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Six Featured Artists Bring Depth, Beauty, and Cultural Legacy to Hyde Park Pigment International will again be exhibiting at the 57th Street Art Fair, one of the city's longest-running fairs, on June 6 & 7. Now in its fourth year at this beloved Hyde Park institution, Pigment's exhibition is a celebration of the country's 250th Anniversary — a showcase of the depth and breadth of our artists. The fair runs Saturday, June 6, from 11 am–6 pm and Sunday, June 7, from 10 am–5 pm.

Designer Norman Teague When Chicago designer Norman Teague arrives in Lagos this October he carries the weight of a legendary history — and the creative fire to match. Not a stranger, but a creative heir. Teague, founder and principal of Norman Teague Design Studios, has been named curator of Design Week Lagos 2026— Africa's leading platform for design, innovation, manufacturing, and creative industry development. Running October 18–25 at the iconic National Theatre in Lagos,

From top left: Robert Lewis Paige, Monica Haslip, Janell Nelson and Blake Lenoir are the honorees at this year's Black Art Love Affair. As Chicago’s creative community continues to shape global culture, ILA Creative Studio is once again bringing artists, patrons, and advocates together for an evening centered on celebration, sustainability, and collective investment. On June 17, the organization will host the fourth annual Black Art Love Affair (BALA) at Little Black Pearl un

Work by Max Sansing, Norman Teague, and Sura Dupart The final week of I Used to Live in Chicago at Blanc Gallery in Bronzeville brings a powerful close to one of the season’s most resonant exhibitions, culminating with two special public programs before the exhibition ends May 24. An innovative dialogue In Conversation with the Work will take place on Tuesday, May 19 from 6 - 9 pm., followed by the Film Screening and Community Forum: What We Built, featuring a screening of th

When Dr. Kelli Morgan returned to Detroit in 2023 to look after aging family members, she didn't come back to build an empire. She came back to sit down and breathe. What happened instead was the founding of the Black Artists Archive and its groundbreaking learning center, the Black Curatorial Institute — an online platform that has quietly grown into one of the most radical and rigorously structured professional development programs in the arts sector today. In a May 2026 co

Installation by A'driane Nieves Review by Ming Joi Speechlessness is seldom experienced by a woman of words like me, but what is there to say when the artworks do all the talking / take the words out of my mouth / speak for the silent moments / phrase it in a way my tongue would never try? In Unbound Narratives: Embodied Language, a group show at Atlanta Contemporary, Bethany Collins, February James, adriene nieves, and Gabi Madrid challenge the unsaid; instead, the inner tho

Top left - Mama Lae by Lavar Munroe Studio; top right - Big Chief Demond Melancon in ceremonial suit — Photo credit: Sophia Germer / The Times-Picayune; Bottom left - Sammy Baloji, Bottom middle - the late Koyo Kouoh, 2026 Venice Biennale curator Cape Town, March, 2024; bottom right - Neo Ramshu. The 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia opens this week under a title borrowed from music: In Minor Keys. Conceived by the late Koyo Kouoh — the first African

Tiffany Haddish by Tyler Clark, Leslie Jones by James Nelson, and Kevin Hart by Minnie Watkins exhibited by Pigment International at the Martha’s Vineyard Comedy Festival in 2022. There are few cultural forces more powerful — or more misunderstood — than Black comedy. It is a tradition of truth-telling, resistance, and joy that runs from Redd Foxx and Richard Pryor to Eddie Murphy, Wanda Sykes, and Tiffany Haddish. Now, a landmark publishing project is giving visual artists t

Top left - Patricia Andrews-Keenan, Pigment International, Claire Rice, Executive Director Arts Alliance Illinois, Nora Daley, Board Chair Illinois Arts Council, Vicki Heyman, Board Member Illinois Arts Council, Joshua Davis-Ruptero ED Illinois Arts Council. Top Middle - Antoinette Simmons, the Urban Ark Media Arts Center, State Representative Kimberly du Buclet, Middle Row Jen Tremblay Chambers, and Alison Cochran, Hyde Park Art Center, Middle Right - Erin Eveland, The Hub,

