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A new exhibition in downtown L.A., Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure, takes an inside look at the man and his work. That’s aided by access to the artist’s personal life — made possible because it’s presented by Basquiat’s estate, run by his sisters Jeanine Heriveaux and Lisane Basquiat.

Give the gift of conversation with Black coffeetable books, like Carrie Mae Weems' "Kitchen Table." They make perfect gifts for friends and family members.

Paintings, drawings, sculptures and installations that artist Henry Taylor created over the last 30 years are on view at a major MOCA show.

Our portrait of the artist: Taylor, subject of a sweeping retrospective, paints luminaries and the homeless in pieces that tweak politics and history.

The artist’s survey at MoCA, with its empathetic portraits and quirky sculptures, speaks to the larger struggle of Black artists to achieve a level of recognition that is long overdue.

Four of Richmond’s fallen Confederate monuments are headed to California’s Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles for an art exhibition called “Monuments” next year.

How exciting to finally find a useful function for Baltimore's castoff statues as genuine art.

Four Confederate-linked monuments that were removed five years ago today from Baltimore City sites are likely headed for a Los Angeles visual art space called LAXART. The exhibit places contemporary art created by renowned Black artists alongside decommissioned Confederate statues.

Four Confederate-linked monuments that were removed five years ago today from Baltimore City sites are likely headed for a Los Angeles visual art space called LAXART. The exhibit places contemporary art created by renowned Black artists alongside decommissioned Confederate statues.

Some of Richmond's former Confederate monuments are headed west for a major exhibition.