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#WomenWednesday: Artist and activist, Howardena Pindell explains her innovative methods and creative process. Join us in celebrating her singular vision and its imprint on contemporary art since the 1960s. "Howardena Pindell: What Remains To Be Seen" ends November 25th. Free! #pindellvmfa Read More: http://bit.ly/PindellVMFA | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

#WomenWednesday: Artist and activist, Howardena Pindell explains her innovative methods and creative process. Join us in celebrating her singular vision and its imprint on contemporary art since the 1960s. "Howardena Pindell: What Remains To Be Seen" ends November 25th. Free! #pindellvmfa Read More: http://bit.ly/PindellVMFA | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

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White Cube at #Frieze London 2025: #HowardenaPindell From her studio in the Bronx, New York, Howardena discusses how her fascination with the macro and the micro shapes her work. At this year’s fair (15-19 October), White Cube presents a three-person booth featuring Howardena Pindell’s painting alongside works by #SaraFlores and #MargueriteHumeau. The booth speaks to mankind’s entanglement with nature, with Howardena's works exploring a sense of the infinite – across the cosmos, the deep sea and

White Cube at #Frieze London 2025: #HowardenaPindell From her studio in the Bronx, New York, Howardena discusses how her fascination with the macro and the micro shapes her work. At this year’s fair (15-19 October), White Cube presents a three-person booth featuring Howardena Pindell’s painting alongside works by #SaraFlores and #MargueriteHumeau. The booth speaks to mankind’s entanglement with nature, with Howardena's works exploring a sense of the infinite – across the cosmos, the deep sea and

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Howardena Pindell, an artist featured in the exhibition, discusses the turbulence of the 1960's and the evolution of her artwork to abstraction from figuration. Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power SEPTEMBER 14, 2018–FEBRUARY 3, 2019 http://bit.ly/soanbkm | Brooklyn Museum

Howardena Pindell, an artist featured in the exhibition, discusses the turbulence of the 1960's and the evolution of her artwork to abstraction from figuration. Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power SEPTEMBER 14, 2018–FEBRUARY 3, 2019 http://bit.ly/soanbkm | Brooklyn Museum

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Step into the vibrant world of Howardena Pindell (@howardenapindell). In our latest studio visit, she unveils the mesmerizing layers behind her iconic dot paintings and mixed-media masterpieces. It’s serious work, but with a humorous personality behind it all. From intricate spray dot techniques to the profound stories each piece tells, Pindell’s art is a journey through color, texture, and history. | ArtDrunk

Step into the vibrant world of Howardena Pindell (@howardenapindell). In our latest studio visit, she unveils the mesmerizing layers behind her iconic dot paintings and mixed-media masterpieces. It’s serious work, but with a humorous personality behind it all. From intricate spray dot techniques to the profound stories each piece tells, Pindell’s art is a journey through color, texture, and history. | ArtDrunk

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Who is Howardena Pindell? Watch New York-based art critic, curator, and professor of Sculpture Extended Media & Painting Printmaking at VCU, Gregory Volk, as he discusses the emotional complexity, political engagement and visual seduction of Pindell's body of work. #pindellvmfa "Howardena Pindell: What Remains To Be Seen," on view through Nov 25. More: http://bit.ly/PindellVMFA | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Who is Howardena Pindell? Watch New York-based art critic, curator, and professor of Sculpture Extended Media & Painting Printmaking at VCU, Gregory Volk, as he discusses the emotional complexity, political engagement and visual seduction of Pindell's body of work. #pindellvmfa "Howardena Pindell: What Remains To Be Seen," on view through Nov 25. More: http://bit.ly/PindellVMFA | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

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What does it mean to be a political artist? In this episode of the #MetArtistProject, Andrea Bowers celebrates the work of Howardena Pindell, an artist who she believes bravely expanded “aesthetics to prioritize other colors or forms or textures that have been seen as nominal or insignificant or too feminine.” http://met.org/1ZWA3Ph | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

