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Black women artists have persistently transformed modern art through their presence in museums and galleries as well as public art spaces.

AGO reveals identity of woman in rare Black 18th-century portrait

Intrigued by the portrait of the young Black woman, the AGO acquired the painting in 2020 to add more multicultural context to its collection of historic European art. The auction house, Sotheby’s, ...
Forbes

Black Portraits, From The Obamas To The Unknown, At Los Angeles County Museum Of Art

TOPSHOT - Former US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama stand beside their portraits after their unveiling at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, February ...
Los Angeles Times

Obama portraits find good company in L.A. museum show that signals Black lives matter

Right now, more Black faces grace gallery walls and adorn display pedestals at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art than at any time in the museum’s 56-year history. Maybe more than in all those years ...
The New York Times

Black Portraits Get New Names, and a New Show

Glyn Philpot’s sensitive portraits of Black subjects, unusual for the early 20th century, were given updated titles — and consideration — for a recent exhibition in England. By Precious Adesina LONDON ...
WBUR

In 'Illustrated Black History,' artist George McCalman paints Black Americans onto our nation’s canvas

Portraits are about far more than pencil or paint. But for most of our nation’s history, Black Americans were denied that public honor. Now, with a collection of 145 portraits of America’s iconic and ...
WBJournal

Artists selected to paint first Black portraits for Mechanics Hall installation

A portrait of 19th century abolitionist Martha Brown. A different portrait, featuring Martha and her husband William, will be among three paintings revealed to the public in March as part of an ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Black Chicagoans flock to Bisa Butler, Obama portrait exhibits as museums rise to racial reckoning

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CNN

Art historians try to identify enslaved Black child in an 18th-century portrait

A year ago this month, when it was still closed to the public because of the pandemic, the Yale Center for British Art (YCBA) took a major step toward interrogating a controversial 18th-century group ...
Artnet

Rare 17th-Century Painting of Black and White Women Debuts After Export Ban

An exceptionally rare 17th-century painting featuring a Black woman and a white woman side by side has gone on public display for the first time at Compton Verney, a historic manor in the English ...
WESA

Portraits Of Black Pittsburghers To Highlight Revised Riverfront Mural

Starting this week, the big Black Lives Matter mural Downtown, along the Allegheny River beneath the Fort Duquesne Bridge, is getting a facelift. And it includes at least a few faces you might ...