ARTICLES

December 6, 2024

Sly’s knockout Ernie Barnes tribute to Rocky Balboa goes on view at Art Basel Miami Beach

December 5, 2024

The Best Works at Art Basel Miami Beach 2024

Ernie Barnes paints what it feels like to move

Ortuzar Projects Spotlights Legendary Artist Ernie Barnes in New Exhibition

Millions Saw His Paintings on TV. In the Art World, His Work Still Went Unnoticed

Ernie Barnes Welcomes His Alma Mater NCCU to Los Angeles

How the Record Sale of “The Sugar Shack” Made Ernie Barnes the Comeback Kid

Ernie Barnes’ iconic, musical paintings come to life at this ’70s time warp of an L.A art gallery

Frieze Week Brings The World of Art to Los Angeles

Spotlighting LA-based Artists at Frieze Los Angeles 2023

Rarely Seen Ernie Barnes Paintings to Appear in L.A. Exhibition at UTA Artist Space

The Defining Artworks of 2022

fresh finds at first open: 5 artists to collect before years’s end

Lucas Museum delays its opening to 2025, ‘all areas of construction’ moving forward

Ernie barnes iconic ‘sugar shack’ painting on loan to Houston museum one month after-record shattering auction sale

“I either wanted it, or I wanted that guy to pay”: Inside the Wild West auction for the sugar shack

ernie barnes estate gets gallery representation following auction surprise

late artist ernie barnes finally scores gallery representation- and a new auction milestone

how a hedge fund manager’s $15 million bid turned artist ernie barnes into a hot commodity

‘The sugar shack,’ painting from ‘good times’ and Marvin gaye cover sells for $15.2M

ernie barnes ‘sugar shack’ painting brings big price at auction

Record-setting ernie barnes pairing steals the spotlight at christie’s $831M evening sales

‘Sugar shack,’ an iconic painting featured on a Marvin gaye album cover, sells for $15.3 million

Tribeca gallery guide: new York’s most vibrant art scene

art committee members view original ernie barnes pieces at asama

envisioned by the late artist himself, new ernie barnes exhibition brings his figurative paintings to life

How ernie barnes’ paintings became celebratory emblems of black southern life

See inside tom Joyner’s elegant Florida villa

‘the sugar shack’ stars in ernie barnes art exhibit

ernie barnes retrospective brings renewed attention to African American artist who found fame after playing pro football

WHY ERNIE BARNES ‘SUGAR SHACK’ HAS MUSEUM-GOERS LINED UP IN L.A.

ERNIE BARNES: THE OVERLOOKED LEGACY OF THE ATHLETE TURNED CELEBRITY ARTIST

KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR: HOW ATHLETE-ARTIST ERNIE BARNES CAPTURED BLACK cULTURE’S “JOY AND COMMUNAL DIGNITY”

DURHAM NATIVE ERNIE BARNES’ PAINTINGS MAKE THE LEAP FROM THE CANVAS ONTO THE STAGE

June 5, 2025

Ready for Their Reboot: How Galleries Plumb Art Historyʼs Forgotten Talent

September 14, 2025

tale of two paintings: Ernie Barnes made two versions of his famous painting The Sugar Shack.

Previous

INTERVIEWS