Tag Archives: Black communities

ruminations on rust

by adrienne maree brown | Jun 26, 2017

ruminations on rust

by adrienne maree brown | Jun 26, 2017

Writer Adrienne Maree Brown offers a poetic tribute to her adopted city of Detroit.

Letter from the Editor

Rust in Detroit: Ingenuity, Process, and Natural Order

by Laura Mott & Taylor Aldridge | May 8, 2017

Letter from the Editor

Rust in Detroit: Ingenuity, Process, and Natural Order

by Laura Mott & Taylor Aldridge | May 8, 2017

Art21 Magazine’s first co-guest editors, curators Laura Mott and Taylor Renee Aldridge, introduce the issue’s theme: “Rust,” and its complicated relationship to the city of Detroit.

African American Artists Reconstruct the Pastoral

by Anthony Merino | Jan 31, 2017

African American Artists Reconstruct the Pastoral

by Anthony Merino | Jan 31, 2017

Anthony Merino details the necessary overhaul of art historical traditions predicated on prejudice and exclusion.

On View Now

Mastry: A Complex Portrait of Kerry James Marshall

by Jared Quinton | Dec 14, 2016

On View Now

Mastry: A Complex Portrait of Kerry James Marshall

by Jared Quinton | Dec 14, 2016

Jared Quinton reviews Kerry James Marshall’s “Mastry,” a retrospective comprised of nearly 80 works that span the artist’s 35-year career.

Art21 Artist to Artist

Change from Within: Kerry James Marshall Corrects the Canon

by Ian Forster | Oct 28, 2016

Art21 Artist to Artist

Change from Within: Kerry James Marshall Corrects the Canon

by Ian Forster | Oct 28, 2016

In this previously unpublished interview, artist Kerry James Marshall discusses his strategy for centralizing the Black figure in contemporary art.