Collection: Art

Deana Lawson, the first scholarly publication on the artist Deana Lawson, surveying fifteen years of her photography, will be published to accompany the first comprehensive...

The first book on Chicago-born Hebru Brantley, the preeminent African American pop artist of his generation, whose work is hot and in demand in the...

A gorgeous collection of 145 original portraits that celebrates Black pioneers—famous and little-known--in politics, science, literature, music, and more—with biographical reflections, all created and curated...

A powerful, visually stunning celebration of Black homeownership, featuring inspiring homes and family histories of notable Black Americans—including chef Alexander Smalls and actor Danielle Brooks.In...

This book honors the voices of African Americans of the Civil War era through their letters, inviting readers to engage personally with the Black historical...

There's Light: Artworks & Conversations Examining Black Masculinity, Identity & Mental Well-being is a collection of over sixty artworks from contemporary art legends and emerging talents,...

The inaugural volume in a new series of books, Kandis Williams documents the Los Angeles–based artist’s exhibition A Line. Interrogating issues of race, nationalism, authority, and eroticism, her...

Seen Journal • Summer 2022 • Issue 004 Guest edited by Darol Olu Kae Cover photo of Martine Syms by Elliott Jerome Brown Jr. Cover designed by...

Sadie Barnette's celebratory installations explore collective and familial histories in glittering, speculative spaces Oakland-based multimedia artist Sadie Barnette (born 1984) has made groundbreaking explorations of...

Over a career spanning six decades, architect Paul Revere Williams came to define what gracious living looked like for the Hollywood elite. Williams mastered an...

The most exciting rising stars in contemporary art - who's who and what's next - featuring 107 artists born since 1980, as chosen by a...

A previously unseen trove of Kenyan studio portraits, expressing a photographer's vision and a city's lively identity When the Kenyan-born photographer N.V. Parekh opened his...

  An archival dive with fresh interpretations of the legendary New York gallery and cultural laboratory that catalyzed collaboration among Black artists and their counterparts...

The overlooked yet vibrant history of Black participation in American film, from the beginning of cinema through the civil rights movement From the dawn of...

The most comprehensive survey of Weems' genre-defying oeuvre yet published One of the most influential American artists working today, Carrie Mae Weems has investigated narratives...

"In book form, Kitchen Table is more intimate.... Unlike the experience of meandering through a museum, stepping back to appreciate the images and nearing the text panels...

Painting on canvases, cereal boxes and cigarette packs, Taylor creates a grand pageant of contemporary Black life in America Surveying 30 years of Henry Taylor's...

Designed as a companion volume to the hugely successful monograph Noah Davis, this publication offers further insight into the impact and legacy of the revolutionary Los...

The first monograph by sculptor, filmmaker, and photographer Shikeith, Notes towards Becoming a Spill brings together a series of striking studio portraits of Black male subjects as...

Jackson's paintings synthesize connections shared by local residents of color around experiences of transportation, housing, agriculture and labor -New York Times The first monograph on...