Collection: Art

More than 40 works across media, including major ensemble performances, emerging in the afterlife of postmodern dance Philadelphia-based artist, dancer and choreographer Ralph Lemon (born...

Examining aesthetic connections between the works of more than 50 Black artists from throughout the global diaspora This book was born out of frustration with...

  A riveting conversation between the two artists, touching on seminal influences, experiences and practices This thought-provoking publication presents a fecund dialogue between Chicago-based painter...

A loving and powerful photobook following the lineage of one Black family, interrogating the semiotics of family portraiture This profoundly moving and visually ravishing photobook,...

  A deep dive into the video artist's latest installation fusing color, light and sound to upend our perception of space and time The subject...

  A powerhouse survey of work from today's most celebrated Black women artists Black women artists have historically faced marginalization and underrepresentation within the art...

Portrayals of James Baldwin and others in his circle highlight the iconic writer's activism The American writer and activist James Baldwin (1924-87) considered himself a...

  Travel with Ugandan American designer Nasozi Kakembo as she explores iconic home goods—from Malian mudcloth to Moroccan rugs—at the source and offers thoughtful guidance...

A The Millions and Hyperallergic Most Anticipated Book of 2024 | A Publishers Weekly Summer Reads Pick “Simon Wu manages to be both a shrewd critic and enthused aspirant of...

If our lives were to flood, what are the moments that would rise to the surface? A rich and layered photographic exploration of the people...

Dionne Brand explores English and American literature, and the colonial aesthetic that shaped her sense of self and the world, of what was possible and...

This classic iconic study of black images in American motion pictures has been updated and revised, as Donald Bogle continues to enlighten us with his...

Rawles' transcendent, hyperrealistic paintings of Black bodies in water reckon with the legacy of racial injustice. Merging hyperrealism, poetic abstraction and the cultural and historical...

First monograph of the African-American artist, famous for her representations of black femininity, whose spectacular pop patchworks deconstruct and recompose everyday feminine/masculine relations in their...

 Moving Pictures Painted' celebrates a tradition of hand created Egyptian cinema posters madeusing the stone litho technique. The book will document 200 posters made between...

Updated documentation of The Theater of Refusal on the exhibition's 30th anniversary. In 1993, at the University of California, Irvine, Charles Gaines and Catherine Lord mounted a...

A visual journey of Caribbean art profiling more than 60 contemporary Caribbean artists, curated by award-winning textile designer and artist, Malene Barnett. Through powerful interviews...

52 Walker presents THE WANDA COLEMAN SONGBOOK EP, produced by Cauleen Smith on the occasion of her exhibition at 52 Walker, New York, on view...

Written by award-winning performance poet Joseph Coelho, Goodnight, Starry Night is a collection of fourteen poems that takes readers on a gentle journey into dreamland. Each poem...

This color art book highlights political art and ephemera, including zines, stickers, posters, and memes, and sheds light on archiving social movements. The book features...

Endless Shout asks how, why and where performance and improvisation can take place inside a museum. The book documents a six-month series of experimental performances organized...

Considered the foremost exponent of Afrofuturism, Sun Ra mastered a wide array of styles that spanned jazz, R&B, experimental, and chamber works. In his 45-year...

A revelatory look at the life, work, and legacy of the legendary choreographer Alvin Ailey Alvin Ailey is one of the most celebrated choreographers of...

Amy Sherald's work, life, and significance for American art, as revealed in her powerful figurative paintings of Black subjects Bringing together nearly all of her...