Documents from the Black Arts Movement

“On Black Art” by Ron Karenga Black Art must be for the people, by the people and from the people. That is to say, it must be functional, collective and …

St. Louis Zoo’s Halloween Ghost Display Removed After Critics Say It Looks Like A Lynching (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | By Cavan Sieczkowski Posted: 10/17/2012 2:24 pm EDT Updated: 10/17/2012 2:24 pm EDT St. Louis Zoo officials removed a Halloween ghost display after some viewers called …

Documentary Film ‘Why Do You Have Black Dolls?’ Explores Beauty And Cultural Identity (VIDEO)

  The Huffington Post  |  By Julee Wilson Posted: 10/17/2012 12:48 pm EDT “Why Do You Have Black Dolls?” is the title and question being tackled in a new short …

African American Art Auction at Swann Auction Galleries

  HALE WOODRUFF (1900 – 1980) Landscape Near Grasse. Oil on canvas, 1930. 457×550 mm; 18×21 5/8 inches. Incised signature, lower left recto. Signed in pencil, lower right verso. Titled …

African Art: Beyond the Masks

By Roger Atwood Posted 09/17/12 Her work has been exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and in group shows at the Detroit Institute of Arts and …

Old Masters of Our Domain

Contemporary artists rock art-history classics to pay homage, show off, have fun, and comment on issues like race and class By Robin Cembalest Posted 10/10/12 Among the many delights of …

Beardenmania!

By Gail Gregg Posted 07/19/12 Exhibitions, concerts, artists’ tributes, and even a postage stamp are part of the centennial tribute honoring Romare Bearden The sight was a curator’s dream. Carla …

How to be an African-American art lover: Why investing in original black art is affordable, easy and edifying

Al Johnson, This Everlasting Moment, 2012. Mixed media on panel with found objects in antique box, 14.5 x 32 x 2.5 in. – eMerge: Danny Simmons & Artists on the …

Rihanna: Naked, Unapologetic on New Album Cover

by Free Britney at October 11, 2012 12:15 pm A naked Rihanna bares all on the cover of her new album Unapolegetic. It’s an aptly-titled name for the controversial singer’s …

Obama-Romney Debate Won By President (VIDEO)

Posted: 10/17/2012 12:48 am EDT Updated: 10/17/2012 3:20 am EDT HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — President Barack Obama stepped onto the stage here on Long Island ready to brawl. Within moments, he …

First Major All Street Art and Graffiti Auction in New York Is Now On

By Marina Galperina | October 16, 2012 – 12:15PM In about an hour, the Doyle New York Auction House will kick off its Inaugural Street Art Auction featuring graffiti and street art spanning …

Bernette Johnson Set To Become Louisiana’s First Black Chief Justice

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN 10/16/12 09:50 PM ET EDT NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana Supreme Court resolved a racially tinged power struggle inside its own ranks, ruling Tuesday that Bernette Johnson …

‘Visions Of Our 44th President,’ Exhibit Of Barack Obama Art, Opens At Detroit Museum (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post  |  By Kate Abbey-Lambertz Posted: 10/16/2012 3:10 pm EDT Updated: 10/16/2012 3:10 pm EDT Though they started out blank, the 44 busts of President Barack Obama in …

Kim Kardashian’s Sexy Halloween Costume: Star Poses In See-Through Leopard Bodysuit (PHOTO)

Rawwwr!!! (As Kim Kardashian would say). The reality star, 31, tweeted a photo of herself sporting a see-through leopard bodysuit while out Halloween costume shopping in Miami, Fla., on Oct. …