Black history
Five shows to see during UK Black History Month
From Wangari Mathenge at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery to a celebration of Black British designers at Somerset House
New York City approves revised design for long-awaited Shirley Chisholm monument
Artists Olalekan B. Jeyifous and Amanda Williams have been given the go-ahead to realise a commemorative statue of the political legend
Windrush 75th anniversary marked by series of royal art commissions including portraits by Sonia Boyce and Amy Sherald
Also commemorating the arrival of the vessel from the Caribbean is a new exhibition at London's V&A and a display in London's Piccadilly Circus
Kwame Brathwaite, photographer who encapsulated ‘Black is beautiful’ movement, has died, aged 85
The New York photographer pioneered lighting and developing techniques that helped transformed how Black figures were photographed and seen
Acquisitions round up: the Met acquires 16th-century portrait of pope's banker
Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter institutional collections worldwide
'Black History Month is not a checkbox—museums need to work on yearlong, holistic programming'
As Black History Month begins in the US, arts administrator and historian Tsione Wolde-Michael gives three key points for institutions to consider
Historic statues of Black Brits go back on show at Brixton Station—with a familiar new friend
After 36 years, artist Kevin Atherton unveils a new work modelled on one of his original muses, local resident Joy Battick
Mixed reviews for Hank Willis Thomas's new Boston memorial honouring Martin Luther King Jr
The public sculpture is based on a photograph of the assassinated civil rights leader hugging his wife Coretta Scott King—but some say it looks offensive from certain angles
‘I like to be confrontational’: artist Roberto Lugo on how propaganda inspires his work
The sculptor and ceramicist has made works in response to the decorative arts collection at Florida International University’s Wolfsonian Museum, and created a mural with local communities
Six shows to see in London during UK Black History Month
From wool sculptures inspired by Malcolm X to Sonia Boyce's first-ever commercial gallery solo show
The sitcom as social critique: Martine Syms foregrounds Black banality in major Chicago exhibition
The Los Angeles artist’s exploration of the Black experience in the US can be poignant, humorous and unsettling, as evidenced in her solo show at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
An overdue ode to the influence of Black cinema opens in Los Angeles
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures exhibition exlores the contributions of celebrated and overlooked minds in Hollywood alongside works by contemporary artists
Controversial 'Black Boy' signs on British pubs explored in exhibition at Turner Contemporary
Turner prize nominee Ingrid Pollard seeks out depictions of African figure that "haunt every English town and village"
Under observation: Rhea Storr’s filmic photographs unveiled at four London underground stations
Artist’s multi-site work focuses on issues such as surveillance and race
Berlin announces several restitution agreements with Namibia, Cameroon and Nigeria
Berlin Biennale conference will focus on "decolonising" arts and culture
More than 100 sculptures on slave trade to be unveiled across seven UK cities
Artists including Lakwena Maciver and Godfried Donkor will create work examining colonial history in Britain
Acquisitions round-up: Gordon Parks photographs head to the 'mecca of Black education' Howard University in Washington, DC
Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter institutional collections worldwide
Why it’s important that Canada’s Black artists are honoured at the heart of government
Senator Patricia Bovey's initiative 'Honouring Canada's Black Artists' bringing works by Black Canadian artists into the Senate building is now in its second iteration
Yinka Shonibare unveils project focused on the Great Migration
The third iteration of the artist’s 'Libraries' series will be permanently installed at the Rollins Museum of Art in Florida
Frederick C. Baldwin, co-founder of Houston’s FotoFest, remembered for championing 'global vision' of photography
Baldwin, who has died at the age of 92, was a “shining example of generosity” driven by his experience of the Civil Rights Movement
As interest in artists of Caribbean heritage grows, Tate Britain show aims to create 'landmark' moment
“Rich and fascinating” connections explored in Life Between Islands: British-Caribbean Art 1950s-Now
Caribbean-British artists: the long road to recognition
Tate Britain's ambitious show in December comes at a time of widespread interest in the overlooked artists of Caribbean heritage
Extract | A rare pamphlet from a historic Black art exhibition by the Spiral collective
The text accompanied the group's only show and is now one of several texts about Black art brought together in a new book The Soul of Nation Reader
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund grants $3m to Black historic landmarks
The $50m grant programme, launched in the wake of the Unite the Right rally, aims to preserve histories beyond Confederate heritage
Slavery: the groundbreaking Dutch exhibition confronting colonial history
Plus, Leonora Carrington's Surrealist children's book behind the next Venice Biennale and Rubens's landscapes reunited after 200 years
‘For every Malcolm, you need a Martin’: England rugby player Maro Itoje presents exhibition on Black histories missing from UK curriculum
Sports star says he aims to ‘show a fuller picture’ of African history with London gallery show
Four artists shortlisted for Windrush monument at London’s Waterloo Station
Thomas Price and Jeannette Ehlers are in the running for public art piece honouring Caribbean pioneers
'Black grief and white grievance' at New York’s New Museum
Plus, artists with disabilities in the Covid era and Goya's Disasters of War
HBO documentary illuminates how Black artists shaped US art history
The show centres on a landmark 1976 exhibition by the late curator, scholar and artist David Driskell
The Big Review: Howardena Pindell at The Shed in New York
This survey of the 77-year-old artist's work lulls the viewer with colourful abstraction before tackling its real subject: racial violence