The film "Right On Be Free" emphasizes the importance of art and community in the African American experience. It calls for black individuals to engage with their heritage through artistic expression, ...

Like any jazz artist, the ability to adapt and improvise is a welcome skill. For the people in the African American Quilt Guild of Oakland, that skill reconciles years of history and encourages the ...

"It just had this appeal to me because you can create the things you don't have." Meet Ekow Nimako, a Ghanaian-Canadian ...

American artist Kehinde Wiley has unveiled an exhibition in Morocco of portraits of African leaders as part of a yearslong ...

the short premiered at The Guggenheim and continues Saint Heron’s commitment to preserving Black cultural memory. Dozie Kanu, a Nigerian-American artist and Houston native, will also contribute ...

Today, we honor Black Rob’s memory and legacy — a talented artist whose contributions to hip hop will never be forgotten.

Among the nominees is South Side Chicago native Korporate. The artist and entertainer has gone viral with his web series called "Black Chicago Be Like." The series is nominated for "Best Variety ...

NBC News' Zinhle Essamuah spoke to a man who lost his wife to childbirth complications and discussed his artwork commemorating Black women who had also passed during childbirth. IE 11 is not ...

Qadir Parris layers images of a family’s past and present through underpainting; a separate story rests beneath.

Despite the setback of Covid-19, the number of art fairs worldwide grew to a staggering ... past to their countries of origin. Where African American artists recover their roots, a reverse ...

When Lakota artist Marty Two Bulls Jr. looks at the Black Hills of South Dakota, he doesn’t just see its natural beauty. He also sees a scar cut deep into the heart of the universe. The mountain ...

Founded in 1969 by Nigel Jackson and Patricia Grey, Acts of Art exemplified the spirit of a subversive and consequential period in Black art history. Swann Galleries African American Art department ...