News
When Elizabeth Catlett Sculpted Martin Luther King Jr.
The bronze bust, newly acquired by the San Francisco Fine Arts Museums, is now on public view for the first time since its creation.
Elizabeth Catlett
Opinion
Rooted in Our Imaginations of Resistance
The darkest soil can often grow the richest crops.
Art
Elizabeth Catlett’s Life as a Revolutionary Artist
A retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum conveys that Catlett’s artistic practice was inseparable from her dedication to Black and Mexican revolutionary politics.
Books
Elizabeth Catlett’s Steadfast Radicalism
In the catalog for her Brooklyn Museum show, scholars explore how the Black revolutionary artist lived out her beliefs after her exile from the United States.
Art
Revisiting Elizabeth Catlett’s Legacy in 12 Powerful Sculptures
An exhibition at Burning in Water remembers Catlett's long and remarkable career in sculpting the female form.
Art
Eight Decades of Sculpture by African American Women in LA
Opening this Saturday at Landing Gallery, Signifying Form features sculpture by African American women artists working in Los Angeles between 1935 and 2016.
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
Highlights from Maya Angelou's Art Collection Head to Auction
Works from the private art collection of renowned poet and author Maya Angelou will soon go on public display.