But the patronage of Black art by a white millionaire is complicated, then as now. The acquisition of cultural artifacts from a society that is subjugated or impoverished raises ethical questions.

The hip-hop community saw some acts as not embracing the genre's Black roots. For over 50 years, the hip-hop world has presented fans with hits that have reflected Black culture. But as the genre ...

BLACK ENTERPRISE: Talk about your decision to include non-African Americans in this show about Black art and expression ... to the extent that I have white European artist in the show, almost ...

A book of essays titled “Black Art Notes,” printed that year in response to the Whitney show, accused white museums of “artwashing” through the token inclusion of African-American work ...

An exceptionally rare 17th-century painting featuring a Black woman and a white woman side by side has ... “But it’s also unique in British art and allows us to widen our understanding of ...

Painting in Black and White” at London’s National Gallery proves how much can be gained from the absence of color. This story begins, like so many others in Western art, with the church.

But black-and-white cinematography is not just color desaturated. It’s an art of light, shadow, lines, and shapes. Color cinematography is about, well…. color. On Guillermo Del Toro’s ...

When Sam Gilliam died last year, it was a huge loss for the art world ... in the Black Arts Movement, is named executive director of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. “Sand Dunes at Sunset ...