The New Orleans Museum of Art has sparked outrage ... by no means relate to the black or African experience.” Many social media users wondered why Maples, a white woman, was hired to curate ...

The importance of understanding women’s and Black women’s history lies ... in 1996 and regularly features art by and about women of the African Diaspora. Through art exhibitions, programming ...

a white woman, as its curator of African Art. Introducing Maples via press release and Instagram caused immediate blowback as commenters expressed intense frustration that a black curator or other ...

She met her first husband, Charles Wilbert White, while studying at the School of the Art ... of women of African descent in the United States. “Very few American artists lifted up Black women ...

An exceptionally rare 17th-century painting featuring a Black woman and a white woman side by side has ... “But it’s also unique in British art and allows us to widen our understanding of ...

its artistic legacy will take center stage as New Orleans artist Tahj “Queen Tahj” Williams will become the first Black woman to handcraft both the Super Bowl logo and theme art for Super Bowl ...

The New Orleans Museum of Art is facing sharp criticism for hiring a white woman to become its new Francoise Billion Curator of African Art rather than hiring a Black person. The museum announced ...

“Until y’all remedy this situation with a REAL apology and a new Black hire ... Kristen Windmuller-Luna, a white woman, as a consulting curator of African art. Public outcry came swiftly ...