Art
Black American Cinema of the ’90s Was Filled with Promise
Revisiting the movies made by Black American filmmakers, which could only really be fully appreciated decades later.
African American
In Brief
A University Sparks Controversy by Removing Evidence of Blackface
Hollins University has removed access to its online collection of yearbooks that show students and faculty wearing blackface and contain other racist imagery.
Performance
The Wooster Group Explores Black Folklore in Texas State Prisons
The live a cappella is a result of the conditions under which the songs were originally sung: in open fields.
Art
Seven Artists and Curators Reveal a Cherished, Overlooked Black Artist
I asked respected art figures like Lowery Stokes Sims, Deborah Willis, and Ugochukwu-Smooth Nzewi to share a beloved artist with me.
News
Prada Accused of Blackface, Pulls Controversial Animal Charms from Retailers
On Twitter, the fashion company said the misstep was unintentional before announcing that the caricature in question would be removed from display and circulation.
Art
Betye Saar Washes the Congenial Veneer Off a Sordid History
Saar's work is a poignant depiction of this nation's fraught history of race relations and gender politics, and this exhibition demonstrates the need for more major retrospectives of her.
Interview
Collectors of Color on the Importance of Supporting Under-Recognized Artists
In Los Angeles, a group of forward-thinking collectors is focused on building and championing diversity through the work they select.
Art
An Annual Compendium of Black Photography that Was a Revolutionary Act
In 1973, a small band of black artists published the Black Photographers Annual, Volume I, a book that changed the history of photography in America.
Art
Can Abstraction Help Us Understand the Value of Black Lives?
ST. LOUIS — Several months ago, I made the commitment to be away from New York City, my home and native land, for the duration of this summer.
Art
Three Museums Come Together to Tell a History of African American Art
MUSKEGON, Mich. — Common Ground, the Muskegon Museum of Art’s current exhibition of African American art, combines works from three regional Michigan collections: the Muskegon museum, the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, and the Flint Institute of Arts.
Art
Six Decades of Betye Saar’s Personal, Political, and Mystical Art
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — There are few artists who have been able to become a household name in the art world and still maintain a modesty to their person and in their work.
Opinion
Cindy Sherman in Blackface
Here we go again. #Myhsa (aka @E_SCRAAATCH) has called attention to artist Cindy Sherman’s blackface performance in some rarely seen works from 1976 by using the tag #cindygate.