An exhibition in Chicago celebrates the painters, writers, and performers who sought freedom in the city of light and left an ...

"Originating in research for the landmark traveling exhibition Soul of a nation: art in the age of Black power, this anthology brings together more than two hundred texts, most of them rare and long ...

There are countless examples of the ways that Black creativity in America has literally changed the world — from jazz, rock, and hip-hop, to soul food, to literature, to the power of a picture. The ...

A black-and-white portrait of Alonzo Davis (image courtesy Alonzo Davis Studios; all photos courtesy parrasch heijnen gallery) Artist and gallerist Alonzo Davis, who championed Black American art and ...

Black art offers a unique and powerful perspective for storytelling, cultural expression, and social change that occurs in Black lives. Art is integral to the Black experience, especially in Black ...

From Oakland to Brooklyn, these Black-owned art galleries are more than just exhibition spaces—they are incubators for creative expression, cultural dialogue, and community power. Rooted in purpose ...

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Larcenia Floyd died in 2018, two years before George. But when her son was being asphyxiated to death by Derek Chauvin, he screamed for her. It was the “Mama!” heard around the world, an anguished ...

RICHMOND, Va. — 8News is kicking off its Black History Month coverage with the return of our art exhibition at Art Works. This year’s display, titled “History and Stories: Lifted by Legacy,” is ...

PORTLAND, Maine — Let’s start by giving David Driskell — educator, curator, scholar, activist, artist, and not necessarily in that order — his due. As a foundational force in the long, slow expansion ...