The rich history of nail art in Asian and Black American communities proves how beauty can ignite cultural unity. Essence.

Hennessy, whose work will be shown at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in the 2024 SECA Art Award Exhibition, says this is déjà vu. She’s more surprised that people are surprised. “This is ...

The Santa Fe College Downtown Campus came alive with themes of Black love and community on Feb. 15 at the fifth annual “Celebration of Black Love, Art and Poetry.” ...

Later, the Black figure is extrapolated completely — a comment on the racist history of Black caricatures, what happens when the Black physicality is changed according to a political narrative.

“Personal to Political” lives up to its name at Sarasota Art Museum. It showcases the work of 17 Black contemporary artists affiliated with Paulson Fontaine Press. They all get personal when it comes ...

Like Plato, they recognized that art could be used to shape cultural and political identity, and they had a very particular idea of what “German identity” should be.

Art is inherently political. ... The film showed that it was not Black men seeking to pillage white women that was the scourge of the South, but, in fact, ...

The history of political art, in its vast potential, ... Students engage in a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020. (Photo: SARAH BLOOM/The Stanford Daily) Opinion by Jennifer Levine.

The Art Institute of Chicago’s Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica includes 350 paintings, sculptures and historical objects, including works by (from left) Kerry James ...

Similarly, Wanna Thompson details the importance of nail art for Black women’s personal expression over time and emphasizes its present-day role for many women of color.