The racial divide in 1960s America is captured in a rediscovered image by Italian photographer Mario Carnicelli
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Not Enough Color In American Art Museums | NPR
The current furor over the Brooklyn Museum’s appointment of a white woman to oversee the museum’s African Art collection is not surprising or infuriating to Steven Nelson. Nelson is an African American art historian at UCLA who specializes in African art, and he says, “There are very few of us in the field.”
Read MoreWishing A Very Happy Birthday to Dr. Samella Lewis | Black Art In America
Artist and art historian Samella Lewis is renowned for her contributions to African American art and art history.
Read MoreCharles White: A Retrospective, The Art Institute Chicago, Summer 18′ | Art Institute Chicago
A superbly gifted draftsman and printmaker as well as a talented mural and easel painter, he developed a distinctive and labor-intensive approach to art making and remained committed to a representational style at a time when the art world increasingly favored abstraction.
Read MoreReview: A Reimagined ‘Giselle,’ With South African Roots | The New York Times
Gia Kourlas, The New York Times Emon Hassan for The New York Times, Featured Image raditionally, the moment you know Giselle has lost her mind is when her hair slips out of its tidy bun and frames her face like a sticky, sweaty halo. She unravels — physically, emotionally, mentally — and eventually collapses and…
Read MoreMickalene Thomas will create figures of black women for Sculpture Milwaukee | Journal Sentinel
“While the women in my work celebrate different notions of beauty, I think simultaneously they are providing a confrontational barrier that challenges the clichés traditionally laid on women of color,”
Read MoreHappy 69th Birthday, Brother Gil Scott-Heron | The Philadelphia Tribune
When he first told America in 1970 that “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” after having written it in 1968 at age 19, Gil Scott-Heron set the stage for what would become part of the musical and poetic soundtrack for revolutionaries worldwide. And he didn’t stop until four decades later.
Read MoreThese Portraits Shine A Light On The Homeless Faces You Pass Every Day | Huffington Post
The illustrated profiles of men and women who’ve experienced homelessness in New York City in this series are gorgeous.
Read More13 Incredible Black Artists, Past And Present, Everybody Should Know | Blavity
Paying homage and celebrating black artist as cultural documentarians
Read MoreStream Lakecia Benjamin’s Funkier-Than-Thou Album “Rise Up” | Okayplayer
A bonafide funk, jazz and R&B star, Lakecia Benjamin is happy to share her latest Ropeadope effort, Rise Up, with the masses who love good tunes.
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