It is one of the most evocative works from the American Civil War: A sculpture of a Black man who had escaped from slavery ...

A few weeks ago she was selected to represent the United States at the 2022 Venice Biennale, the first Black woman to do so. Simone Leigh, creator of the “Brick House” sculpture at UPenn. (Courtesy of ...

Murjoni Merriweather: Shapeshifter At first, her commitment to turning Black life into sculptured art wasn’t well received by her peers. Merriweather said as a student at a PWI, there weren’t ...

The traveling Monumental Tour landed in Philadelphia this week, placing four sculptures examining Black history themes near the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and Delaware River waterfront. The ...

Last April, Simone Leigh, 55, the first Black woman to have her work shown at the U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, filled the venue with towering abstract sculptures of Black female forms ...

The Rise of the Black Sculpture Garden. Once rare, statues and monuments by Black artists are now claiming public space in parks from Los Angeles to Montgomery, Alabama. A memorial to ...

Manny Beckles, founder of Shona African Sculptures, wins Exceptional Black-Owned Emerging Talent Award. Beckles shares Shona sculptures with design experts.

There is a sculpture at the corner of Vermont Avenue and L Street NW. Whenever I drive by, I want to hop out and read the plaque, if there is one, but the light always changes.

“The work showcases the beauty of Black women all over the world,” Popoola said of the piece, which he began in 2022. “At first glance, you would see her graceful curves, raw beauty, and her ...

A sculpture of Martin Henry Freeman, the first Black American College president, is on display in his home city of Rutland, Vt., on Monday, Nov. 23, 2020.

Nigerian artist Dotun Popoola creates polychromatic sculptures from scrap materials. “Irinkemi Asake” (pictured) is a 12-foot-tall, 882-pound piece depicting the decorated head and neck of an ...