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.” ...

And so, he depicts himself at the center of a kind of African imaginary ... have a large set of mural reproductions by Hale Woodruff, who studied at the School of the Art Institute and who ...

White’s mural, The Contribution of the Negro to American Democracy (1943) at Hampton University is perhaps his best-known work, depicting famous African Americans across history. He saw art as a ...

Now, with the mural’s vibrancy restored, the message of the original work can shine through once again to locals and art tourists alike. “It’s a call to the local community that we can’t ...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond: A woman walks past a mural of a huge hedgehog by artist Dekor One on Thursday in Johannesburg, South Africa.

“There’s been so much displacement of African Americans from ... Controversial Altadena coffee shop mural targeted by vandalism * Politics of public art in an Altadena coffeehouse mural ...

Africa Restored (Cheryl as Cleopatra ... shimmering and beckoning like a golden disco ball. Tremendous arched murals, Art of the Negro by Hale Aspacio Woodruff, span the walls like stained ...

As president of the school's Black Student Union, Saddler helped teach Black history, not just through art but also by using technology, with QR codes near the mural that link to more information ...

Explore powerful works by Black artists with our Looking Guide, get creative at the Write to Shine poetry mural and Unveiled ... guided tours of the African art collection, a special film ...