Kerry James Marshall

The acclaimed US critic and filmmaker explains how early experiences at the Smithsonian profoundly shaped his life

An analysis of the production, interpretation and critique of Black figuration

A new exhibition at Turner Contemporary, Margate, proposes a backyard narrative of the US civil rights movement

In further news: Italian government cracks down on art crime; and screening live arts performances fails to diversify audiences 

In further news: a long-lost tapestry owned by Henry VIII re-emerges; Kerry James Marshall’s Chicago Public Library mural withdrawn from auction

In further news: Rachel Maclean speaks out against ‘male dominated’ art world; Museo del Prado completes Bruegel restoration

At the crux of this ambitious show lies the question: who is this triennial really for?

The $21M painting was the highest price ever paid for a work by a living African American artist at auction

A year marked by new visualizations, both controversial and celebrated, of the black body

From growing protests over the gentrification of Boyle Heights to Schimmel leaving Hauser & Wirth, the latest from a mobilizing LA art scene

'I am always thinking about where I personally can make the difference' 

Celebrated sociologist Zygmunt Bauman passes away; artists, curators and critics set to strike in protest against Trump inauguration

A history of underground Black publishing, from W.E.B. Du Bois to #BlackLivesMatter

A year of protest, power and people, from L.A. Kauffman to Kerry James Marshall

Met Breuer, New York, USA

Visibility, identity and black people on Mars – Kerry James Marshall in conversation with Ellen Mara De Wachter

Van Abbemuseum / Muziekcentrum Frits Philips, Eindhoven, the Netherlands

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA