Art

A "vast, multifaceted and enchanting" (Minneapolis Star-Tribune) meditation on the color blue and its fascinating role in Black history and culture, from National Book Award winner Imani Perry, "the most important interpreter of Black life in our time"...

The first full-length biography of one of South Carolina's most significant African American visual artists Excluded from the Charleston Renaissance because of his race and pushed to the edges of the Harlem Renaissance by geography and circumstance,...

THE CURATORS OF CULTURE: Celebrate Black digital art in this essay collection revealing how Black artists have shaped everything from TikTok dances to viral memes Steven Underwood digs into the current Black digital arts movement that has shaped popular...

A Monument to Blacknessoffers an in-depth look at Black murals across the United States, from interior murals in the South to street murals predominantly in the North and West. It shows us how Black murals were--and remain--an integral but commonly...

It is not an uncommon burden but rather a choice that Black women artists embrace creating art as a socio-political strategy to save themselves and their communities. Tanisha M. Jackson analyzes visual and personal narratives, historical archives, and...

'[Casteel] captures everyday encounters with people and places in works that invite recognition of our shared humanity.' - MacArthur FoundationThe first monograph on Jordan Casteel, one of the most critically acclaimed artists working todayJordan Casteel...

Redressing the woeful under-recognition of a pioneering Black queer architect and artistPublished with Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University. This is an experimental illustrated reader exploring the work and legacy of...

The collected contributions from Simone Leigh's 2022 Venice Biennale symposium on Black women's intellectual and creative laborAs a part of the United States Pavilion for the 2022 Venice Biennale (for which she won the Gold Lion), Simone Leigh (born...

Do you feel like you live life looking in from the outside? From the way you speak, to the color of your skin, to the way you vote, or the way you pray, you don't fit the mold. And yet you find yourself still trying to prove yourself to others. In Set Me...

This ground-breaking volume increases our understanding of the dynamism and richness of American art, featuring works that span a century from artist across the United States.Out of Many: Reframing an American Art Collection offers a re-examination of...

New York Times Notable Book"A smart, crackling chronicle of fast game, the '80s art market, [and] the attraction of destruction."-- Village Voice A bold and vivid biography that chronicles the dazzling rise and tragic death of Neo-expressionist artist...

Accompanying the largest UK survey to date of work by the legendary Chicago-based figurative painterThis volume is the most extensive publication on Kerry James Marshall to date, celebrating half a century of his work. It reveals the complex ways in...