Art

As he did for Black women in Black Roses, Harold Green III, poet and founder of the music collective Flowers for the Living, now honors the Black men he most admires--groundbreakers including Tyler Perry, Barry Jenkins, Billy Porter, Chance the Rapper,...

A compelling examination of one of the most artistically rich and creative African kingdoms Artists from the kingdom of Kongo--a vast swath of Central Africa that today encompasses the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and...

Lanise Howard is a visual artist based in California. Her figurative but often surrealistic and spiritual work investigates the esoteric, sacred geometry, ancient belief systems, the digital world, censorship, assimilation, hidden histories and her...

This book explores the remarkable art and life of William O. Golding (1874-1943), an African American mariner and artist who made vibrant drawings of ships and far off ports while he was a patient at the US Marine Hospital in Savannah, Georgia, during...

If you have ever taken a stroll in a major city, chances are a sticker on the back of a sign or on a light pole has caught your eye. If your curiosity was piqued and you wondered who made that tiny piece of adhesive art... this field guide is for you...

Discover the music and culture of West Africa in this beautifully illustrated account of an artist's adventures in the Niger River valley. When artist and musician Dave Kobrenski first set out for Guinea, West Africa, it was simply to learn the djembé...

A profound artistic exploration of African leadership. Be your best. This is the quest that the greatest of heroes model for us. Through their journeys, struggles, and triumphs, these individuals exemplify values that we celebrate in tales of heroic...

Illustrated essays that consider emergent consistencies and overarching issues that defined the first decade of e-flux journal. Wonderflux brings together a group of longtime contributors and graphic artists to collaborate on illustrated essays that...

Every day, young Charles White's mother takes him the Chicago Public Library, where the librarians look after him until she picks him up again after work, at six o'clock. At the library Charles looks carefully at the picture books the librarians give him...

Through images of hands, this book conveys the strength, beauty, diversity, depth, and power of the blues, the root of all American music. It features photographs from Joseph A. Rosen's 30-plus years of adventure in blues and music photography. Included...

With a striking selection of images and a lively, informative text, Steven Kasher captures the danger, drama, and bravery of the civil rights movement. After an introduction explaining the significance of photography to the movement, the text in this...