February 2016 – ART | library deco

Black Art News

is your space for updates, features, and insights on African American art, artists, and cultural movements. From exhibition highlights to new works, community conversations, and archival discoveries, this blog shares stories that connect the past and present of Black creativity. Stay informed, inspired, and engaged with the evolving world of Black art.

The Archives: Unpublished Black History via The New York Times

African American Legacy
Visuals of Kendrick Lamar Taking Front and Center at the Grammy’s | Music History

African American Artists, Hip Hop Artists
Kadir Nelson’s Tribute to the Harlem Reniassance, Now Published on the Cover of The New Yorker

African American Artists
Willi Donnell Smith, The Most Successful Black Designer in History

African American Fashion
A Conversation with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (LIVE) “American Fault Line: Race and the American Ideal”

African American Legacy, The Digital Library Experience
Web Exhibit: Intergrating the Life of the Mind | African Americans at the University of Chicago 1870-1940

African American Legacy, The Digital Library Experience
Back in the Day- View Short Animated Homage to ‘The Wire’

African American Film
Watch the Audacious Nate Parker in PTSD short film, ‘LU’

African American Film