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These visual artists helped modernize and reclaim African American portrayals through groundbreaking painting, sculpture and photography.

While creatively inventive and remarkable, restricting representations of African art to the customary subconsciously creates an inaccurate perception of all African art as “primitive.”

The a href= http://www.taftmuseum.org target= _blank Taft Museum of Art /a is the final stop on the nationwide tour of African Modernism in Americ

Discover the vibrant history of African Modernism in America 1947-67 at the Phillips Collection. Explore the contributions of Black American artists and their influence on the art scene.

A dynamic and vibrant traveling exhibition now on at the Phillips Collection showcases the work of fifty extraordinary African and African American artists during an era of incredible social and political change.

The spirit of creative collaboration is on display in gallery and museum shows this fall and winter. Across the United States, exhibitions focusing on

Across the nation, art exhibitions offer a look at the impact artists have on one another, their subjects and their communities.

The nuanced survey is traveling from the Carl Van Vechten Art Gallery at Fisk University to the Phillips Collection and the Kemper Museum.

The nuanced survey is traveling from the Carl Van Vechten Art Gallery at Fisk University to the Phillips Collection and the Kemper Museum.