The papers of contemporary Color Field painter and educator Sam Gilliam measure 7.9 linear feet and date from 1957 to 1989. The papers include biographical material, correspondence, writings, business ...

Sam Gilliam, “Carousel” (1969), acrylic on canvas, Walker Art Center Credit: (all photos courtesy the artist unless noted otherwise) “I’m just getting started,” Sam Gilliam says with a playful smile ...

Groundbreaking and renowned painter Sam Gilliam has died at the age of 88 after leaving behind a body of pioneering artwork, including the stained draped canvases that he was famous for. Gilliam had a ...

The prize was established last year with a gift from the Sam Gilliam Foundation, which partnered with the Dia Art Foundation to carry on the late painter’s legacy with an annual artist prize. As the ...

A donation from the estate of Sam Gilliam, the late painter known for his innovations in color field painting and abstract expressionism, will establish the art world’s newest international prize.

Dia and the Sam Gilliam Foundationannounced today that Ibrahim Mahama has been selected to receive the inaugural Sam Gilliam Award, which includes a $75,000 gift and the presentation of a public ...

· A trip through the career of abstract expressionist Sam Gilliam by examining his works on paper: Shimmery abstractions from the early 1970s give way to bold-colored abstractions in echt 1980s style.

Lewis is the founder of catalytic civic initiative Vision & Justice, which focuses on the intersection of art, visual culture, and democracy. She is the author of The Unseen Truth: When Race Changed ...

The Dia Art Foundation and the Sam Gilliam Foundation have named Edgar Calel as the winner of the 2026 Sam Gilliam Award, which comes with $75,000 as well as a public program at a Dia-managed site in ...

If you were a Washington, DC public school student in the early 1960s, your art teacher might have been Alma Thomas. . . or Sam Gilliam. Both represent a tradition of artist-art educators in DC public ...

Anyone who has recently landed in the Washington art scene -- say, in the past 10 or 15 years -- will have heard its coming-of-age myth. It's the story of 1960s abstraction and of the so-called ...