African-American exhibit to open in January at the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art

Whether or not they call it home, African-American artists of the past century have repeatedly explored their ties to the South. This region may appear in their art as a …

African American Collection on Display at JCSM, Auburn University

The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University presents the exhibition, Promises of Freedom: Selections from the Arthur Primas Collection, on display in the Bill L. Harbert …

Film historian heads to MOCAD with new edition of ‘Lost Landscapes of Detroit’

When San Francisco film collector and historian Richard Prelinger brought his “Lost Landscapes of Detroit” program to the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit last year, he was surprised that more …

November’s First Thursday unveils a month of art to be thankful for

From Roll Hardy and Lillian Pitt to Kara Walker and Romare Bearden, November’s art scene swings into heavy action with tonight’s First Thursday openings. But as much variety and provocation …

Famous painting arrives at DAI

An iconic painting that has most recently been on display at the White House was transported by truck from Washington this week and uncrated Tuesday morning at the Dayton Art …

Arthur Johnson, a civil rights icon and comrade of Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 85

A crowd of movers and shakers was exiting an event at the White House during the Clinton administration. Among them was Wayne State University President Irving Reid. As Reid was …

African American Artists’ Papers Acquired by Emory

Emory University’s Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL) recently acquired two major collections related to African American art and art history: the papers of the late internationally recognized artist …

David Johnson “Positive Negatives”

On Thursday, November 3, The Little Theatre and Community Darkroom will present “Positive Negatives,” a documentary about photographer David Johnson, Ansel Adams’ first African-American student at the California School of …

Cleveland Museum of Art acquires a hitherto unknown masterpiece by Edmonia Lewis

The daughter of a black father and an American Indian mother, she became famous during the 19th century as an expatriate artist living in Rome. And now she’s in the …

Art, photo collection going up for bids after being seized from Birmingham attorney

A large collection of photographs and paintings, including many by emerging African-American artists, will be sold at an IRS auction later this month after being seized from a prominent Birmingham …