The DIA's Center for African American Art, established in 2000, organized the reinstallation. This marks the first phase of a larger renovation of the museum's second-floor North Wing.

Regina and I also use African-American art to help enhance the vibe of the space. The richness of bold colors allows us to think outside the design box, and color outside the lines of what’s ...

The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, above, will open the exhibit “Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California” on June 8.

In October, the newly reimagined African American art galleries will move from their prior position in the North Wing on the museum’s second floor to encompass four gallery rooms in the central ...