An artist says he has faced racism within the art world and has struggled to find galleries willing to display his portraits of black people. However, classically-trained Nahem Shoa said museums ...
Literary re-enactments by the photographer Stan Douglas — and a wave of other remixers — are creating new types of art around Black history. By Walker Mimms Exhibition Recreating Anne Frank ...
The pieces by Edmonia Lewis and Lubaina Himid revealed a stark lack of diversity in its gallery across the British art world, even in places like Liverpool with historically settled Black populations.
However, many artists realized the importance of controlling their art early on. Famous Black American musicians like Prince, Sam Cooke and Otis Redding had ownership of their masters. More ...