Art, identity, and activism at the African American Art & Culture Complex

Art can challenge, inspire, and spark conversation, especially when it reflects the power of history and activism. Rio Yañez, ...
Yahoo

Florida Highwaymen: Segregation causes black artists to sell work from cars

EDITOR'S NOTE: To celebrate Black History month, we will be reposting our series on African Americans who had a major impact on Florida. This story originally published in 2020. FORT PIERCE — Harold ...
NPR

The Bureaucrat and His African-American Art Collection

Paul Jones has spent most of his life collecting modest paychecks working as a federal bureaucrat. At the same time, he gradually built up an impressive collection of African-American paintings, ...

'It doesn't look African' - challenging stereotypes at Tate Modern

But here at Tate Modern, her focus is African Modernism and Afro-Surrealism - movements she says are rarely spotlighted in ...
WGNO

Artist Kehinde Wiley puts power in a new frame with paintings of African leaders

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. RABAT, Morocco (AP) — American artist ...
Hartford Courant

Artist Kehinde Wiley puts power in a new frame with paintings of African leaders

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.
Florida Today

Florida Highwaymen: Segregation causes black artists to sell work from cars

Segregation prompts out of the box thinking for black artists of the 1950s on Florida's Treasure Coast. Business model of selling art on U.S. 1 corridor helps artists find success. EDITOR'S NOTE: To ...