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Black Studies: Painting & Drawing

A guide to our history, our present, our future, solely for our wellbeing.

Exhibitions

Theory and Criticism

Collections

Jennifer Packer, 1984-

Joseph Yoakum, 1889-1972

Bill Traylor, 1854-1949

Nina Chanel Abney, 1982-

Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1960-1988

Romare Bearden, 1911-1988

John Biggers, 1924-2001

Howardena Pindell, 1943-

Thorton Dial, 1928-2016

Jack Whitten, 1939-2018

Ellen Gallagher, 1965-

Wangechi Mutu, 1972-

Julie Mehretu, 1970-

Kehinde Wiley, 1977-

Chéri Samba, 1956-

Alma Thomas, 1891-1978

William H. Johnson, 1901-1970

Njideka Akunyili Crosby, 1983-

Laylah Ali, 1968-

Bob Thompson, 1937-1966

Norman Lewis, 1909-1979

Tom Feelings, 1933-2003

Jacob Lawrence, 1917-2000

Kara Walker, 1969 -

Robert Colescott, 1925-2009

Sister Gertrude Morgan, 1900-1980

Sam Gilliam, 1933-

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1859–1937

Kerry James Marshall, 1955-

Barkley Hendricks, 1945-2017

Chris Ofili, 1968-