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Recontextualizing African Art

A look at how the Faie African Art Gallery changes how we view African Art

Post Black Folk Art in America 1930-1980-2016

For its 25th anniversary, the non-profit art space Intuit revisits a groundbreaking exhibition of black American folk art, and invites viewers to challenge the perceptions of historically pigeonholed artists.

Your Guide to Gene Siskel’s Black Harvest International Film Festival

This year's festival offers films on history, Chicago, and important figures in African American history.

Siskel’s ‘Hot Seven’ Explores Community Through Lens of Marginalized People

Artists' work runs the gamut from subtle to heavy-handed.

“Invisible Man”: Gordon Parks and Ralph Ellison in Harlem

The Art Institute of Chicago places novelist Ralph Ellison next to photographer Gordon Parks for marvelously provocative results.