Nina Chanel Abney  |  John Bankston  |  Jean-Michael Basquiat  |  Mark Bradford  |  Iona Rozeal Brown  |  Nick Cave  |  Robert Colescott  |  Noah Davis  |  Leonardo Drew  |  Renée Green  |  David Hammons  |  Barkley L. Hendricks  |  Rashid Johnson  |  Glenn Ligon  |  Kalup Linzy  |  Kerry James Marshall  |  Rodney McMillian  |  Wangechi Mutu  |  William Pope.L  |  Gary Simmons  |  Xaviera Simmons  |  Lorna Simpson  |  Shinique Smith  |  Jeff Sonhouse  |  Henry Taylor  |  Hank Willis Thomas  |  Mickalene Thomas  |  Kara Walker  |  Carrie Mae Weems  |  Kehinde Wiley  |  Purvis Young

Nina Chanel Abney

• • How Nina Chanel Abney Is Championing the Black Lives Matter Movement with a Paintbrush
  • Powerful Political Art: Nina Chanel Abney’s Black History Paintings
  • Summit Series to convene 3,000 leading entrepreneurs, artists, innovators, and disruptors for Summit At Sea 2016 this November
  • 65 artists, 200 artworks in 40,000 sq.ft in an Abandoned Hospital
  • Pennsylvania Acadamy of Fine Arts Announces Latest Acquisitions to Permanent Collection

John Bankston

• An Inquiry into Identity at ArtPrize

Jean-Michel Basquiat

• Basquiat Portrait Sells for $6.8 Million in London

Mark Bradford

• What Else Can Art Do? The many layers of Mark Bradford’s work
• A Conversation on Race, Police Brutality, and Art with Mark Bradford  (Blouin News)
• Mark Bradford’s Paintings Bring Out the Politics in Clyfford Still’s

Iona Rozeal Brown

• Single Works With Myriad Influences
• Kabuki and hip-hop: Corcoran presents an artist’s blending of distinct traditions

Nick Cave

• Stunning ‘Soundsuits’ Address The Realities Of Racial Profiling In America
• How Nick Cave’s Soundsuits Made Him an Art World ‘Rock Star’
• VIDEO: Nick Cave in the Season 8 Premiere of ‘Art in the Twenty-First Century’
• Theaster Gates, Nick Cave among Chicagoans set for PBS showcase

Robert Colescott

• Robert Colescott dies at 83; African American artist skewered stereotypes with wit and explosive style
• Robert Colescott, 1925-2009
• From Flint with Love, Art of the African Diaspora

Noah Davis

• Noah Davis dies at 32; L.A. painter and installation artist
• Young Blood: Noah Davis, Kahlil Joseph, The Underground Museum

Leonardo Drew

• Leonardo Drew and The Mother

Renée Green

• Renée Green on Artforum
• Renee Green’s constellation of personal moments

David Hammons

• David Hammons Is Still Messing With What Art Means
• Laughter and Anger: A David Hammons retrospective

Barkley L. Hendricks

• Recipient of the2016  deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum annual prestigious Rappaport Prize
• Barkley L. Hendricks on Why You Shouldn’t Call Him a Political Artist
• Barkley L. Hendricks on “the F’d-Up-Ness of American Culture”
• ‘Southern Accent’ Is a Revolutionary Exploded Diagram of Southern Identity in Contemporary Art

Rashid Johnson

• Artist Rashid Johnson’s latest work ponders the limits of freedom
• In ‘Fly Away,’ Rashid Johnson Keeps the Focus on Race

Glenn Ligon

• Surviving and Memorializing the AIDS Crisis  
• Glenn Ligon Deconstructs Richard Pryor’s Stand-Up

Kalup Linzy

• The Art of Being a Character  

Kerry James Marshall

• University of Chicago Awards Artist Kerry James Marshall the 2016 Rosenberger Medal
• Kerry James Marshall: Mastry at MCA
• Kerry James Marshall’s ‘Mastry’ at The Met Headlines Fall Season, 50+ Exhibitions Featuring Black Artists
• Carnegie Museum Sets Its Sights on $1 Million Kerry James Marshall Painting as Frieze opens

