The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego’s exhibit “Dimensions of Black” presents a wide array of art forms and subjects from the 1970s to modern times. What ties the more than 30 pieces together is that they are all created by African-American artists.
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Remembrances of Betty Blayton-Taylor, Studio Museum Co-Founder and Harlem Arts Activist – Hyperallergic
Betty not only opened doors, she built new doors — doors that, nearly 50 years later, remain permanently open in her students’ own backyard.
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How Black Modern Artists Defied a Singular Narrative in 1971 – Hyperallergic
1971: A Year in the Life of Color studies two exhibitions essential to the ongoing relationship between black American artists and modernism.
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No More Jezebel or Mammy: New Museum Art Exhibit Shatters Stereotypical Depictions of Black Women – Atlanta Black Star
A new art exhibit at Louisiana’s Alexandria Museum of Art is breaking down the stereotype of the strong Black woman, thanks to contributions from Black female artists.
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A Basquiat Painting Transforms a College Museum into a Space for Protest
The Williams College Museum of Art has invited anyone to host conversations around Jean-Michel Basquiat’s “Defacement (The Death of Michael Stewart).
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An Unflinching Meditation on the Violence Perpetrated Against Black Americans
In addition to the centuries of trauma that artists are exploring and attempting to reconcile with contemporary reality, there is also an underlying solidarity that weaves itself into the fabric of Non-fiction at the Underground Museum.
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From Flint with Love, Art of the African Diaspora
SUMMIT, NJ — Unlike many notable private art collections that serve the public good only after they have been donated to a museum (or turned into museums of their own), the Mott-Warsh Collection was conceived to fulfill a larger social purpose.
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This $1.4 Million “Bird” Makes an African-American Art Collection Soar to New Heights
With his first major contemporary acquisition, the Detroit Institute of Arts’ new director is reinvigorating the museum.
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An artist refashions the past: Whitfield Lovell’s ‘Kin’
Whitfield Lovell’s work is not about the African American experience; it is about his own.
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Making art fun to learn
Photographer and printmaker Michael B. Platt adopted an informal approach to teaching art.
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