Art

Interested in African-American art? We feature black artists and their work, inform you about the latest museum exhibitions and you get to know the people behind the scenes.

Happy Birthday Faith Ringgold 1 min read

Happy Birthday Faith Ringgold

Ronald Bunn 5 years ago

🎂Faith Ringgold, born October 8, 1930, is a painter, writer, and artist who created beautiful art and also served as a teacher in the New... Read More

Chester Higgins Jr.’s 5 Decades of Nile River Photographs 4 min read

Chester Higgins Jr.’s 5 Decades of Nile River Photographs

Ellen Levitt 5 years ago

There are several ways to read a photography book. You should not just read through it once; flip through the pages and randomly find intriguing... Read More

Barack Hussein Obama and Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama

The Obama Portraits Tour: Brooklyn Dispatch 9 min read

The Obama Portraits Tour: Brooklyn Dispatch

Ellen Levitt 5 years ago

On the Fourth Floor of the august Brooklyn Museum of Art, there is a gallery that temporarily features two large portraits. One is of Barack... Read More

Kehinde Wiley (American, born 1977). Barack Obama, 2018. Oil on canvas, 84 1/18 × 57 7/8 × 1 1/4 in. (213.7 × 147 × 3.2 cm)

Brooklyn and Its Many Art Venues 4 min read

Brooklyn and Its Many Art Venues

Ellen Levitt 5 years ago

A big draw near the summer’s end will be “The Obama Portraits Tour,” from August 27 through October 24. The Brooklyn Museum will be one... Read More

Lisa DuBois, Benin Bronzes and Conceptual Art 3 min read

Lisa DuBois, Benin Bronzes and Conceptual Art

Icelly Franco 5 years ago

Conceptual art often speaks to current affairs, and can bring attention to important issues. Among those issues are reparations, civil rights and various injustices. Art... Read More