Gio Swaby’s First Solo Show on Tour Through the States
Women and people of color are severely underrepresented as artists in the Western art tradition. Praised masterpieces hang on the walls of major...
James W Singer 25 August 2022
#Black Artists
Robert S. Duncanson: African-American Painter in the Spotlight
African-American landscape painter Robert S. Duncanson made headlines in January 2021. This happened when his Landscape with Rainbow was featured...
Alexandra Kiely 17 August 2022
Colonial Looting of African Art: A Century in Exile
Have you ever wondered how European modern artists were inspired by African art? They certainly didn’t travel to the continent. The answer is...
Jimena Escoto 18 July 2022
A Vibrant Perspective: Ivey Hayes and His Colorful Works of Art
A vibrant perspective of Ivey Hayes’ art has always stood out in my mind. Before his death in 2012, the South Eastern North Carolina artist was...
Rachel Witte 24 February 2022
Edward Tingatinga: The Founder of an African Artistic Tradition That Endures
Tingatinga is an art form specific to Tanzania. It originated in the works of a painter whose name was lent to the entire artistic movement. Edward...
Luciana Craciun 12 February 2022
Brothers in Arts: Afro-American Artists Charles White and Kerry J. Marshall
In 2019 the auction house Sotheby’s sold Kerry James Marshall’s painting Vignette 19 for $16 million. That’s a lot of money for a work by a...
Michel Rutten 25 February 2021
The Charles White Retrospective — Only the Beginning
Charles White was a prolific artist. The retrospective exhibition in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, which opened on October 7 and will be...
Howard Schwartz 11 October 2018
