Black Artists
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Potter Jim McDowell and the complicated history of ‘face jugs’
An art form brought to America by the enslaved is finally drawing wider recognition
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How Kelvin Beachum of the Arizona Cardinals is tackling Black art
This NFL star says it’s not about building wealth, but supporting the next generation of artists
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Painter Beverly McIver’s art is not safe
The self-described ‘poor girl from the projects’ gets her first career retrospective with works featuring blackface and watermelon
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Gayl Jones returns after 20 years with a new novel
‘Palmares’ is a love song to the memory of millions
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This artist disconnected from the world to regain clarity
In a year of pandemic and protests, painter Michi Meko escaped to the wilderness and found his better self
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Artist NIC Kay seeks balance during the pandemic
The coronavirus shut down everything in the art world, yet it opened new possibilities for artistic expression
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Playwright Antoinette Nwandu is healing her audience, and herself
The pandemic collided with professional and personal upheavals that made her rewrite her script
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Artist’s work creates ‘parallel universe’ for positive mental space
Renée Stout’s exhibitions include devices that allow viewers a place of respite and refuge
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Young Black artists show the academy what movies mean to them
Temi Coker and Michelle Robinson talk about their contributions to the promotional campaign for the Oscars