Culture Type | The Month in Black Art: Here’s What Happened in July 2025
Artist Raymond Saunders has died, Next Ford Foundation President announced, Prospect New Orleans paused, Amy Sherald canceled Smithsonian exhibition MAGAZINES | July/August: Works by self-taught Alabama artist Bill Traylor (circa 1853-1949) grace the latest cover of The Magazine Antiques. The image captures an installation of eight drawings by Traylor in the New York apartment...
5 New Books Focus on Artists Ming Smith, Wangechi Mutu, Romare Bearden, Caribbean Art, and Found Photos of Black Life
FIVE NEWLY PUBLISHED illustrated art books celebrate an intergenerational slate of Black artists. The volumes include the first monograph of Kenyan-American artist Wangechi Mutu and books dedicated to the work of Ming Smith and Romare Bearden. A collection of found photographs and contemporary Caribbean art are also explored: “Wangechi Mutu (Phaidon Contemporary Artists...
Culture Talk: Curator Julie Crooks on Art Gallery of Ontario’s Acquisition of 3,500 Historic Caribbean Photographs
A NEW ACQUISITION has enriched both the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) and the communities it serves. Presented with the opportunity to help the Toronto museum acquire more than 3,500 historic photographs, members of the local black and Caribbean communities stepped up, helping to raise $300,000. The largesse of 27 donors made possible the...
