The Center for African American Art at the Detroit Institute of Arts was the first department of its kind in the nation when ...

The DIA’s collection of and interest in African American art is now one of the largest collections in the world, says DIA ...

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Kim Dacres' 2022 sculpture "Sojourner" (foreground) and April Bey's 2023 painting "I Will Never Ask ANY OF YOU for Respect, I Will Demand It" (back wall) are among the works on display in the Modern ...

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — American artist Kehinde Wiley unveiled a series of large-format portraits of African leaders in Morocco on Tuesday, building on his now famous 2018 portrait of former U.S.

The president and CEO of the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation will step down at the end of 2025. Chris Cassidy ...

As we enter International Black Women’s History Month, Black art has always been a means of documenting and creating history, putting out powerful stories that depict Black women’s experiences, ...

Bridget R. Cooks first made a splash by casting a critical eye on museums. In her much-discussed 2011 book, Exhibiting Blackness: African Americans and the American Art Museum, Cooks looked at the ...

For Abidjan-based artist Saint-Étienne Yéanzi, the continent’s social and political reality has sparked a creative evolution for contemporary African artists, he says, giving them confidence to work ...

Research and conservation of paintings at the Lunder Conservation Center in Washington, DC. Keara Teeter Imagine that you are walking down a long, brightly lit corridor. To your right, you see columns ...