Dion J. Pollard's Cigar Life Series Melds Class with Jazz Inspired Notes Pollard looks to welcome the curious and unversed into a world of smoky Blackness in his impressions of the cigar scene. Cigars and Brandy, Dion J. Pollard (Courtest of the Artist and The Black Art Depot) What's in the smoke? The bass line of a cello and smooth saxophone tones of Charles Mingus' Profile of Jackie? It's the sax playing seductive notes that travel across the room, lingering as the orange embers of a cigar flare in and out. The cigar conversations are slow and rhythmic, with hands slapping five affirm ..read more

By Looking Back, Larry "Poncho" Brown can Continue to Create Larry "Poncho" Brown's 40-year retrospective book contains 300 pages of art that spans across his entire career.   Deeply Rooted, Larry Brown, 2019 (Courtesy the artist) The conversation around legacy is framed as something that can be judged in the present. “The events of today will be this president's legacy.” “Has Stephen Curry's fourth championship in 2022 cemented his legacy as the best player of his generation?” The way to correctly identify legacy, involves remembering as the essential element -- not witnessing. Recou ..read more

The Civil War and the Spiritual Ancestry of Blackness Explored through the Work Hubert Jackson Hubert Jackson and his Spirits of the Journey series documents and preserves the lives and ancestry of Black People during the Civil War.  Spirits of Culpeper, Hubert Jackson (Courtesy the artist and Zenith Gallery) The idea of Blackness and its inherent right to exist is not something that comes from law or statute or is endowed onto a people by a nation-state. Focusing on the right to exist is the crux of the argument Black folks have fought for while in the United States of America. Black ..read more

A Grand Re-Opening: The Lucy Craft Laney Museum Returns Revitalized, Renovated, Reimagined and Ready for the Public!  An image of the Lucy Craft Laney Museum in Augusta, GA (Courtesy of the Museum) A long-standing local institution is reopening after a major renovation. The Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History will celebrate its grand reopening on June 18th from 6 P.M. to 8 P.M. The Lucy Craft Laney Museum will be open to the public for free for four weeks thanks to contributions from Bank of America. These visitors will have the opportunity to explore the museum after ten month ..read more

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Limited Edition: EuGene Byrd III and Future Gallery Show Originality in Giclee Exclusive Exhibit Kevin "WAK" Williams, EuGene Byrd III, Charly Palmer and Dubleyoo showcase reproductions of their work at Atlanta's Future Gallery  We are the ones this time, EuGene Byrd III (Courtesy the artist) Artists create worlds with their work. Black artists, in particular, are reaffirming and re-narrating the worlds that Black folks inhabit. The conversations between artist and audience are more meaningful the more participants there are. World-building is not a job that dissuades inclusion – in ..read more

The Kaplan African American Visual Culture Collection, which was acquired by the Getty Research Institute, is an important source of artwork, photographs, and other materials that capture the history and culture of African Americans. These resources on African-American art and history will allow researchers to better comprehend and understand the various and significant contributions of African Americans to visual culture. What is the Whitney and Lee Kaplan African American Visual Culture Collection? The collection focuses on Black visual culture in the United States, although it also in ..read more

January 23, 2022 "Tupac" by Charly Palmer: Wake Me When I'm Free Exhibit A new original work of art by Charly Palmer inspired by the life of Hip Hop artist and activist Tupac Shakur and his poem "The Rose that Grew from Concrete". "Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature's law is wrong it learned to walk with out having feet. Funny it seems, but by keeping its dreams, it learned to breathe fresh air. Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else ever cared." -Tupac Shakur - The artwork will be featured at the new "Wake Me When I ..read more

April 5th, 2020 Baldwin: New Original Artwork from K.A. Williams II K.A. Williams II has recently unveiled a new work of art. It is a portrait of the passionate and eloquent activist, novelist, playwright, essayist, and poet James Baldwin. It is simply titled "Baldwin" and measures 60x40 inches in size and the medium is Oil on Canvas. This tribute to the late great James Baldwin will be on display and available for purchase at Kevin's upcoming Solo Exhibition in Atlanta, GA. K.A. Williams Solo Exhibition is titled "If Not Now.....When?" and will be on display from July 23rd to July 25th ..read more

K.A. Williams II has recently unveiled a new work of art. It is a portrait of the passionate and eloquent activist, novelist, playwright, essayist, and poet James Baldwin. It is simply titled "Baldwin" and measures 60x40 inches in size and the medium is Oil on Canvas. This tribute to the late great James Baldwin will be on display and available for purchase at Kevin's upcoming Solo Exhibition in Atlanta, GA. K.A. Williams Solo Exhibition is titled " If Not Now.....When? " and will be on display from July 23rd to July 25th at The Mint Gallery. The theme of the exhibition is social ..read more