“Ernie Barnes: Where Music and Soul Live,” offers up the next best thing. The exhibition, which opens Wednesday at UTA Artist Space Los Angeles, is a survey of the artist’s music-inspired works ...

In his lifetime, Ernie Barnes was largely dismissed and ignored by the industry. He became an icon anyway. By Adam Bradley IN THE 1970S, buying a print of Ernie Barnes’s “The Sugar Shack ...

On May 16, Heritage Auctions continued to prove its strength in the American Art category with back-to-back, tightly curated events that together netted $12.18 million: The American Art auction, ...

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 ...

Ernie Barnes, born Ernest Eugene Barnes Jr., was an American artist best known for his unique style of elongated characters and movement. He passed away in 2009 at 71, and his artwork has had a ...

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.

“Ernie Barnes: Where Music and Soul Live,” offers up the next best thing. The exhibition, which opens Wednesday at UTA Artist Space Los Angeles, is a survey of the artist’s music-inspired works ...

I stood among the dancing with my mouth dropped and nobody noticed me.” Artist Ernie Barnes in 2001. Peter Read Miller In its announcement, The Mint said Barnes’ painting “vibrates with ...