A painting from a thrift store in Glenside is by William H. Dorsey, of Philadelphia’s elite Black society circa 1864.

The massive Art Institute of Chicago exhibition, co-presented with museums in Barcelona and Brussels, will head to Europe ...

A watercolor by artist William H. Dorsey dates back to 1864 and is now on display at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

When Michiko Quinones first saw the framed, oval-shaped 1864 watercolor of a tiny Black man peacefully fishing near a mill, ...

so portraits of African American musicians, much like other markers of status that were long denied to people of color in European-controlled territories, serve as a cultural acknowledgment of their ...

Students at Hatboro-Horsham Senior High School are educating and celebrating Black excellence through creative and ...

Clementine Hunter was a self-taught African American artist known for her painted depictions of early 20th-century plantation life in Louisiana. Hunter’s colorful oil paintings do not rely on ...

Actress and art collector CCH Pounder is sharing more than 40 pieces of her collection in an exhibit at the African American ...

“But it’s also unique in British art and allows us to widen our ... rejected a proposed ban of “the vice of painting and wearing black patches, and immodest dress of women.” ...

prints and sculpture by African-American artists. And during baseball season, the museum will host “Picturing America’s Pastime,” a photo exhibit on the history of baseball. “It’s really ...

It is presented by the African American Historical Society of South Central Pennsylvania and LancasterHistory.org. The other exhibit is an art installation, “For the Culture: A Celebration of ...