Black Artists

67th Annual GRAMMY Awards - Backstage
April 21, 2025

Janelle Monáe: Visionary artist, actress, and advocate for change

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Pompidou Center, Black artists, Black fine artists, Black visual artists, theGrio.com
March 18, 2025

150 artists of African descent celebrated in ‘Black Paris’ exhibition at Pompidou Center

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Usher Past Present Future Tour 2024 - Atlanta
December 9, 2024

Usher: R&B icon and trailblazer in music and culture

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Richard Mayhew, Richard Mayhew artist, Richard Mayhew obituary, Richard Mayhew death, Did Richard Mayhew die?, Richard Mayhew obiturary theGrio.com
October 2, 2024

Acclaimed artist Richard Mayhew dead at 100

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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

9 Black women artists who have broken barriers

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September 8, 2023

Archive of renowned artist Maren Hassinger acquired by Getty

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Clark Atlanta shooting -theGrio.com
August 28, 2023

Clark Atlanta hires Danille Taylor to direct its art museum

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fountain honoring Black students
August 17, 2023

East Tennessee State asking artists to submit proposals for fountain honoring first Black students

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Etheridge Knight mural
June 21, 2023

Two-story mural honoring Black Arts Movement poet to be unveiled in Indianapolis

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June 2, 2023

Erykah Badu basks in her new era of reinvention and expansion

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Museum of Modern Art apology, Heather Agyepong, Black Power Naps, Navild Acosta, Fannie Sosa theGrio.com
March 30, 2023

Museum of Modern Art apologizes for ejecting a Black artist from its ‘Black Power Naps’ exhibit

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Tyre Nichols photography, Desert X, Coachella 2023, Black artists, theGrio.com
March 9, 2023

A unique tribute to Tyre Nichols rises in Coachella Valley

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John Sims
January 30, 2023

John Sims, the artist known for burning the confederate flag, reminds us of the power of Black art

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December 9, 2022

Veronica Ryan wins Turner Prize for evocative sculptures

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Art Basel Miami Beach Black galleries theGrio.com
December 2, 2022

Amid efforts to heighten diversity, Art Basel is still short on Black galleries

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Henry Ossawa Tanner
December 2, 2022

Philadelphia group raising money to maintain the home of artist Henry Ossawa Tanner

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November 4, 2022

Iconic Black art gallery subject of new MOMA exhibit

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October 17, 2022

Pacific Northwest Ballet elects first Black principal dancer

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October 1, 2022

Artists recreate 1958 photograph of Harlem jazz musicians

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Sam Gilliam
June 28, 2022

Sam Gilliam, famous for ‘Drape Paintings’ has died at 88

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