Because “Magnetic Fields” focuses on artists who were black, female, and committed their passions specifically to abstract art. Understanding ... solid red lattice of Orion (1973), from ...

Growing up in Jim Crow Alabama, Whitten was barred from the public library but, by 1960, he was in New York, studying art at Cooper Union. The Abstract Expressionist Norman Lewis (a Black American ...

Black Abstract Painters Are Finally Given Their Due. CU Boulder Today spoke with O’Grady, a critic and essayist who recently joined the university as assistant professor of Critical and Curatorial ...

The power of abstract art lies in its ability to convey meaning ... and line features to portray each emotion. People used red and black for anger; brown, green, and ochre for disgust; black ...

This article is part of a series of interviews by Folasade Ologundudu exploring the evolving conversation about abstract art among Black artists across different generations. With a career ...