Earlier this year, “We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85” at the Brooklyn Museum dropped like a bomb. Mining a seam of engaged, truth-telling art by black women from the Civil Rights ...

'Generations: A History of Black Abstract Art' [on view September 29, 2019 - January 19, 2020] offers a sweeping new perspective on the contributions black artists have made to the evolution of visual ...

Banner image: Rashid Johnson, a painter, sculptor, installation artist and filmmaker, in his Long Island, N.Y., studio on Dec. 16, 2020. (Credit: Jon Henry) When Megan O’Grady looks at a painting, she ...

The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. A dramatic departure from realism, abstract art champions ...