NEWS The New York Times: May 30, 2024Ernie Barnes Paints What It Feels Like to Move The New York Times: September 15, 2023Millions Saw His Paintings on TV. In the Art World, His Work Still Went Unnoticed. CBS 17: September 14, 2023Ernie Barnes Welcomes His Alma Mater NCCU to Los Angeles Artsy: February 27, 2023How the Record Sale of “The Sugar Shack” Made Ernie Barnes the Comeback Kid Los Angeles Times: February 14, 2023Ernie Barnes’ iconic, musical paintings come to life at this ’70s time warp of an L.A art gallery Forbes: February 12, 2023Frieze Week Brings The World of Art to Los Angeles Frieze: February 6, 2023Spotlighting LA-based Artists at Frieze Los Angeles 2023 ARTnews: December 20, 2022Rarely Seen Ernie Barnes Paintings to Appear in L.A. Exhibition at UTA Artist Space ARTnews: December 15, 2022The Defining Artworks of 2022 Christies: December 6, 2022Fresh finds at First Open: 5 artists to collect before year’s end Los Angeles Times: September 21, 2022Lucas Museum delays its opening to 2025, ‘all areas of construction’ moving forward Culture Type: June 14, 2022Ernie Barnes Iconic ‘Sugar Shack’ Painting on Loan to Houston Museum One Month After-Record Shattering Auction Sale Vanity Fair: May 20, 2022“I Either Wanted It, or I Wanted That Guy to Pay”: Inside the Wild West Auction for The Sugar Shack ARTnews: May 19, 2022Ernie Barnes Estate Gets Gallery Representation Following Auction Surprise The Art Newspaper: May 19, 2022Late artist Ernie Barnes finally scores gallery representation – And a new auction milestone Forbes: May 19, 2022How A Hedge Fund Manager’s $15 Million Bid Turned Artist Ernie Barnes Into A Hot Commodity Los Angeles Times: May 13, 2022‘The Sugar Shack,’ painting from ‘Good Times’ and Marvin Gaye cover sells for $15.2M The New York Times: May 12, 2022Ernie Barnes’s ‘Sugar Shack’ Painting Brings Big Price at Auction ARTnews: May 12, 2022Record-Setting Ernie Barnes Painting Steals the Spotlight at Christie’s $831 M. Evening Sales CNN: May 12, 2022‘Sugar Shack,’ an iconic painting featured on a Marvin Gaye album cover, sells for $15.3 million The New York Times: October 28, 2021TriBeCa Gallery Guide: New York’s Most Vibrant Art Scene The United States Sports Academy: February 22, 2021Art Committee Members View Original Ernie Barnes Pieces at ASAMA Culture Type: December 4, 2020Envisioned by the Late Artist Himself, New Ernie Barnes Exhibition Brings His Figurative Paintings to Life Artsy: August 7, 2020How Ernie Barnes’s Paintings Became Celebratory Emblems of Black Southern Life Yahoo News: June 19, 2020See Inside Tom Joyner’s Elegant Florida Villa NPR Here & Now: October 3, 2019‘The Sugar Shack’ Stars in Ernie Barnes Art Exhibit Culture Type: September 6, 2019Ernie Barnes Retrospective Brings Renewed Attention to African American Artist Who Found Fame After Playing Pro Football Los Angeles Times: August 28, 2019Why Ernie Barnes’ ‘Sugar Shack’ has museum-goers lined up in L.A. The Guardian UK: June 27, 2019Ernie Barnes: The Overlooked Legacy of the Athlete Turned Celebrity Artist The Hollywood Reporter: May 10, 2019Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: How Athlete-Artist Ernie Barnes Captured Black Culture’s “Joy and Communal Dignity” The News & Observer (North Carolina): January 17, 2019Durham Native Ernie Barnes’ Paintings Make the Leap from the Canvas onto the Stage