For years, the Black body was excluded from the history of art dominated by the West. It was placed on its periphery, sometimes as a subaltern subject, sometimes as an exoticised and eroticised ...

, . . Temple Univ., $60 (240pp) ISBN 978-1-56639-928-9 "Why the black female body?" rhetorically ask the authors at the opening of this coffee-table history of African-American women in photographs.

Visual artist Mickalene Thomas uses her medium to spotlight the beauty of Black women in her paintings, collages and portraits. On Thursday, April 6 at 1:00 p.m. ET, Thomas joins Washington Post ...

I studied art history at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, and it was there, during my master’s, that I, as a Black woman, felt that there was a gap in representation.

A Black female warrior, drenched in blood, holds a sword. Chain mail hangs from her head. She’s there one second and gone the next. This vision came to Delaney George in a dream, informing her ...

Simone Leigh’s work explores how Black women have been misrepresented in art and culture Nov 30, 2023 6:30 PM EDT By — Jeffrey Brown By — Anne Azzi Davenport Leave your feedback ...

Artists such as Rachel Jones, A’Driane Nieves, Li Hei Di, and Grace Carney see abstract painting as a place to express the power of not only the mind but also the body, spirit, and subconscious.

Art & Exhibitions Rare 17th-Century Painting of Black and White Women Debuts After Export Ban The highly unusual painting reveals 17th-century anxieties over immorality, vanity, and foreign influence.

Thomas' work puts Black women front and center. "We've been supportive characters for far too long," she says. "I would describe my art as radically shifting notions of beauty by reclaiming space." ...

The New Orleans artist's intricate beadwork honors centuries of Black Masking tradition while making NFL history.