What does it mean to be a political artist? In this episode of the #MetArtistProject, Andrea Bowers celebrates the work of Howardena Pindell, an artist who she believes bravely expanded “aesthetics to prioritize other colors or forms or textures that have been seen as nominal or insignificant or too feminine.” http://met.org/1ZWA3Ph | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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Howardena Pindell recalls the profound childhood memory behind one of the most enduring motifs in her work – the circle. This formative encounter with Jim Crow segregation laws profoundly influenced Howardena’s artistic practice, manifesting in her work through ubiquitous variations of the circular motif – ellipses, perforations, spray-painted dots and hole punches. As the artist explains: ‘It became something I wanted to undo in a way, I wanted to express it in a way where the circle is beautif

Howardena Pindell recalls the profound childhood memory behind one of the most enduring motifs in her work – the circle. This formative encounter with Jim Crow segregation laws profoundly influenced Howardena’s artistic practice, manifesting in her work through ubiquitous variations of the circular motif – ellipses, perforations, spray-painted dots and hole punches. As the artist explains: ‘It became something I wanted to undo in a way, I wanted to express it in a way where the circle is beautif

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This exhibition is the first major survey of the groundbreaking, multidisciplinary artist, Howardena Pindell, who for nearly five decades has explored the intersection of art & activism. Free & open to the public! #pindellvmfa | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

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Via @art21 Howardena Pindell discusses her piece “Free, White, and 21’👇 “I was kind of annoyed at the white women's movement, and I also wanted to deal with some of the racist stuff in the art world,” says Howardena in our newest film. “And so I decided to be myself and then to dress myself up as a white woman criticizing me.” Howardena Pindell reflects on her video piece, “Free, White, and 21” (1980) and her early experiences in the art world. “I guess when I was younger, I felt isolated. Some

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Fascinated by circles and numbers, Howardena Pindell has developed a formal language that speaks to both universal and personal experiences through her paintings and paper works. “The circular format is a kind of internal gravity. It's an iconic form in nature,” says Howardena Pindell in our newest release. “And I could look at the planets, the stars, the moon, molecules, it's all around us.” Watch the full film, “Howardena Pindell: Inner Circle,” free→ https://youtu.be/2A1QWE18SWM | Art21

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Circles possess a defiant beauty in the abstract works of Howardena Pindell | Psyche Videos

Howardena Pindell’s nonsense numbers Fascinated by circles and numbers, Pindell has developed a formal language that speaks to both universal and personal experiences through her paintings and paper works. “It came from seeing my father write numbers as a mathematician,” says the artist in the Art21 film, ‘Howardena Pindell: Inner Circle.’ “It's almost like our heart. Without our heart, we have no life, where everything's numbers.” Watch the full film, free on art21.org/HowardenaPindell #Howarde

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Howardena Pindell reflects on her video piece, “Free, White, and 21” (1980) and her early experiences in the art world. “I was kind of annoyed at the white women's movement, and I also wanted to deal with some of the racist stuff in the art world,” says Howardena in our newest film. “And so I decided to be myself and then to dress myself up as a white woman criticizing me.” Watch the full film, “Howardena Pindell: Inner Circle,” free→ https://youtu.be/2A1QWE18SWM | Art21

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A visit to Howardena Pindell’s Studio Across an evocative canvas, animated with the delicate glimmers of sequins stitched into the work, the traces of familiar textures construct a dense symbolic landscape. Through the richly worked surface of ‘Untitled #24,’ Pindell extends her formal and primary teachings of figuration and employs radical abstraction that explores critical questions of identity and visibility. Pindell's abstract paintings are richly textured and meticulously designed. She crea

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Inner Circle, Howardena Pindell — Art21

