The Truth About Using a White Girl in the ‘African Queen’ Fashion Shoot

Dodai Stewart  Numéro magazine has issued an apology of sorts for the African Queen editorial in the March 2013 issue, in which Ondria Hardin, a 16-year-old, blond-haired, blue-eyed model, was …

South Africa’s Art Scene Is Poised for a Breakthrough — At Home and Abroad

To many outsiders, the South African art world may seem to have produced no more than a few major talents — most notably William Kentridge. Their work further suffers by …

Rochelle Riley: McDonald’s gives Black History Month salute to budding Detroit-area artists

On the last night of Black History Month in a beautiful little art gallery in the city’s midtown, Jermaine Tripp stood in front of a stunning, pastel drawing of the …

Loïs Mailou Jones: Creating A New African-American Image

For much of the past century of Modern art, African-American artists often looked like outliers. Why did pioneering black painters like Boston-native Loïs Mailou Jones continue to work realistically as …

Opening! The Kinsey Collection of African American Art and History at MoAD

Originally published on CaliforniaHomeDesign.com Exactly 150 years ago, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring, “all persons held as slaves” shall be “forever free.” And, the Museum of the …

Norton exhibit features works by African-American, African artists

‘Say It Loud’ emphasizes museum’s renewed initiative to collect works by diverse artists By Jan Sjostrom Daily News Arts Editor The 40 works by 23 artists in Say It Loud: …

‘African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era and Beyond’

By Richard Reep Published: February 27, 2013 African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era and Beyond Mennello Museum of American Art 900 E. Princeton St. 407-246-4278 mennellomuseum.com $4 Unlike …

Sista Quilta by Bisa Butler

Bisa Butler is one of a few dozen artists who will be a part of the exhibit Wonderfully Made: African-American Fine Art in the Atrium at 6 Court St. in …

Original Palette Knife on canvas Portrait Painting of a Woman by Osnat 48″x36″

Osnat is a self-representing Canadian artist. She is best known for her large-size original abstract landscape and Contemporary modern paintings, but she mostly enjoys the combination of these three. As …

The Art Book: New Edition [Hardcover]

The art book that has introduced millions of people around the globe to art An accessible, informative and fun A – Z guide to artists from medieval times to the …

How To: Name Your Piece Of Art

Have you ever made a piece of art, but you did not know what to name it?  Here are a few steps that just might put you on the right …

Dali Theft: Phivos Istavrioglou, Moncler Publicist, Pleads Guilty For Stealing Salvador Dali Painting

The surreal theft of a Salvador Dali painting in broad daylight came to a realistic conclusion in court when publicist Phivos Istavrioglou recently pled guilty to stealing Dali’s “Cartel de Don …

‘Ashes To Amen’ Exhibit At MOBIA Highlights African-Americans’ Connection To The Bible

  NEW YORK (RNS) A new exhibit at New York’s Museum of Biblical Art makes one point clear and inescapable: Biblical narratives and imagery have been an underlining constant in …

Black Arts Movement (BAM)

“Liberation is impossible if we fail to see ourselves in more positive terms. For without a change of vision, we are slaves to the oppressor’s ideas and values –ideas and …

A Brief Guide to the Black Arts Movement

“Sometimes referred to as ‘the artistic sister of the Black Power Movement,’ the Black Arts Movement stands as the single most controversial moment in the history of African-American literature–possibly in …