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AFRAM 2025 celebrated Black excellence with music, food, art, and culture in Baltimore. The festival featured local talent and international artists.
The High Museum of Art in Atlanta hosts the South African’s first major museum exhibition in the United States, “Ezrom Legae: ...
The YMI, Asheville's historic Black cultural center, hosts an exhibition by artist Jenny Pickens in its newly renovated ...
As a creator of works drawing on his Igbo heritage and a sculptor of Queen Elizabeth II, Ben Enwonwu held a unique position in world art, writes Emily Allen.
Braiding traditions across the African diaspora both predate and defy the colonial confines set forth to erase and subjugate ...
The 31-piece exhibit at the Jack Shainman Gallery features dynamic textiles and textures on Black women, femmes, and beyond. The artist details the inspirations behind the pivotal works.
Artist Kehinde Wiley puts power in a new frame with paintings of African leaders Show all 10. ... posing African leaders in a style mainly associated with European royalty and aristocracy.
Nikkolas Smith, the bestselling illustrator, has a new children's book that takes a look at the innovative, creative dawn of ...
The Met's spring exhibition presents a cultural and historical examination of Black style over 300 years through the concept of dandyism.
A painting by South African artist Marlene Dumas has sold for R245 million at auction, setting a new record for a living female artist. Marlene Dumas’ 1997 painting “Miss January” recently ...
Queer African creatives have been making their mark around the world through a range of forms – books, films, fashion, art, music. Their work wins awards, sets trends and is studied by scholars.