During the Black Arts movement in the 60s and 70s, she harnessed that power to bring something new to her native Oakland. "I think that art has power," said Vaughn. "We need art. It changes people's ...

Art Melanated, founded by Sol and Jennia Aponte, ushered in a new chapter for Black art appreciation and investment with ...

“The Time Is Always Now” is a touring exhibition that originated at the National Portrait Gallery in London, where Eshun is ...

In 1975, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes laid down a melodic mandate that applies to our times: “Wake up, everybody / No more ...

The Brockman Gallery ushered in a new era of Black artists, helping them penetrate the mainstream art world. Man: In the late sixties, there were so few venues that were available to any artists ...

Click here to read the feature Akinkugbe commissioned on fine art and Nigerian craft. London CNN — Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s 19th century painting, “The Beloved,” a bejeweled Black child ...

Black Public Media's BPMplus fellows will share their creative process and unveil finished works during its Art & Tech ...

A shimmering dream on the Nile has inspired creativity from the Harlem Renaissance to Kara Walker to Beyoncé. But how much can you play with the past?

Philadelphia Museum of Art's newest exhibit, "The Time Is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure," features 28 Black ...

CALL & RESPONSE: ASMAA WALTON AND THE BLACK ART LIBRARY, a public humanities project that asks how we create, share, and ...