African American history
Efforts to restore dilapidated house museum of African American art in Savannah, Georgia get significant boost
The Kiah house will be restored to its former glory, highlighting African American art, and providing housing to local artists
Acquisitions round-up: London museums jointly purchase pre-Raphaelite painting that depicts Jamaican woman
Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter institutional collections worldwide
Joe Biden to establish US national monument honouring Emmett Till, whose 1955 murder shocked the nation
The Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument will include sites in Mississippi and Illinois
Helen Cammock: 'Archives illuminate the present and future'
The artist’s latest exhibition, at Art + Practice, stems from her time spent in New Orleans exploring a rich seam of African American history
Life of elusive artist David Hammons—who once sold snowball sculptures on the streets of Manhattan—emerges in new documentary
The Melt Goes on Forever tracks the revered US artist’s career, without his direct participation, to illuminating effect
Getty Foundation launches $3.1m programme to preserve Black architects' work
The two-year grant Preserving Black Modernism extends the foundation's larger initiative to protect Modernist architecture
Brooklyn’s long history of resistance is celebrated on Juneteenth
A series of installations and programmes draw on the Center for Brooklyn History's extensive archive
Neglected corners of US history: National Trust for Historic Preservation designates 11 most endangered places
Places range from Alabama farms where civil rights marchers once camped to a Utah site where Chinese railroad labourers stayed
Oklahoma museum receives vast archive related to 'Black Wall Street' and the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
The Gilcrease Museum has also received a $300,000 grant to conserve and digitise the ephemera collection "so that these atrocities would not be forgotten"
US needs monuments celebrating African American history, not Confederate statues
Telling America’s overlooked stories is fundamental to building a true national identity, says preservationist Brent Leggs
Arthur Jafa’s searing chronicle of Black America to be screened by museums worldwide for 48 hours
Fourteen institutions including Tate will livestream Love is the Message, The Message is Death
Let’s talk about race: museums and the battle against white privilege
Plus, remembering Christo—the art world's wrap star. Produced in association with Christie's
Los Angeles’s Lucas Museum acquires major archive of African American cinema
Although its building is still under construction, the institution is partnering with Lacma on a one-day film programme in South Los Angeles next month
Columbia University exhibition retells the story of America by foregrounding 'black genius'
Featuring archival documents, vintage images and contemporary art, 20 and Odd aims to correct a narrative about a nation's power and identity
From lantern slides to racist caricatures, the Walker showcases Theaster Gates the collector
Chicago artist strives for a poetic “resurrection” of African American stories in a solo show in Minneapolis
In the rescued Johnson archive, poignant images from black American history
How four institutions swooped in to acquire four million images
Tate Modern chronicles the rise of Black Power in post-war America
Soul of a Nation includes around 150 works looking at the realities of the African American experience
Rebellion show marks 1967 Detroit riot
Organised by the Detroit Institute of Arts, it is one of many commemorative events occurring throughout the city
The changing face of Harlem through the eyes of photographers on show now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
93 works by 10 photographers track the evolution of this New York neighbourhood
Swann advocates African-American art in new sale
Auction house combines blue-chip works and those priced to entice new collectors