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The August 2012 issue of Art Voices Magazine features an article by A.M. Weaver discussing changes in Black performance art in recent years. Weaver covers a wide variety of artists […]

The Art Institute of Chicago presents a solo-exhibition of photographer Dawoud Bey‘s 1970s opus, “Harlem, U.S.A.“. The exhibition will run through Sunday, September 2nd. New York Times by Gwenda Blair […]

“The Rev. Harold Middlebrook, a longtime civil rights leader in Memphis and Knoxville, says he is not bothered that the late Memphis photographer Ernest Withers, noted for his black and […]

Awol Erizku, 24, is making a name for himself in the world of photography. Known for blending the Renaissance portrait style with modern subjects, Erizku has been featured in many […]

International Visions – The Gallery, located in Washington D.C. will host “Passages” an exhibition featuring portraits taken by Anthony Barboza during the 1970s and 1980s. The exhibit will be on […]

Born in 1948 and died in 2004, Alvin Baltrop was a gay Black photographer who, from the 1960s to 2000s, captured images giving a striking insight on homosexuality aboard a […]

We are excited to premiere our Short Shot Series from the Through A Lens Darkly (TALD), a documentary about how African American photographers have used the camera for social change. […]

Obi Nwokedi, a London-based photographer, has recently been trending around the internet for his unique reenactment of a traditional Nigerian wedding using Barbie dolls. Barbie Wedding: Photographer Crafts Nigerian Barbie […]

This month, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture opened an expansive new exhibition, “Gordon Parks: 100 Moments” curated by “Through A Lens Darkly” co-producer and noted scholar and […]

Only two days left for George Dureau’s exhibition in New York City!! Highter Pictures presents “Black”, the first New York solo exhibition by George Dureau (B. 1930 New Orleans). The […]