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The Atlanta Art Fair Flourishes At Year Three

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By Jannah Bolds
EIC, The Bold Opinion



Growing, growing, here to stay.

The third rendition of the Atlanta Art Fair concluded its four-day weekend of visual conversation, activities, and of course, art. Welcoming more than 13.5k visitors onto the 27 acre Pullman Yards campus, arts and culture enthusiasts from across the globe gathered to meet 85 national and international galleries.

Although global art was the main attraction, the executive curators of this year’s fair blended prior experiences with new ideas. The fair reported the same number of participants as the year before, but found ways to build a space filled with more smiles, more connections, and more community. 

“It is always refreshing to see so many colleagues in a fun and engaging setting. It’s also great to engage with new collectors in our home city and it is the seeds that are planted that grow into fruitful endeavours,” said the team at Jackson Fine Art with AMP. 

YearAttendanceVIPExhibitions
202412,0003,50060+
202513,5003,50070+
202613,5003,50085+

As the saying goes, numbers don’t lie, and in this case, neither does the vibe. The energy toward the Atlanta Art Fair has heavily influenced other institutional partnerships, openings, events, and programming to sprout, creating a colorful window for the creative community to breathe.

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Delphine Diallo Brings ‘The Mythic Quest’ to Southwest Atlanta

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By Jannah Bolds
EIC, The Bold Opinion



Discovering an artist who blends art with A.I.

On Sunday, The African Diaspora Art Museum of Atlanta (ADAMA) capped off a full weekend of discovery and dialogue with Brooklyn-based French Senegalese visual artist, Delphine Diallo.

With the opening of “The Mythic Quest”, Diallo’s work speaks directly to the empowerment of womanhood and its role beyond reality. Her specialty, photography, fruitions her beliefs, and has found new ways of expression with the introduction of artificial intelligence. Coupling the use of a new technology, Diallo has stretched the canvas to meet her own imagination. 

“A.I., for me, is an expansion of my consciousness inside of the tool, but I had to, first, create an entire body of work, twenty years of framework and understanding that nobody is going to take away my vision or my narrative from my lived experience,” said Diallo.

Despite the social, environmental, and ethical concerns in the wake of A.I., Diallo insists on playing the game from the inside out to ensure Black representation is not only curated by us, but is accurate and true for us. 

Transmutation from the Golden Age series, 2022, digital photography captured at African Diaspora Art Museum of Atlanta, 2026. Delphine Diallo

When speaking about the comfortability of use with the man-made intelligence in her work, Diallo references the obvious; with any skill comes learning, discovery, and then practice. She applies that same, trusted process to something very new. 

“I apply the same discipline and determination in my own life,” she mentioned. “For years, I was able to build relationships with women in New York and already created a framework, in real life, by inviting people into my space, collaborating, fostering conversations of openness about their talent, and reflecting their light. When entering A.I., I understood to repeat that same energy inside,” she added. 

Diallo’s work is a mixed media presentation with her photography and an A.I. motion picture film. It will be on display at ADAMA until November 14th.

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The Last Wish; Staple Streetwear Boutique Closes After 22 Year Run

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By Kyndell Mizell
Writer, The Bold Opinion



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           The once reigning leader of Little Five Points streetwear will shut its doors in December, marking the end of an era for Atlanta fashion and sneaker culture. Wish was once the destination. If a major sneaker was dropping, if streetwear was shifting, or if you simply wanted to see what was next, Wish was where you went.

But somewhere along the way, the store that once felt ahead of its time began to feel frozen in it.

As luxury streetwear rose and stores like A Ma Manière emerged as Atlanta’s new standard, Wish struggled to evolve. New boutiques entered the city with stronger identities, fresher experiences, and closer relationships with the brands shaping the culture. Slowly, Wish went from being the first thought to something closer to an afterthought.

The store featured an unforgettable book staircase that led down to a cave-like section exclusively for sneakers. Photo credit: JannahB 9/2020

Still, anyone who experienced Wish in its prime will remember it.

We’ll remember walking through the historic building, smelling the old books, and heading downstairs toward the store’s true landmark: the shoes. That basement was once a safe haven for sneakerheads chasing the newest releases. Wish wasn’t merely a place to shop. It was part of the ritual.

Over time, however, collaborations with brands like Nike, Jordan, and Vans seemed to pass the former powerhouse by. The store remained standing, but the energy around it had changed.

There is also a little irony in how the story ends. Wish’s owners went on to create Ant/Dote, a polished destination for ultra high end luxury fashion. Perhaps Ant/Dote became one of the antidotes for Atlanta’s growing appetite for luxury. But it may have also been the poison pill that pulled attention away from the evolution Wish desperately needed.
That is what makes this closure sting.

As someone who takes pride in luxury fashion, I still understand that everything cannot, and should not, be ultra-luxury. A healthy fashion city needs range. We need aspirational boutiques, but we also need accessible staples, emerging designers, sneakers, and good clothing that doesn’t require us to question a few life decisions before reaching the register.

Wish occupied that space for Atlanta. At its best, it connected streetwear, sneakers, community, and discovery. Losing it means losing another place where people could participate in fashion without everything feeling impossibly exclusive.

The store may be closing in December, but its influence will remain. The memories, the releases, the basement, and that unmistakable smell of old books will continue to live with the people who were there.

After 22 years, Wish’s final wish will be a Christmas wish.

And Atlanta will miss it.

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