The Detroit Institute of Arts has revamped its African American arts collection and brought it to the heart of the museum. “Reimagine African American Art,” which opened Saturday, was organized by the ...

The Walter and Linda Evans Gallery of African American Art opens Feb. 6, 2025, at Telfair Academy in Savannah, featuring 28 ...

An exploration of the vast works by African American artists is the current centerpiece exhibit at Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts Center at Christopher Newport University. "Cinderella Man," an oil ...

The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) will relocate and reopen its African American art galleries in October 2025. The new galleries will be centrally located near the Rivera Court, showcasing 50 works ...

Black cultural institutions are more than just buildings filled with artifacts; they are guardians of history, protectors of truth, and spaces where narratives can be told by those who lived them—that ...

Visitors, both local and international, are celebrating the Detroit Institute of Arts’ (DIA) newly reimagined African American art galleries. Opened in October 2025 in prime new space in the heart of ...

Last week, the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) acquired “Bird” (1990), a striking sculpture by David Hammons, the MacArthur Genius Grant-winning African American artist known for his witty conceptual ...

From Dallas to Fort Worth, arts organizations across North Texas are hosting exhibitions, performances and family-friendly ...

Paul R. Jones' name may not be as recognizable to some, but his goal to foster the imagination among black artists is on full ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. In 2023, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art presented Master ...

BRIGHT PAINTINGS AND PIECES LINED THE WALLS OF MARYLAND LIVE CASINO, A PLACE NOT JUST FOR GAMBLING BUT ALSO FOR ADMIRING ART AND THE STORIES BEHIND IT. MY WORK IS ROOTED IN MY OWN EXPERIENCES AND THAT ...

This story was originally published in ESSENCE’s special 55th anniversary July/August 2025 issue, on stands now. When ESSENCE magazine’s inaugural issue was released in May of 1970, it stood alone in ...