Our Philosophy & What We Do
BLK MKT Vintage is a curated love story. Our motivation to build a collection that mirrors multifarious Black cultural expression is rooted in our love for Black people, Black culture and our own lived experiences. We approach our work as cultural historians and encourage you to join us in bringing history & antiquity into your everyday lives.
Our work includes curating a robust brick and mortar & e-commerce shop, interior styling, prop rental/set design, exhibition loans and other special curatorial-based projects that center the relationship between Black people, material culture, memory and the contemporary. In other words, Sankofa.
Press
"At first glance, BLK MKT Vintage is simply a purveyor of Black Americana—an 'archival designator' in the antiques industry that Handy and Stewart define for themselves as 'material culture pertaining to the histories, tradition, or folklore of the United States, centering the narratives of black people throughout the diaspora'." - Conde Nast Traveler