Howardena Pindell’s advice to artists: ‘Do what is precious to you, even if you have to keep it to yourself for a while, just don’t give up.’⁠ ⁠ Click the link in our bio to watch the full video in which Howardena reflects on her exhibition ‘Off the Grid’ at White Cube Bermondsey and the impact of the grid on her work.⁠ ⁠ Visit ‘Howardena Pindell: Off the Grid’ at White Cube Bermondsey from 6–18 January 2026.⁠ Learn more: whitecube.art/howardena-pindell-bermondsey ⁠ Video: © White Cube (Sam Smit

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In Focus: #HowardenaPindell, ‘Untitled #28 (Blood Moon)’ (2024) at #ArtBaselMiamiBeach 2024 (until 8 December 2024) Howardena Pindell’s profoundly personal and politically charged work delivers a dynamic materiality to the canons of painting. ‘Untitled #28 (Blood Moon)’ (2024) is a new mixed media work on canvas that incorporates sewing and hole-punch paper techniques, methods the artist has incorporated in her work since the late 1970s and has revisited over the course of her career. Howardena

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In “Autobiography: Japan (Hiroshima Disguised)” (1982), Howardena Pindell layers beauty over trauma—memories of fractured islands shimmer with broken glass. In “Autobiography: India (Lakshmi)” (1984), she channels the grace and vibrant energy of Lakshmi, the goddess of abundance and renewal. “I didn’t give up in spite of early rejection of my work,” she says. “I did my best.” Both works are now on view in (Re)Generations—a bold reimagining of Asia Society’s Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd C

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Collage Art Project for Kids inspired by Howardena Pindell — ART CAMP

American artist Howardena Pindell on how racism shaped her work, now on show in Hong Kong

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National Gallery of Art Acquires Howardena Pindell’s Seminal Video ‘Free, White and 21’

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@whitecube Hong Kong presents Howardena Pindell‘s first solo exhibition in Asia, showcasing the multidisciplinary American artist’s recent paintings that draw inspiration from the visual splendours of the ocean and outer space, alongside the ongoing series ‘Tesseract’ which emerges out of her early work. The exhibition debuts Pindell’s ‘Deep Sea’ series, which she also refers to as ‘Deep Space’, furthering her inquiry into elusive phenomena that acquire form and meaning through scientific knowle

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Howardena Pindell - 4.21.20 New York City - Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden | Smithsonian

@blackartinamerica_ happy to Reposted from @whitecube Howardena Pindell’s advice to artists: ‘Do what is precious to you, even if you have to keep it to yourself for a while, just don’t give up.’⁠ ⁠ Click the link in @whitecube bio to watch the full video in which Howardena reflects on her exhibition ‘Off the Grid’ at White Cube Bermondsey and the impact of the grid on her work.⁠ ⁠ Visit ‘Howardena Pindell: Off the Grid’ at White Cube Bermondsey from 6–18 January 2026.⁠ ⁠ Video: © White Cube (Sa

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Art Journaling - March 9th, 2026 - Artist Spotlight: Howardena Pindell

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✨ The year in books ✨⁠ ⁠ 📚️ Howardena Pindell – ‘Howardena’⁠ With contributions from Christina Sharpe, Lucy Lippard, Rosanna McLaughlin and Courtney Willis Blair.�⁠ 📚️ Antony Gormley – ‘INEXTRICABLE’⁠ Featuring an essay by Noam Andrews⁠. ⁠ 📚️ ‘Companion’⁠ White Cube’s annual reader of contemporary art discourse, now in its fifth edition. 📚️ Cai Guo-Qiang – ‘Gunpowder and Abstraction 2015–2025’⁠ With contributions from Hans Ulrich Obrist and Rachel Rivenc⁠. ⁠ 📚️ Theaster Gates – ‘1965: Malco

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A Closer Look with Howardena Pindell

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Howardena Pindell: A New Language

The Shed on Instagram: "Artist Howardena Pindell discusses the new works she created for her Shed exhibition "Rope/Fire/Water." Please note that this video contains images of racial violence, including ones related to lynching and slavery. #HowardenaPindell"

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