Rodney McMillian

• Turning Discarded Items Into Art About Race in America
• How white tables set with black vases serve as a reminder of the struggle for civil rights
• 4 Questions: Rodney McMillian
• Rodney McMillian and the poetry of the past

Wangechi Mutu

• Why Artist Wangechi Mutu Chooses to Perform in Secret
• Wangechi Mutu on Artforum

William Pope.L

• William Pope.L Makes Statements From the Fringes
• William Pope.L on “Acting a Fool” and Alternative Futures
• William Pope.L Flag Makes an Appearance at Kendrick Lamar’s BET Awards Performance
• William Pope.L by Martha Wilson

Gary Simmons

• Gary Simmons by Jodie Bass, Building a mutable sound system with found materials
• How Detroit Is Becoming a Lasting Destination for the Arts

Xaviera Simmons

• How Performance Art Questions The Way We Talk About Gender Today:  In “CODED,” Xaviera Simmons wants her audience to think about gender and the lack of sex in major museums today.

Lorna Simpson

• Lorna Simpson Goes to Washington, Gives Inaugural Photography Lecture at National Gallery of Art
• Lorna Simpson Creates Haunting Meditations On The State Of Blackness In America
• With the Smithsonian African American Museum Set to Open in Washington, the Entire City is Brimming with Black Art

Shinique Smith

• Giving Castoffs a Second Life
• Shinique  Smith  Discusses  Her  New  Show  at  James  Cohan  Gallery
• Clothes Connections: Shinique Smith transforms piles of garments destined for export into eye- and thought-provoking installations
• Female Artists Are (Finally) Getting Their Turn

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Jeff Sonhouse

• ‘Reality of My Surroundings’ exhibit highlights artists of African descent

Henry Taylor

• The anti-mega gallery: The impromptu shows at Henry Taylor’s living room exhibition space

Hank Willis Thomas

• Flux Projects brings super PAC “For Freedoms” national creative initiative to Atlanta
• ‘Southern Accent’ Is a Revolutionary Exploded Diagram of Southern Identity in Contemporary Art

Mickalene Thomas

• Mickalene Thomas Appointed to the Children’s Museum Board of Directors

Kara Walker

• Emancipating the Past: Kara Walker’s Tales of Slavery and Power
• Interview: Kara Walker Decodes Her New World Sphinx at Domino Sugar Factory
• ‘Southern Accent’ Is a Revolutionary Exploded Diagram of Southern Identity in Contemporary Art
• Kara Walker talks with her father, artist Larry Walker, for BOMB’s Oral History Project

Carrie Mae Weems

• Carrie Mae Weems’ “Grace Notes: Reflections for Now” plays at University theater
• New Work by Carrie Mae Weems Opens Onassis Festival of Arts and Ideas
• “Art Is a Demanding Mistress”: Carrie Mae Weems Delivers a Poetic Commencement Speech

Kehinde Wiley

• The Exquisite Dissonance Of Kehinde Wiley
• Anatomy of a Painting: A closer look at Kehinde Wiley’s ‘La Source’
• Thelma Golden, Kehinde Wiley Will Speak at Ta-Nehisi Coates-Organized Festival in New York
• Kehinde Wiley Reimagines Historic Paintings With Everyday Black Men And Women

Purvis Young

• Purvis Young tribute mural delves into folk hero’s life, death and legacy
• Purvis Young, Folk Artist Who Peppered Miami With Images, Dies at 67
• Miami Is Full of Bad Hotel Art but the Rubell’s Purvis Young Show at the Albion Shines

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Glenn Ligon, America, 2008. Neon sign and paint, Edition of 1 plus AP, 24 í— 168 inches. Courtesy of the Rubell Family Collection.  A group of  30 Americans artists, left to right: Rashid Johnson, Nick Cave, Kalup Linzy, Jeff Sonhouse, Lorna Simpson, Carrie Mae Weems, Barkley L. Hendricks, Hank Willis Thomas (front row), Xaviera Simmons, Purvis Young, John Bankston, Nina Chanel Abney, Henry Taylor, Mickalene Thomas (front row), Kerry James Marshall, and Shinique Smith.  Photo credit: Kwaku Alston.