Pigment Int'l partners with European Cultural Centre (ECC) and plans updates on the exhibition featuring Big Chief Melancon's at the Biennale. Pigment International is proud to announce its return as media partner to the European Cultural Center for Personal Structures, the celebrated parallel program presented during the Venice Biennale. This marks Pigment's second editorial partnership with ECC. Additionally, Pigment plans to share updates on Big Chief Demond Melancon’s par

Pigment Salon Talk Glory! Glory! at Adler University. From left Phyliss North, Patricia Andrews-Keenan, Jane Carpenter-Rock, Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM); State Rep. Kimberly du Buclet; Lisa Coleman, PhD. President of Adler University; Artist D. Lammie-Hanson; Patrica Jones Blessman, PhD.; Valerie Francis, Knowhere Gallery, and Allison Casselberry. Spring Art Week Chicago 2026: A Roundup We go deeper on specifics in later issues — this week, let the photos do the

Martha Wade at William Blair, her 3D chair, and work by Briana McNeil Scott. On Wednesday, at William Blair , Martha Wade debuted not just new work, but her work took new form when she created a chair. Wade's calm, consistency and commitment to community shone through in her interview with Blair’s curator Isidora K. Lagos under the theme Expressive Journeys: The panel of self-taught artists also included Grace Federighi, Briana McNeil, and O’Neil Scott.

Sonja Henderson and Sadie Wood's Lakefront installation. Sadie Woods and Sonja Henderson’s We Still Here is a temporal monument response situated along Chicago’s lakefront at Lake Shore Drive and Belmont, in the shadow of General Philip Sheridan. The installation reclaims space through an evocative assembly of bones, metal, and feathers, honoring layered histories while challenging dominant narratives. A diverse crowd gathered in celebration of spirituality and environmental

Work of Kari Black April 9–12, the independent fair spotlights emerging artists — and makes space for those too often left out  The Other Art Fair Chicago arrives April 9–12 with its signature blend of accessibility, interactivity, and discovery — and this edition leans into both nostalgia and urgency. Anchored by the theme Nostalgia Core , the fair transforms Saatchi Art's independent platform into an immersive playground where visitors don't just view art — they touch, pl

Panelists Arlene Crawford, Janice Bond, Dorian Sylvain, and Brenda Dickerson at the Women of the Wall at Zhou B Art Center in Chicago. The Salon Talk was moderated by Monique Brinkman Hill. The Women of the Wall Salon Talk , presented by Pigment International at the Zhou B Art Center, closed the exhibition, Glory! Glory! with a powerful intergenerational conversation about public art, cultural memory, and the enduring legacy of the historic Wall of Respect. Panelists Do

By Dontae Muse  When you think of the Biennale, you might think of Venice. I wish. This one was nearly chosen, except for the lack of water. I hopped over the water, the Hudson River, to experience the Whitney Biennial 2026 during the preview at the Whitney Museum of American Art, before it opened to the public, courtesy of my membership. I have to say that observing the exhibition in its quiet state, before the reactions unfold, allows for a deeper appreciation of its const

Pigment International will present Women of the Wall , a Pigment Salon Talk marking the closing of the Glory! Glory! exhibition on Friday, February 20 from 6–8 pm at the Zhou B Art Center . The panel will feature artist Arlene Crawford, Janice Bond , Executive Director of the Chicago Public Art Group ; interdisciplinary artist Dorian Sylvain , whose work is part of the public art program at the Obama Presidential Center ; and Brenda Dickerson , an arts advocate dedi

Rush Baker IV, Monica Haslip, and Vicki Heyman were in conversation with Rufus Willaims at Zhou B Art Center as Glory! Glory! continues. On Friday, March 13, Zhou B Art Center became a sanctuary for honest, searching dialogue when Glory! Glory! — the exhibition celebrating the nation's 250th anniversary through the lens of Black artists — hosted a panel discussion as powerful as the work on its walls. WVON radio host Rufus Williams set the tone immediately, inviting the

BUTTER Fine Art Fair made a powerful Los Angeles debut at Hollywood Park in Inglewood during Black History Month, aligning its four-day run with the energy of LA Art Week. Situated near SoFi Stadium, the immersive fair featured more than 40 independent, emerging, mid-career, and established artists from across the African diaspora. BUTTER’s defining principle—its no-censorship, no-commission structure—advanced a bold “100% for Artists” mission, directing all proceeds from sa

LA Art Week coincided with The NAACP Image Awards and SAG Awards fostering some serious celebrity watching.