Inspired by the likes of Faith Ringgold, Mickalene Thomas, Jacob Lawrence, Romaire Bearden, and Wangechi Mutu, Self illustrates the modernity of Black life and, more specifically, the iconographic ...

the painting is not an illustration of anything.” and “8. allow the paint as material to take care of the black thing.” These musings, though initially intended to inform only Whitten’s ...

PARIS—Two weeks after Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron descended 20 stories beneath Paris to send a message to Moscow. He entered France’s nuclear ...

From enslaved women concealing rice grains in their hair to Underground Railroad maps woven inside cornrows, Black hair has often been recognized in the multi-ethnic Black community as a symbol of ...

Drew Hammond, Beverly Tipton-Hammond, Karen Caldwell and Jorie Engstrom and gives testament to Minnesota’s rich Black art scene. seangarrison has been a bit of a force in the Twin Cities in ...

It is a “black cube”: an inversion of the white-walled space that has been the default for showing art since the 20th century. Born in New York, Cheng — the grandson of Hong Kong shipping ma ...

Asiedu, a black man, argued that neither McGregor nor his supporters are at all racist. “Can I say something without people getting mad?” he began. “It’s OK for countries to not wants lots ...

Black American novelists, filmmakers and other writers are using comedy to reveal — and combat — our era’s disturbing political realities. By Adam Bradley LAST SPRING, DURING the Broadway ...