Frustrated with the absence of positive representations of Black people in art, John Wilson responded by providing images of Black dignity while addressing the painful realities of racial prejudice.

Columbus sent Smyre to the Capitol back in 1974 where he quickly caught the eye of longtime House Speaker Tom Murphy, who took him under his wing. His portrait now hangs near Murphy’s. Smyre became ...

A remedy to that fact arrived, finally, this month with “Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John Wilson,” just opened at the ...

Mentions of the commitment on that prominent page have now disappeared. A Dec. 2 screenshot of the website, courtesy of the ...

The former First Lady, 61, posted a photo of herself and artist Amy Sherald, as she celebrated Black History Month, amid rumors her marriage is in strife.

Nick Cave’s latest exhibition Amalgams and Graphts announced itself boldly to the art world on January 10. The powerful ...

Carole Shelton presented the program "Portraits of African American Women in Missouri" on Feb. 6 during an evening hosted by ...

The lives and lived experience of two women who won their independence from enslavement, and bore witness to history, were shared Feb. 6 at the Phelps County Courthouse.

Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. was with his cousin and best friend Emmett Till the night he was murdered and is still haunted by the tragedy today.

Pete Hegseth has spent much of his first weeks in office focused on culture wars while saying little about America’s ...

Mariah Carey, Chubby Checker, Cyndi Lauper, OutKast and Phish are some the 2025 nominees for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, a list that also includes two sets of musical brothers ...

A new exhibition of more than 200 photographs charts 300 years of image-making in the US, showing how the country's history ...