Alisa Banks explores her Louisiana Creole heritage, African diaspora in new Colorado Springs exhibit
Unerased," the Dallas, Texas-based artist explores her Louisiana Creole heritage and the African diaspora. About 50 to 55 ...
New Orleans fine art gallery designed for Black people to ‘see themselves’
The Stella Jones Gallery's start was rather organic as a mother wanting to give her children images that represented them.
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 ...
Artist Tanya Ling, a Former Louis Vuitton, Fendi Illustrator, Turns to the Abstract With Latest Exhibition
Ling has moved on from big-name fashion brands to take on painting and sculpture. Her latest show “Incitatus” will be at ...
Legacy of highest-ranking African-American woman in Army kept alive through girl’s academy, family
The Charity Adams-Earley Girls Academy in Dayton is named after the commanding officer of the 6888, the all-black female-run ...
In a Derrick Adams’ painting, 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 ...
Celebrating women in art with biographical picture books
In March, we at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall would like to recognize Women’s History Month and celebrate the ...
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Rare portraits reveal the humanity of the slaves who revolted on the Amistad
On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La Amistad – Spanish for “Friendship” ...