News
Chicago Photographer Accuses Mickalene Thomas of Copyright Infringement
Barbara Karant alleges that Thomas “appropriated more than a dozen” of her images in a new lawsuit.
Mickalene Thomas
Opinion
As the US Slides Into Tyranny, Europe Champions Black American Artists
It’s a striking contradiction: Four Black American artists get major shows in Europe while the American institutional capacity and constitutional protections collapse in tandem.
News
Mickalene Thomas Sued for $14M Over Abuse Allegations
Racquel Chevremont, the artist’s former fiancée and business partner, said she experienced withheld payments, sexual and emotional harassment, and retaliation.
News
Mickalene Thomas Accused of Harassment and Nonpayment by Ex-Fiancée
Racquel Chevremont, Thomas’s former business partner, is seeking $10 million in “redress for years of exploitation,” court filings say.
Art
Mickalene Thomas Is Fashioning Black Female Beauty
Thomas’s shimmering collages are, among other things, meditations on and appreciations of Black female beauty and sexuality.
Art
Mickalene Thomas Makes the White Cube a Domestic Oasis
Thomas's Femmes Noires reframes the gallery space, allowing viewers to alter their behavior from what’s expected in an art institution.
Art
Channeling the Nuances of Motherhood Into Art
The debut exhibition at New Mexico State University explores the nuances of labor — in birth, in childrearing, and in intergenerational collaboration.
Art
Black Women Artists Stage a Performative Dinner at the Art Gallery of Ontario
Black Wimmin Artist hosts a historical gathering that aptly reflects forgotten Canadian art.
Art
Deconstructing Race in Western Painting
The most interesting part of this excellent exhibition is its presentation of black modernists, for here we enter relatively unfamiliar territory.
In Brief
Mickalene Thomas Makes a Muse of Cardi B
Mickalene Thomas revealed a unique side of Cardi B, photographing the rap superstar for W Magazine’s "Art Issue."
In Brief
In Rihanna Photoshoot for Vogue Paris, Juergen Teller Cribs Imagery from Mickalene Thomas
What's stranger is that the two artists are both represented by Lehmann Maupin and listed side-by-side on the gallery's online roster.
Art
Artificial Childhoods, Fading Innocence, and Black Panthers at the Photography Show
Portraiture and history dominates this year's The Photography Show, and there are many stand out works by Osamu Yokonami, Julie Blackmon, Ryan Vizzions, and others.