comprising works from the Birmingham Museum of Art’s permanent collection ... into account the motives and beliefs of the artists, both black and white. The show doesn’t claim to be an ...

“It can’t constantly perpetuate a white male stereotype of who is important in the art world." The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles is also boosting support for black artists.

In returning to a songbook that is decades — if not centuries — old, a new generation of performers is expanding the definition of what their traditional art form can be. Dom Flemons at the ...

At a classical or orchestral concert, most of the musicians are in head-to-toe black (and maybe a dash of white). We’re here to explain why ... shouldn’t we also be happy to watch them express their ...

Our first most original art form arose from our original sin, and some white people have always been worried that the primacy of black music would be a kind of karmic punishment for that sin.

Accordingly, it was covered in white paint ... Italian Renaissance meant one thing to the artists of Siena and another to those of Pisa, the black art of the 1960s had its own competing centers ...

For college students, this includes your dorm room, and if music is a big ... s Igor album cover poster, which features an all-pink background and a black-and-white photo of the rapper’s face.

Declared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) during its General Conference 14 years ago, International Jazz Day—celebrated every April 30—honors a ...