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thegrio, 12 foot statue, thomas j price, new york city
May 9, 2025
The statue, titled “Grounded in the Stars,” by artist Thomas J. Price is meant to challenge assumptions of representation and…
Google Doodle, Juneteenth Google Doodle, 2024 Juneteenth Google Doodle, artist Christian Robinson, Christian Robinson Google Doodle, Juneteenth art, Black artists, Black illustrators, theGrio.com
June 19, 2024
In conversation with theGrio, illustrator Christian Robinson discusses the 2024 Juneteenth Google Doodle and art as liberation.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, wearing a blue jacket and tie
April 3, 2024
Tina Knowles and David Oyelowo were present as Meghan Markle and Prince Harry hosted a celebration of the Kinsey Collection.
Kara Walker, Amy Sherald, Carrie Mae Weems, Betye Irene Saar, Ming Smith, Elizabeth Catlett, Alma Thomas, Edmonia Lewis, Black women in visual arts, Black women artists, Black artists, women artists, Black female artists, female artists, women's history month, theGrio.com
March 28, 2024
From Amy Sherald to Kara Walker to Ming Smith and beyond, Black women artists have defied the confines of visual…
Gordon Parks, Gordon Parks exhibit, Gordon Parks Born Black, Jelani Cobb Gordon Parks, Jack Shainman Gallery, Gordon Parks Book, The Gordon Parks Foundation, Miles Marshall Lewis, theGrio.com
March 20, 2024
The re-release and exhibition of Gordon Parks' "Born Black" give new relevance to the famed photographer's perspective on Black America.
Harlem Renaissance, The Met, Harlem Renaissance exhibit, Harlem Renaissance The Met, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harlem Renaissance Metropolitan Museum, Black Artists, Black writers, Black art, Miles Marshall Lewis, theGrio.com
March 6, 2024
Pop culture critic Miles Marshall Lewis explores the throughline from the Harlem Renaissance to hip-hop in The Met's new exhibition.
Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz, Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz exhibition, Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz art collection, Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Black art, Kehinde Wiley, Ernie Barnes, arts and culture, theGrio.com
February 13, 2024
In the first major exhibition of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys' personal collection, the Brooklyn Museum hosts "Giants: Art from…
Bélizaire and the Frey Children painting
August 17, 2023
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is spotlighting Bélizaire, an enslaved boy hidden beneath a coat of overpaint in a 19th-century…
Generative A.I., Black people and A.I., A.I. racial basis, A.I racist, Black artists, OpenAI, theGrio.com
July 5, 2023
A.I. companies pledge to course correct and increase the diversity of their tools. 
Museum of Modern Art apology, Heather Agyepong, Black Power Naps, Navild Acosta, Fannie Sosa theGrio.com
March 30, 2023
While visiting a Museum of Modern Art installation on the Black experience, artist Heather Agyepong was ejected following a visitor’s…
John Sims
January 30, 2023
Sims, who died in December at age 54, was famous for fearlessly reimagining toxic symbols of white supremacy.
Art Basel Miami Beach Black galleries theGrio.com
December 2, 2022
After an internal reckoning in 2020, Art Basel organizers endeavored to include more Black galleries in its annual event—but progress…
November 4, 2022
A new exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) pays tribute to Linda Goode Bryant’s groundbreaking gallery for artists…
September 28, 2022
Senga Nengudi, the first Black woman to win the Nasher Prize, will receive a $100,000 gift from the Nasher Sculpture…
August 5, 2022
Her "Sentinel" statue, part of an international fest that included artists of the African diaspora, will be returned to Simone…
May 31, 2022
Lewis, the famed artist, activist, historian and mentor to dozens of Black creatives, died Friday of renal failure in Torrance.
April 8, 2022
Last month, Nyla Hayes' "Long Neckie Lady" portrait sold on Instagram for $6,621.70. In February, she sold another piece for…
Jean-Michel Basquiat theGrio.com
March 26, 2022
'Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure©' is the first Basquiat exhibition to be staged by the late artist's family.
February 24, 2022
Sunday's parade, headlined by Ashanti, is set to feature performances by dance troupes, musicians and spoken word artists.
Brandan "BMike" Odums thegrio.com
February 23, 2022
A mural painted by Brandan "BMike" Odums on the side of a popular BBQ restaurant will be featured on packaging…