Romare Bearden, an artist who was praised for his renderings of African American life into oil paintings, cartoons, and collages, would have celebrated his 121st birthday on Sept. 2, 2021. Here are some quintessential pieces of his art.

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Could all of Bill Cosby's legal woes finally be catching up with his finances?

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 […]

Engineer by training, artist from the heart. This is how Daniel Hibbert views his very intricate life. The Michigan native, Brooklyn-based artist held his first solo exhibition in New York this month called “Timeless,” a series of pieces that define the style, colors, and music of the past six decades through cubism. Held at Ludlow Studios […]

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The Harlem community in New York City continues to inspire and provoke amid a seismic shift in its cultural landscape. This is a community in flux — demographically, economically and creatively – the last phenomenon being reflected in the diverse and dynamic array of artists that exhibited works in the Flux Art Fair, on May 14-17, 2015. With NewsOne as […]

https://instagram.com/p/ySqdqTv-vX/ Following the wave of women who came forward with sexual allegations against Bill Cosby, his own creations are being utilized to call out the comedian, thanks to street artist FLOOD and his latest artistic endeavor. The artist began a project back in January that uses characters from Cosby’s Fat Albert cartoon to send messages to the comedic icon. The cheeky cartoons are seen holding […]

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It’s an image that captures so much black excellence, it’s sure to break the Internet. What you’re looking at is an Instagram photo of Oprah Winfrey holding a drawing of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. created by the late Michael Jackson. It was shared by Diddy with the simple caption, “#lengendary.” Complex has the story: […]