The British curator, writer and broadcaster Ekow Eshun looks back on a busy year of shows and savours time spent talking to ...

The Met Costume Institute’s spring 2025 exhibition will unveil a cultural and historical examination of the Black dandy from the 1700s to present day. The exhibit, which features Black style in ...

Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes laid down a melodic mandate that applies to our times: “Wake up, everybody / No more sleepin’ ...

Two shows—one reframing Black figuration and another questioning art as a language of resistance—make a case for empathy and ...

A highly unusual 17th-century painting featuring a Black sitter and a white sitter side by side is on rare public view.

The platform has become a social media balm fueled by the Black literary giants that came before us ...

A retrospective exhibition in South Africa is honoring Esther Mahlangu, a local artist from a rural background who has become ...

Mielle Organics and Rolling Out's "Art of Hair" campaign celebrated Black creativity and cultural expression at Art Basel.

I am a knight made of lightning and black steel. Perched on the parapet of a vast gothic tower, I spy a dozen shambling ...

Marinello, who is the founder of Art Recovery International and working ... at the time as “the boys,” a demeaning term for Black men — challenged the museum after the court case.

The prestigious Art Basel Miami transformed into a celebration of Black excellence this December, as A-list celebrities and artists gathered for the world’s most influential art fair.

Her story reminded me of my elementary school art teacher, Mrs. Vales. She was so proud to be a Black artist. Mrs. Vales is also the reason I know about the late Faith Ringgold and that the art of ...