The Black Paintings

CNN: In Derrick Adams’ paintings, Black history collides joyfully with the present

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The Advocate: 'Black Paintings': Native New Orleanian explores Black experience through artwork

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New Orleans artist John Isiah Walton has created 100 paintings that explore the Black experience — and his personal journey — through a comprehensively contemporary lens that touches on everything ...

There’s more to Derrick Adams’s paintings than Black joy. But that complicated emotion is what tugs at the heart.

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Installation view of ‘Al Held: Black and White Paintings’ at Cheim & Read with “B/W XIV” (1968) at center (photo by Brian Buckley for Cheim & Read, New York; all images courtesy Cheim & Read) In 1967, ...

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LAWRENCE, Kan. (WIBW) - Paintings by two famous contemporary Black artists have now been acquired and are in display for patrons of the Spencer Art Museum in Lawrence. The University of Kansas ...

The Gazette: Colorado Springs artist's vivid paintings of Black cowboys are in high demand

Colorado Springs artist's vivid paintings of Black cowboys are in high demand

A spacious room at the top of the East Building of the National Gallery of Art has recently been rehung with seven big, flesh-colored abstract paintings. They are all in shades of black: One is a blue ...

The Conversation: Historic racism still negatively affects the way paintings of black people are perceived – as our study shows

Historic racism still negatively affects the way paintings of black people are perceived – as our study shows

Black Enterprise: Get A Load Of These Black Women Artists–And Their Artwork