The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) will launch a powerful new exhibition celebrating the legacy of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

This ivory dress decorated with swirls of handmade fabric rose vines was designed by Ann Lowe. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black ...

The Detroit Institute of Arts has revamped its African American arts collection and brought it to the heart of the museum. “Reimagine African American Art,” which opened Saturday, was organized by the ...

The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) will relocate and reopen its African American art galleries in October 2025. The new galleries will be centrally located near the Rivera Court, showcasing 50 works ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Over 20 years ago, Walter Evans and his wife, Linda, were at Telfair Academy for an exhibition of 19th century African American ...

Encyclopedic museums can feel very similar. By endeavoring to tell the entire history of art, as far as their collections allow, they sometimes underplay a concentration within their holdings that ...

After years of planning and negotiations, the Sarasota African American Cultural Coalition (SAACC) has secured a path forward for its long-anticipated African American Art Center and History Museum.

Helen LaFrance was an artist from Mayfield, KY in the western part of the state best known for her folksy, rural, generally bucolic, happy depictions of 20th century life there.. ByChadd Scott, ...

DETROIT – One of the oldest and most complete collections of African American art in the nation just got a major upgrade - and you can see it now at Detroit’s world-class art museum. The Center for ...

Visiting scholars brought their African American art history research to a symposium at Boston University last Friday and Saturday, presenting to an audience of students and community members. The ...

YOU’RE WATCHING WLKY NEWS. BLACK HISTORY IS OFTEN TOLD THROUGH BOOKS AND MUSEUMS, BUT INSIDE ONE DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE GALLERY, IT’S BEING TOLD THROUGH PAINT, CANVAS AND CULTURE. WLKY’S DEANDRIA TURNER ...

Allie McGhee, “Black Attack” (1967), Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Friends of Modern Art Acquisition Fund, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Fleischman, and gift of anonymous donor, by ...