Black art

Tiff Massey poses with a Cadillac to promote her exhibition about metalsmithing, jewelry and the city’s streets. Detroit Institute of the Arts by Samantha Noël,...

Adeshola Makinde is a Nigerian American multidisciplinary artist based in Chicago, Illinois. During his upbringing in the Chicagoland suburbs, Makinde attended predominantly white schools...

Bisa Butler is a contemporary artist known for her quilted portraits that celebrate and focus on Black life. She says she wants to "tell...

Chicago born, Nigerian Raised creative, Obi Soulstar, is a man of many talents.  The artist, photographer and musician recently added gallery owner to...

Held at the Museum of Science and Industry, The Black Creativity Art and Activism exhibition showcases some incredible and powerful images in response to...

Is Social Media Dead? Filmmaker, Samuel Wofford thinks so. 2020 has felt like one big "Black Mirror" episode, and for a lot of creatives...

While statues of white supremacy are being toppled in Richmond, beheaded in Boston, and thrown into rivers in the United Kingdom, Black Lives Matter...

Hailing from the Austin area of the West Side of Chicago, Tye had no idea that her senior thesis project as a student at the Illinois Institute of Art would turn into a full-blown series complete with a visual book three years later. Prior to the publication, Moores premiered this project at over ten art galleries. “The culture of Chicago is so beautiful to me,” says Moores. “Even small things such as our pride in what side of town we’re from and things we say -- that’s what I love most about our culture.”

Artist Candace Hunter Opens Her Doors To You “Like the air we breathe,” says Candace Hunter, “art belongs to all.”  Candace Hunter, a native of Chicago,...