black Index and the Agency of Representation” L.A. Weekly. February 11, 2021.
The Black Index
Allison Conner, “Six Black Artists Test the Limits of Portraiture” Hyperallergic. February 19, 2021
The Black Index
Lilly Nguyen, “’We exist in other ways…to see us, to find us’—UC Irvine debuts ‘The Black Index’ Exhibition” Daily Pilot. January 16, 2021
The Black Index
Sheryl Nonnenberg, “With ‘The Black Index,’ Palo Alto Art Center Explores Representation.” Palo Alto Online, July 6, 2021.
The Black Index
Aruna D’Souza, “The Black Index,” 4Columns, February 25, 2022.
The Black Index
Anya Ventura, “Seeing Blackness,” Getty, February 25, 2021.
The Black Index
Folasade Ologundudu, “‘Approach Every Black Artist as a World-Maker’: Art Historian Bridget R. Cooks on the Need for an Expansive Definition of Blackness,” Artnet News, February 24, 2021.
The Black Index
Erin Keever, “‘The Black Index’ Upends the Impulse for Classification,” Sightlines, October 16, 2021.
The Black Index

Installation view of The Black Index

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