Former director Stephanie Stebich is now a senior adviser at the Smithsonian after employees described a tumultuous tenure at ...

Black artists have long claimed ancient Egypt as their own. Now they’re telling their stories in person on the museum’s floor.

A shimmering dream on the Nile has inspired creativity from the Harlem Renaissance to Kara Walker to Beyoncé. But how much can you play with the past?

Hosting a holiday event that reflects African American culture can make the gathering feel even more special and meaningful.

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A whirlwind of color and art at the opening of this year's Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Art ...

Alabama State University's Dr. Janice Franklin, dean of the Levi Watkins Learning Center and project director of the ...

History painting had an important place in the work of the old masters but had nearly disappeared with the rise of Modern art. Yet many African American artists embraced this neglected genre in ...

(AP video: Jeffrey Collins) A bust of Robert Smalls, who will soon be the first African American individual with a statue at the South Carolina Statehouse, is displayed Reconstruction Era National ...

such as with the sculpture she built on the site of a former African American burial ground in Harlem. DeVille often works with objects and materials sourced from the area surrounding the exhibition ...

Five years later, William Edmondson would become the first African American artist to have a solo show there; in 2021–22, the museum organized a show of Joseph E. Yoakum. The museum owns ...

People visiting the Center for African American History, Art and Culture in Aiken are going to see a new face. Tourism Supervisor Ambria Abney started at the center in September. The CAAHAC ...