depicting famous African Americans across history. He saw art as a vehicle for social activism, once remarking: “Art must be an integral part of the struggle. It can’t simply mirror what’s taking ...

Clementine Hunter was a self-taught African American artist known for her painted depictions of early 20th-century plantation life in Louisiana. Hunter’s colorful oil paintings do not rely on ...

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29 to Dec. 13, 2024. Curated by Robin Cherry Howard, this exhibit showcases an extraordinary collection of African American art, highlighting the museum’s acquisitions over the last 25 years.

Her interest in African American art also speaks to her heritage ... “I bought it because it was Greg Ridley and he was ...

An exhibit spotlighting local African-American artists was jointly held by the African American Heritage Alliance and the ...

The portrait by a French court painter is one of three displayed in a photo that came to depict the efforts of a U.S. Army ...

Because African-American slaves were considered property, often a bill of sale - bearing just the age and gender of the person sold - is the only record for an individual living in a pre-Civil War ...

Southern Guild’s most recognizable individual artist to American art lovers will be Zanele Muholi. The South African photographer’s dramatic self-portraits traveled the nation from Seattle to ...

People visiting the Center for African American History, Art and Culture in Aiken are going to see a new face. Tourism Supervisor Ambria Abney started at the center in September. The CAAHAC ...

Temple Isaiah of Great Neck will be hosting an art lecture on African Diaspora art entitled “Nineteenth-Century Africa in America” on Sunday, Nov. 17 at 2 p.m. This is the first of a series of ...