“It definitely sculpted my personal worldview, style and perspective,” said Self of the Manhattan neighborhood, her hometown, famed for fostering generations of Black creatives, artists and ...

Portraits are about far more than pencil or paint. But for most of our nation’s history, Black Americans were denied that public honor. Now, with a collection of 145 portraits of America’s ...

Bowling’s career followed an odd trajectory compared with those of other Black ... s painting, a map of Guyana sits along the seam of yellow that runs vertically down the canvas, separating ...

This makes Tagbo-Okeke’s painting the biggest mural done on canvas by an individual, which broke the Guinness World Record, the press release said. The young artist is no stranger to displaying ...

An iconic painting by renowned Durham artist Ernie Barnes is on display at the Mint Museum Uptown. The artwork depicts a lively night at a Black dance hall in the segregated South of the early 1950s.