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?

A whirlwind of color and art at the opening of this year’s Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Art in the Senegalese ...

Hosting a holiday event that reflects African American culture can make the gathering feel even more special and meaningful.

Overdue Recognition Art Gallery in Bowie represents dozens of African American artists, offers custom framing services and ...

Alabama State University's Dr. Janice Franklin, dean of the Levi Watkins Learning Center and project director of the ...

Great art, music, and conversation were painted in Juno Todd’s mind when he decided to help organize Fredericksburg’s Black ...

History painting had an important place in the work of the old masters but had nearly disappeared with the rise of Modern art. Yet many African American artists embraced this neglected genre in ...

(AP video: Jeffrey Collins) A bust of Robert Smalls, who will soon be the first African American individual with a statue at the South Carolina Statehouse, is displayed Reconstruction Era National ...

such as with the sculpture she built on the site of a former African American burial ground in Harlem. DeVille often works with objects and materials sourced from the area surrounding the exhibition ...

Five years later, William Edmondson would become the first African American artist to have a solo show there; in 2021–22, the museum organized a show of Joseph E. Yoakum. The museum owns ...

Many exhibitions around the country will showcase artists’ responses to political and social movements, and to their own histories. By Morgan Malget This article is part of the Fine Arts ...