With Peter Bradley by Alex Rappoport at the New York African Film Festival

With Peter Bradley by Alex Rappoport
at the New York African Film Festival
Sunday May 14, 2023 at 5 pm

Francesca Beale Theater
144 W 65th Street
New York, NY 10023

When filmmaker Alex Rappoport met then-79-year-old abstract artist Peter Bradley in the winter of 2020, Bradley hadn’t sold many paintings nor had a major show in over four decades – yet he still painted every day in a shipping container studio heated by a wood stove. Over time, the pair recorded Peter’s fascinating story, seemingly overlooked in art history. Bradley was the first Black haute art dealer in New York; likely the first Black abstract artist represented by a major New York gallery; and curator of what is considered the first integrated modern art show in America. Talented, willful, and arrogant, Bradley lived life to its fullest – until he fell upon hard times in the 1980s that nearly ended his career.