And because this is America, those two singers are the same person: Rhiannon Giddens, an electrifying artist ... 20th century, the classic five-string banjo had faded from African-American culture ...

The artist reimagines the Divine Comedy through an anti-colonial lens in three exhibitions across Lehmann Maupin’s galleries ...

Leaders at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History and others say their core mission of elevating Black ...

To no one’s surprise, Billboard has crowned Beyoncé the greatest pop star of the 21st century ... Taught by African American Studies and Music Professor Daphne Brooks, the course will dive ...

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In a survey of art experts, Thomas’ 2010 collage was named one of the most significant artworks of the 21st century ... Thomas, an African-American Yale-trained artist in her 40s who lives ...

Conservationist Peter Seligmann; writer, actor and director Ramy Youssef and acclaimed visual artist Mickalene Thomas will ...

Sherald’s show comes at what feels like an important art-historical moment. This spring, four major Manhattan museums are having one-person shows of African American artists. In addition to the ...

Where African American artists recover their roots, a reverse cultural diaspora is taking shape. To highlight the next generation, the Italian curator Mariella Franzoni has organised the Tomorrows ...