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West Philadelphia-bred actor Will Smith was recently honored by his hometown with a larger than life mural.

“Black Women: Power and Grace” is one of the latest exhibitions created to honor women of color.

Brooklyn teen artist Cheyenne Sookoo launched Events on Canvas which provides live painting at an array of different events.

Camryn Green, 13, has sold hundreds of her paintings and donated the proceeds to support orphans in Liberia.

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is expanding its collection with pieces of work created by Black self-taught artists from the South.

London artist Aisha Mohamed reinterpreted Van Gogh’s classic floral paintings with the faces of Black women.

Chicago artist Kerry James Marshall has created a mural that honors iconic Black women who have left indelible marks on the city.

Outrage prompts the Phoenix Institute of Contemporary Art to remove its blackface exhibit.

Combatting the stereotype of apathetic youth, Rock the Vote – the nonpartisan nonprofit created to see young people through America’s political process – has found a new way to galvanize and inspire millennials to vote in the upcoming election in November… Art. Using innovation and creativity, the organization partnered with #Cut50 and other national and community […]

Michael D'Antuono -- whose controversial A Tale Of Two Hoodies, inspired by the racial profiling that led to Trayvon Martin's death, went viral -- is back with his latest painting, It Stops With Cops.

The next stop for the renowned Harlem Fine Arts Show is a long way from the storied Manhattan neighborhood, but in a setting that is also significant in African-American culture: the Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard. The traveling show of African Diasporic art will be on display August 10-12 for art enthusiasts. In addition, there will be author […]

https://twitter.com/pzoeller/status/622447786215243778/photo/1 When two hate groups took their place on the steps of the South Carolina Statehouse earlier this month, words were exchanged between members of the Ku Klux Klan and the New Black Panther Party. In an ironic moment of extremes demanding justice from one another, one image seemed to stick out from the rest. A Black activist […]