Why Did It Take a Fire for the World to Learn of Altadena’s Black Arts Legacy?
As Frieze Los Angeles shines a spotlight on art in the city, one community, long facing institutional apathy, calls for ...
‘The people’s painter’ left mark in Black art internationally — but shined in NC hometown
Langston Hughes is known as the people’s poet. I would say Biggers is the people’s painter. The man and the work are one.” ...
In Derrick Adams’ paintings, Black history collides joyfully with the present
At his latest show in London, the gallery space becomes a classroom — and while there are no wrong answers, there is always ...
SEWE featured artist Ray Brown’s black and white works imprint the mystical presence of animals
Fine artist Ray Brown is the 2025 SEWE featured artist, bringing his distinctive black-and-white charcoal animal portraits to ...
New ‘Dark & Divine’ art exhibit in Charlotte celebrates Black beauty in all its forms
In the past year, Dasia Hood has been making an indelible mark for herself on the local art scene. As part of that journey, ...
Finding Black history in Palm Beach County is daunting, but rewarding
For those who curate and present Black history in Palm Beach County, the effort to erase their past is hardly new. It goes ...
The Black librarian who rewrote the rules of power, gender and passing as white
Belle da Costa Greene, who was JP Morgan’s librarian, became a lively fixture at Gilded Age mansions, country retreats, ...
100 Years of How Black Painters See Themselves
Koyo Kouoh, who will curate the 2026 Venice Biennale, has assembled a huge survey at the Bozar Centre for Fine Arts in ...
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Some traveled west: Altadena residents draw on Black community strength
This California town, home to many migrants from the Deep South, has determined to rebuild after the Eaton fire’s destruction ...
How 15 Black Collectors Are Changing the Art World, Starting at Home
F or many Black art collectors, the home doubles as a gallery. Not just because our interiors are where we keep our most valued possessions, but, as artist and curator Jessica Gay ...
Florida Highwaymen: Segregation causes black artists to sell work from cars
A movement of African American painters in the 1950s and 60s was born in Fort Pierce, leading to many making a living doing ...