These 10 museums dedicated to women’s history highlight Black women’s narratives. Each provides a platform for reflection, education, and empowerment to its visitors.

The first day of 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair had a strong turnout at the Starrett-Lehigh building in Chelsea. Throughout the fair, the most pervasive style of work was portraiture.

Last year, artist Simone Leigh represented the U.S. at what is widely considered the world’s most important exhibition of contemporary art, the Venice Biennale. She was the first Black woman to ...

The film "Right On Be Free" emphasizes the importance of art and community in the African American experience. It calls for black individuals to engage with their heritage through artistic ...

For Penda Diakité, art has been a pivotal part of her life for as long as she can remember. As the child of two artists – her father a ceramicist and mother a sculptor – this Malian-American ...

The Museum of Contemporary Art Long Island has woven "A Tapestry of Contemporary African Art," featuring paintings, photographs, sculptures and multimedia works in which 12 artists from Zimbabwe ...

The grand entrance to the exhibition “Project a Black Planet” at the Art Institute displays an African cultural pantheon created by Hale Aspacio Woodruff in 1952. (Provided by AIC) ...

The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Susan and Lewis Manilow. David Hammons. African-American Flag, 1990. Collection of Larry and Marilyn Fields, gift from David Hammons. Awol Erizku.

When taking in the images of Black women that adorn the gallery space at HoochieCon, it’s clear the creator and curator, Zorine Truly, 37, has a major soft spot for hoochie mamas — the African ...

Maluleka says her proudest work, "Resilience" (2021), celebrates the heroines of South Africa's Women's Rally, where roughly 20,000 women protested a discriminatory Apartheid law in 1956.

Where: Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Tickets: $26+ Info: artic.edu “The museum has a very strong track record of mounting exhibitions that feature Black artists,” said Byrd.