Many works of art contradicted segregation. A sketch by a master could ... And there was a “black page” (according to the museum sign) wrangling a horse in the background of Jan Mijtens ...

Drawing inspiration from Old Master paintings and private family ... Her lush compositions feature exclusively black protagonists. “Dark jumper, brown background, black hair and black skin ...

You see me placing the black figure at the centre of each work to offer an alternative depiction of the western artistic canon. The works take inspiration from Old Master paintings in major ...

At the time, Gaye’s record was well-regarded, but not yet universally recognized as a masterpiece of protest art. Hendricks saw in it something not far off, a moment when black protest music ...

one of the most famous nude female backs of all time – the French Neo-Classical master Jean-Dominique Ingres rendered the image in black and white to demonstrate his mastery of painting ...

Taylor’s mostly large acrylic paintings focus on the Masters Tournament’s now-extinct tradition of only allowing Black caddies to work the event each April. Indeed, all must cringe when ...

enslaved people were prohibited from practicing the faith as many White slave masters perceived it as evil, and a threat to the obedience they desired. Renaissance art largely excluded Black ...

A program of online lectures about Black figures in Old Master paintings at the Uffizi Galleries is attracting attention and even igniting a protest in Florence.

Also, she is a painter who has been endlessly fascinated by the old masters.” The display features six newly commissioned paintings, all of naked Black women, a signature subject for Critchlow.