An exhibition in Paris is celebrating the work of Black artists who were active in France in the second half of the 20th ...

Lois Mailou Jones led a long and prolific life as an artist, capturing an extraordinary range of subjects in her paintings.

Many more worked in factories at home to support the war effort. The African American community hoped that the Jim Crow laws and the racism they experienced would end after the war.

The definition of American folk art is notoriously difficult to pin down. In the twentieth century “folk art” has embraced everything from Pennsylvania German frakturs to eccentric architectural ...

Rhythm. Color. Movement. Seeing sound through art. The rich sounds, rhythms, and colors of jazz inspired prominent visual artists of the 20th century. In depicting African American culture, Romare ...