Melvin Edwards, the first artist-in-residence to debut work at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, working on a piece. — Submitted Melvin Edwards’ “Vision and Purpose III.” ...

Melvin Edwards: Well, you know, I’m a take things for granted kind of person. They were just easy to be friends with, and that was it. Every time we got together, we enjoyed each other, talked ...

Melvin Edwards, Sam Gilliam and William T. Williams: Abstract Artists and Old Friends. The trio first had their work exhibited together at the Studio Museum in Harlem in 1969.

The Nasher Sculpture Center this week announced a major gift to the collection from artist Melvin Edwards, whose 2015 retrospective Melvin Edwards: Five Decades was organized by the Nasher.

Edwards, whose 2015 retrospective "Melvin Edwards: Five Decades" was organized by the Nasher, has given the museum four sculptures and two drawings, the museum said.

Edwards has been producing museum-worthy artworks since the 1960s. He had a solo show at New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art in 1970, when he was 33 years old.

Starting May 4, Melvin Edwards: Brighter Days, a landmark survey of the artist’s work from 1970 to 2020, will fill the lawns and walkways of New York’s City Hall Park.Organized by Public Art ...

Five decades is likely more than half a life. That's more than 18 thousand days and nearly a half-million hours. It's a long time to live. It's a long time to be creating art. To see an artist's ...

Melvin Edwards, “At Crossroads” (1984), welded steel, 10.5 x 8 x 8.88 inches (courtesy Alexander Gray Associates, New York; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London. ©2014 Melvin Edwards / Artist’s ...

Melvin Edwards is an internationally acclaimed artist, but back in 1970, when he became the first Black sculptor to have a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, he was received ...

Martine Syms and Melvin Edwards Among United States Artists Grant Award Winners The nonprofit United States Artists (USA) has announced their awardees for 2020. Here are the artists who will ...

Melvin Edwards' welded steel sculptures address social issues and civil rights in abstract pieces that call on the viewer to interrogate the history of race in the U.S.