Black women artists have persistently transformed modern art through their presence in museums and galleries as well as public art spaces.

Zendaya, Coco Jones, and more step into the ESSENCE VIP Portrait Studio at the 2026 Black Women in Hollywood ceremony.

The ESSENCE Black Women in Sports Portrait Studio came to life in Vegas as the city was bubbling with excitement ahead of Super Bowl LVIII. The studio stood as a space and a testament to the spirit of ...

“There seems to be a chilling of opportunity rather than an enlivening and enhancing of opportunity. But to me, that should just be the spark that energizes you to get out there and do things,” ...

Intrigued by the portrait of the young Black woman, the AGO acquired the painting in 2020 to add more multicultural context to its collection of historic European art. The auction house, Sotheby’s, ...

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Thirty years ago, photographer Brian Lanker made indelible images of historical lives; a new exhibition says their stories have never seemed more relevant Lucia Cheng - Reporter When the Pulitzer ...

Fine artist Latoya Hobbs is inspired by the ordinary yet remarkable happenings of Black women’s lives. Whether it’s the tender silence surrounding a mother cradling her child in bed, or the exhausted ...

George Osodi “Untitled” (2008) from the series Devil’s Dexterity, chromogenic print (image courtesy the artist and Z Photographic, ltd., photo by the author for Hyperallergic) For me, The Expanded ...

The University of Alabama School of Law unveiled the portrait of Sue Thompson. Thompson was the first black woman admitted and to graduate from UA's Law School. Her portrait will hang just outside of ...

The Supreme Court of North Carolina unveiled the portrait of retired Associate Justice Patricia Timmons-Goodson, the first African American woman to serve in the state’s highest court and the current ...