Instead of using commercially produced paints, many African artists are turning to natural pigments sourced from local minerals, plants, and soils to create their oil paintings. These natural ...
African silk painting is a unique art form that combines traditional techniques with contemporary styles. This craft uses bright dyes on silk fabric to create intricate patterns and images ...
a strain in Black American culture has claimed ancient Egypt as ancestor and inspiration. A fascination with that long-ago land has permeated Black art deeply enough to seem like one of its very ...
one thing that makes the Whitney biennial so peculiarly attractive is just the sense of inexhaustible surprise . . .” —The New York Times “Above all else [. . .] the museum is to be congratulated on ...