General Art

- First full treatment of the artist's visual work- A story of redemption from wrongful incarceration to life as a successful visual artist, spoken word performer, and human rights advocate- Halim Flowers is featured in HBO in the Emmy award-winning...

In homage to the radical power of art, Living While Black celebrates the small acts of resistance that comprise the daily lives of Black folks by presenting them in a series of vivid illustrations. Laughing. Grieving. Being a kid. Even the purest...

This deluxe hardcover survey, featuring profiles of 50 artists on the rise, is the definitive guide to contemporary African art. With African artists attracting sizable audience numbers to museums, setting sky-high auction records, and appearing in...

The African continent is home to numerous outstanding textile traditions, many dating to antiquity and all playing a multifaceted role in their respective societies: these eye-catching fabrics proclaim wealth and status, convey symbolic meanings, and of...

Reveals unique ways that art contributed to civil rights efforts and sheds new light on the rich collecting history at a liberal arts college in Mississippi. This book spotlights a complex art collection established at the intersection of modern art and...

Filled with the illest cross stitch patterns with a hip hop twist, Cross Stitch or Die Tryin' is a must for all crafty hip hop fans. Whether you're living the thug life or bringing da ruckus, as long as you've still got love for the streets you'll find...

Nineteenth-century stoneware by enslaved and free potters living in Edgefield, South Carolina, highlights the central role of Black artists in the region's long-standing pottery traditions This in-depth look at the remarkable alkaline-glazed stoneware...

Equal by Design celebrates African American and Black designers throughout history as well as those who are currently working in the field. With a lack of representation and limited public awareness of historic contributions made by Black and Brown...

Discover a lost world of farmers cutting hay with scythes and dancing to fiddle music on barn floors through the Long Island paintings of William Sidney Mount. Explore vivid depictions of people of color, presented with great humanity when racist...

Culled from the extensive archives of one of the most renowned graffiti photographers of all time comes this remarkable collection of previously unpublished images of New York's graffiti scene in the 1980s. If you were a graffiti writer in 1980s New York...

A richly illustrated exploration of Black culture at its most wildly imaginative, artistically ambitious, and politically urgent. A richly illustrated exploration of Black culture at its most wildly imaginative and artistically ambitious, In the Black...

Detroit 67 is the story of Motor City in the year that changed everything. Twelve chapters take you on a turbulent year-long journey through the drama and chaos that ripped through the city in 1967 and tore it apart in personal, political and interracial...

Whether adored or abhorred, graffiti and street art provoke passionate debate. This is the first comprehensive popular survey of the art movement around the world. Organized thematically, it explores the origins of the movement and its evolution, the...

- A beautifully photographed book presenting the 63 known statues of the Bari tribe of South Sudan - A comprehensive overview of current knowledge on the circumstances of their collection, as well as their use and stylistic diversity, based primarily on...

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,...