Black History

A memorial dedicated to Dr. Martin Luther King and his wife Coretta Scott King is approved to be unveiled by next fall in Boston Common. The memorial has been designed by artist Hank Willis Thomas along with a team of architects from…

The Time magazine recently announced its coveted Times 100 list, and it included personalities from all walks of life – including art. From the art world, the names mentioned included Kerry James Marshall, Cindy Sherman and David Adjaye.…

Merely a day after the toppled slave trader statue in Bristol was replaced by artist Marc Quinn's "A Surge of Power", it was removed by the city administration.  Black Lives Matter protests emerged in June across the US after…

A horde of proud but defiant black folks took on the streets, shouting slogans like “Death or Freedom” and “On To New Orleans”. Some were unarmed while others had weapons. Some walked barefoot while others had horses. But all of them had a…