Tag Archives: Black Arts Movement

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In this previously unpublished interview, artist Kerry James Marshall discusses his strategy for centralizing the Black figure in contemporary art.

Reviving the Black Arts Movement Through the Speculative Black Imagination

by Nettrice Gaskins | Mar 9, 2016

Reviving the Black Arts Movement Through the Speculative Black Imagination

by Nettrice Gaskins | Mar 9, 2016

Scholar Nettrice Gaskins explores the Black Speculative Arts Movement where artists use futurism and science fiction to “re-see” mythologies and histories.