Last week, the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) acquired “Bird” (1990), a striking sculpture by David Hammons, the MacArthur Genius Grant-winning African American artist known for his witty conceptual ...

The Detroit Institute of Arts has revamped its African American arts collection and brought it to the heart of the museum. “Reimagine African American Art,” which opened Saturday, was organized by the ...

Brockman Gallery was the center of a community of Black artists in L.A. from 1967-1990. The Brockman Gallery in Leimert Park was the center of a community of Black artists from 1967-1990. Founded ...

Over two decades, Valerie Mercer has built a collection that makes the case that a complete history of American art must include African American artists. Courtesy of the Detroit Institute of Arts ...

When Neil Hall perused the exhibits during Art Basel on Miami Beach back in 2008, he noticed a lack of Black art galleries and artists being featured. “It astounded me because the diaspora has so much ...

The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) will relocate and reopen its African American art galleries in October 2025. The new galleries will be centrally located near the Rivera Court, showcasing 50 works ...

DETROIT – One of the oldest and most complete collections of African American art in the nation just got a major upgrade - and you can see it now at Detroit’s world-class art museum. The Center for ...

Encyclopedic museums can feel very similar. By endeavoring to tell the entire history of art, as far as their collections allow, they sometimes underplay a concentration within their holdings that ...

The owners of E&S Gallery in Louisville do more than sell African American art, they help make African American art history. ByChadd Scott, Contributor. Forbes contributors publish independent expert ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Byron Armstrong is a Toronto-based, CEMA award-winning journalist. In a city as culturally vibrant as Toronto, a quiet revolution ...