Faith Ringgold
One of the leading artists of her generation, Faith Ringgold was known for the power of her engagement with the Civil Rights struggle, for the visceral quality of her political paintings of the early 1960s, and for the haunting, historically charged, power of her textile narratives. She died on 13 April 2024
Faith Ringgold
Remembering Faith Ringgold, one of the great story-tellers of American art
New York artist was acclaimed for the power of her paintings and quilts telling the civil rights story
Faith Ringgold, acclaimed for the power of paintings and quilts that tell stories of the Civil Rights movement, has died, aged 93
A champion of fellow Black and women artists, the New York-born painter and sculptor made a second reputation as writer and illustrator of admired children's stories
The Big Review: Faith Ringgold at the New Museum
Each work in the Harlem-born artist’s biggest retrospective to date deserves equal attention
Faith Ringgold discusses civil rights and children's books in solo London show
Acclaimed for her paintings and quilts, which weave in stories of the Civil Rights movement from a black female perspective, Faith Ringgold is about to open a solo show at the Serpentine Gallery, London—her first in a European institution.
Faith Ringgold and Barbara Earl Thomas created stained-glass windows at Yale addressing the university’s ties to racist practices
Suites of windows by each artist replace windows that glorified the antebellum South and the life of John C. Calhoun, a US president who supported slavery
The Year in Review 2023: the biggest stories and the best shows
From the British Museum thefts to the consequences in art and heritage of the Israel-Hamas war
The nine top exhibitions of 2023—and one absolute turkey
In 2023 the bar for shows was so high it was hard to choose the best. But which one was a stinker?
US institutions celebrate Faith Ringgold
Major acquisitions, complementary showcases plus a New Yorker cover coincide with the artist’s retrospective at the New Museum
Warhol and Basquiat on the stage in London and Faith Ringgold's retrospective at New York's New Museum
Plus, Betye Saar remakes a mural in Los Angeles
Faith Ringgold mural will be transferred from women’s prison to the Brooklyn Museum
The work, dedicated to incarcerated women on Rikers Island, was completed in 1972 and was once almost completely destroyed
Faith Ringgold to get her first New York retrospective at the New Museum in 2022
The exhibition will span six decades and explore Ringgold as both an artist and political activist
Expert Eye: Isaac Julien shares his favourite works at Art Basel in Miami Beach
From Faith Ringgold to Frank Bowling, the UK artist and film-maker shows his regard for long overlooked artists
Portia Munson’s immersive work for Art Basel's Meridians finds a home at 21c Museum Hotels
Cindy Sherman weaves her magic, and more news from Art Basel in Miami Beach
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From the relationship between humans and nature at the Cooper Hewitt to love and unity at the Ford Foundation
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Michael Rakowitz’s recreations of bombed artefacts at the Whitechapel Gallery, to Faith Ringgold’s story quilts at the Serpentine Gallery