Sotheby’s has announced a significant auction featuring works from the esteemed Abrams Family Collection, set to take place in September 2024.

John Wesley Hardrick built his reputation in Indianapolis as a go-to portrait artist. He painted well-known figures like school principals and business leaders in the early and mid-20th century.

There are all sorts of reasons why African-American art is the hottest thing on the market today, for both private collectors and museums, but the most compelling, of course, is the need to catch up.