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Claire Oliver Gallery Shows at Art Toronto
SURFACE Design Dispatch; Surface Approved October 28, 2024From Oct. 24–27, Harlem-based Claire Oliver Gallery, which represents the likes of BK Adams, Carolyn Mazloomi, and Barbara Earl Thomas, brought 23 works to the...Read more -
Art Toronto offers moments of connection, catharsis and commerce for Canada's art world
October 25, 2024The country’s biggest art fair, with more than 100 exhibitors, is both a centre of commercial activity and a sprawling diorama of a national aesthetic...Read more -
Giving Voice to Women and BIPOC Artists - In Conversation with Claire Oliver of Claire Oliver Gallery
Kame Hame for Widewalls May 17, 2023For over thirty years, Claire Oliver Gallery has remained true to its original policy to champion underrepresented artists. Thanks to their initiative, the works of...Read more -
10 Fun Things to Do This Weekend in Harlem, Washington Heights and Beyond
The Curious Uptowner May 16, 2023Simone Saunders: Unearthing Unicorns Through May 13; Tue-Sat 11am-6pm Central Harlem Claire Oliver Gallery, 2288 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd between W 134th and W...Read more -
Unearthing Unicorns
Alberta University of the Arts May 16, 2023Unearthing Unicorns showcases eight large-scale textile artworks that explore the iconography of the famed high Renaissance era Unicorn Tapestries and Art Nouveau advertising through a...Read more -
Your Own Unique Voice w/ textile artist Simone Elizabeth Saunders
Studio Noize May 10, 2023Simone Elizabeth Saunders makes her New York debut with her new solo exhibition Unearthing Unicorns. Simone joins the Studio Noize fam to talk about her...Read more -
Unicorn Art in Harlem
New York Daily News May 6, 2023Works by Canadian artist Simone Elizabeth Saunders — who creates “punch-needle and tufting” tapestries to express narratives of “Blackness and Womanhood” — are in the...Read more -
Simone Elizabeth Saunders. Unearthing unicorns
Meer April 25, 2023Unearthing Unicorns showcases the artist’s large-scale textile works that explore and recontextualize the iconography of the famed High Renaissance era Unicorn Tapestries in the collection...Read more -
Claire Oliver Gallery: Unearthing Unicorns
The Harlem Neighborhood Association April 20, 2023Make sure to check out the fantastic exhibit at Claire Oliver Gallery by Simone Saunders, called: Unearthing Unicorns The exhibit will be up 17 March...Read more -
Harlem’s Claire Oliver Gallery looks to nurture, grow emerging artists
New Amsterdam News April 13, 2023The work of Calgary, Canada-based textile artist Simone Elizabeth Saunders is on view through May 13th at Harlem’s Claire Oliver Gallery in a show titled...Read more -
2023 Expo Chicago Invites the World to Chicago and Chicago to the World
Ocula April 5, 2023As across the rest of the year, contemporary art presentations abound throughout the third coast hub, including Gio Swaby: Fresh Up at the Art Institute...Read more -
Simone Saunders: Unearthing Unicorns
Surface Magazine March 20, 2023Afrofuturism, feminist craft, and a deep knowledge of Renaissance-era tapestry coalesce in Simone Saunders’ debut solo exhibition. The Canadian textile artist’s first New York exhibition...Read more -
Design Dispatch Newsletter
Surface Magazine March 20, 2023Afrofuturism, feminist craft, and deep knowledge of Renaissance-era tapestry coalesce in the Canadian textile artist’s debut solo exhibition, which reimagines high Renaissance unicorn tapestries in...Read more -
Simone Elizabeth Saunders: Unearthing Unicorns at Claire Oliver Gallery in March 2023
Gotham To Go March 17, 2023“ Unearthing Unicorns references both literal and figurative iterations of the historical fable,” states Saunders. “I reimagine stories played out in our history, such as...Read more -
Art Installations, Events & Exhibits in NYC
Gotham To Go March 17, 2023Claire Oliver Gallery will open its doors to Unearthing Unicorns, the debut solo exhibition by artist Simone Elizabeth Saunders. Unearthing Unicorns showcases large-scale textile artworks...Read more -
Unearthing Unicorns
Widewalls March 17, 202317 March 2023, 01:00 - 13 May 2023, 00:00 Unearthing UnicornsRead more -
Unearthing Unicorns with Simone Elizabeth Saunders
Stitch Please Podcast March 15, 2023EPISODE SUMMARY How can Simone Elizabeth Saunders find a reflection of black women from the past decades? In this episode, she talks to Lisa Woolfork...Read more -
Simone Elizabeth Saunders: Unearthing Unicorns
ArteMorbida March 15, 2023Claire Oliver Gallery is pleased to announce Unearthing Unicorns, the debut solo exhibition by artist Simone Elizabeth Saunders. Unearthing Unicorns showcases the artist’s large-scale textile...Read more -
Kids On The Town
Simone Saunders: Unearthing Unicorns March 14, 2023The debut solo exhibition by artist Simone Elizabeth Saunders showcases large-scale textile artworks that explore the iconography of the famed high Renaissance era Unicorn Tapestries...Read more -
Your Own Unique Voice w/ textile artist Simone Elizabeth Saunders
BLACK ART IN AMERICA March 10, 2023Simone Elizabeth Saunders makes her New York debut with her new solo exhibition Unearthing Unicorns. Simone joins the Studio Noize fam to talk about her...Read more -
European Old Master Paintings reexamined in New York from a new perspective on blackness and slavery
Local Today March 9, 2023Claire Oliver first heard about the work of Canada-based Simone Elizabeth Saunders during the Black Lives Matter movement, and it wasn’t long before they started...Read more -
European Old Master Paintings Reexamined in New York Under A Fresh Take On Blackness and Slavery
Forbes March 9, 2023Across the world’s finest art institutions and most prized collections, a number of exhibitions are recontextualizing what makes an old master painting. Erasure of Blackness...Read more -
Simone Elizabeth Saunders: Unearthing Unicorns. Claire Oliver Gallery New York
Martin Cid Magazine February 5, 2023Artist Simone Elizabeth Saunders’ NYC Debut Explores Black Feminism and Mythology Through Textile Art Unearthing Unicorns showcases large-scale textile artworks that explore the iconography of...Read more -
This Calgary artist found a global audience with the 'soft power' of her textile portraits of Black women
CBC Arts November 18, 2022Simone Elizabeth Saunders shares the story of the portrait that started it all. ''I was always searching for a sense of belonging and identity within...Read more -
Luxuriant Tufted Portraits by Artist Simone Elizabeth Saunders Exude Black Joy
Colossal June 7, 2022For Saunders , celebrating love is not grand, abstract, or impossible to grasp. It’s as honest as a single strand of thread. Close-ups of her...Read more