Kara Walker Archives

BLACK VENUS opens at Somerset House

20 July 2023 • Mark Westall

BLACK VENUS at Somerset House- opens toady 20th July at Somerset House, an exhibition which examines the historical representation and shifting legacy of Black women in visual culture.

The Royal Academy has revealed the winners of the Summer Exhibition 2023 prizes.

16 June 2023 • Mark Westall

The Royal Academy has revealed the winners of the Summer Exhibition 2023 prizes. The Royal Academy of Arts’ Summer Exhibition… Read More

In the Black Fantastic at Hayward Gallery

29 July 2022 • Lee Sharrock

In the Black Fantastic is a magical, fantastical exhibition featuring 11 contemporary artists from the African diaspora; Nick Cave, Sedrick Chisom,… Read More

Young, Gifted and Black the tour continues.

18 January 2022 • Mark Westall

Lehigh University Art Galleries (LUAG) will present Young, Gifted and Black: The Lumpkin Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art this February. This exhibition… Read More

The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London in late March

15 March 2020 • Tabish Khan

Wooden dolls, a chair on a ceiling, a fountain, a funeral and an autopsy.

How art is being used to explore America’s shameful legacy of lynching

2 August 2017 • Syndicate

A new exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum examines the history of racial persecution in the US while steering clear of explicit violence

ART NEWS

Why Kara Walker’s incendiary slavery art is as relevant as ever

24 November 2016 • Mark Westall

The artist’s bold new work, as seen in an exhibit at the Cleveland Museum of Art, has taken on a terrifying new prescience in the Trump era

2Q13 Women Artists | Women Collectors @The Lloyds Club Private View: Wednesday 18th September

18 September 2013 • Mark Westall

The exhibition will feature over 100 contemporary artworks made by women artists and will represent the art collections of seven prominent female art collectors from London, Europe and North America.