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An iconic painting by renowned Durham artist Ernie Barnes is on display at the Mint Museum Uptown. The artwork depicts a lively night at a Black dance hall in the segregated South of the early 1950s.
1905, a 1599 Thomas Buckminster almanac and Ernie Barnes’ Fourth and One oil painting ... to give them some sense of the calendar, the weather that's coming in an agrarian society, and also ...
GUEST: Ernie Barnes was a former NFL player. He played for the Jets. But after football, he found art as being, I guess, part of his livelihood. And we all are familiar with Sugar Shack.
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Catch it in your inbox every Thursday. Sign-up here. For the first time, Durham native Ernie Barnes’ masterpiece “The Sugar Shack” is on display at a North Carolina museum — The Mint ...
By Will Heinrich The second thing you notice about an Ernie Barnes painting might be its vibrant color scheme. Anchored in earthy reds and browns, it perfectly complements the artist’s virtuosic ...
Up first is Ernie Barnes, well-known artist and former Chargers offensive lineman. Born in Durham, North Carolina during the height of the Jim Crow era, Barnes is known as the first (and possibly only ...
Venus Williams will hold a special auction to showcase the extraordinary works of American artist Ernie Barnes, with the aim of supporting the Yetunde Price Resource Center (YPRC). The entirety of ...
Venus Williams, Serena Williams, and their sister Isha Price have consigned four rare works from acclaimed artist Ernie Barnes as part of a charity auction. The sisters acquired the works directly ...