At a time when Black creatives were confined to the margins, Neil Hall placed them at the center of Miami’s artistic identity ...

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), two Bay Area institutions that are ...

JOHANNESBURG – South African President Jacob Zuma and his African National Congress sought a court order Tuesday to have a painting depicting the president's genitals removed from an art gallery but ...

A painting by Brett Murray of the South African President has caused outrage among the ANC faithful but the subsequent acts of vandalism raise questions for which there are no easy answers. For ...

"Every square meter in Benin City has an artist," Victor Ehikhamenor said with a laugh. He was talking about the capital of Edo, the Nigerian State, which is famed as a historical, cultural and ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The New York Times reports that an exhibition at a Johannesburg art gallery is ...

This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black in Western Art Archive at Harvard University’s W.E.B. Du Bois Research Institute, part of ...

BALTIMORE (AP) -- Clarence DeShields is looking at something in the distance, and every curve, hollow and wrinkle on his expressive face is a testament to his complex inner life. You wouldn't describe ...

Creating intricate designs in African matchbox art requires practice and patience. Start by sketching your design lightly on ...

The South African art gallery that displayed an explicit painting of President Jacob Zuma has removed the offending work of art, according to The Times’ World Now blog. The decision was made amid a ...