Colors and shapes are a primal language, Osi Audu, a Nigerian-American artist, said. It makes sense then that while his work is a contemporary response to traditional African art, he isn’t looking to ...

Betty’s interest in art bloomed ... Conwill says Head of a Negro Woman honors historic figures such as Harriet Tubman while also reflecting the everyday life of women of African descent in ...

It turns out that her mother was someone thought to be the first documented Black woman ... occurrence for women artists in that era — and never pursued a career making art.