Category: Black Art

“At such a crucial moment in history, I can think of no better artist to represent the United States,” Institute of Contemporary Art director Jill Medvedow said. — The Associated Press, NBC News Simone Leigh is renowned for creating artworks that transcend race and gender to celebrate Black women and give them a voice. Now […]

— Sameer Rao, Baltimore Sun The works of 18 artists from around the country and world occupied front- and second-row seats at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, New York, during theU.S. Open tennis championship that ended Sunday. The exhibition revolved around racial justice and the Black Lives Matter movement. Baltimore-based painter Megan Lewis, whose paintings […]

As his group exhibition Just Pictures continues in Missouri, curator Antwaun Sargent sits down with photographer Joshua Kissi to talk the technicalities of photographing Black skin, family photo albums and working with Beyoncé — André Wheeler, AnOther Art critic and writer Antwaun Sargent and photographer Joshua Kissi have committed themselves to uplifting Black voices and identities through visual representation. […]

Artist depicts prominent figures from Hogan’s Alley as part of the mural festival — Nadia Jannif, CBC Radio Canada Walking along Union Street next to the Dunsmuir Viaduct isn’t so grey and dreary anymore. Artist Anthony Joseph has filled the face of the concrete structure near Main Street with colourful hues, bringing prominent Black figures […]

— goop Staff, goop While most museums and art galleries remain closed to visitors due to the ongoing pandemic, over the past several months, many of them have pivoted online, hosting digital exhibitions, Zoom openings, and live meditations and workshops. The reality is that smaller independent and private spaces—much like restaurants and stores—cannot survive without […]

Artists and cultural producers say museums need to collect and exhibit works with more respect and care. — Melissa Smith, artnet News The controversy that erupted last week over the Whitney Museum’s planned—and quickly cancelled—exhibition of works, many by Black artists, that the museum acquired through a fundraiser in June has shined a spotlight on […]

Her comics criticized segregation and housing discrimination while rejecting the media’s stereotypical depictions of Black women. By Steven Musil, CNET In the mid-1940s, Black cartoonist Jackie Ormes challenged the disparaging characterizations of Black women that were then common in contemporary media. As the first and only Black female newspaper columnist of her time in the […]