Adam Bradley
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9 Songs That Define R&B’s New Era
A playlist of recent tracks by women singer-songwriters, from Jazmine Sullivan to Raye, who are changing the music industry.
Charles Gaines, By the Numbers
The artist on his new work at the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Alabama, the development of his practice and taking drum lessons from Jimmie...
The Black Female Artists Redefining Minimalism
A new generation of painters and sculptors are finding creative freedom by making rigorously pared-down work.
Millions Saw His Paintings on TV. In the Art World, His Work Still Went Unnoticed.
In his lifetime, Ernie Barnes was largely dismissed and ignored by the industry. He became an icon anyway.
From Houston to Athens, Rick Lowe Takes His Social Sculpture Global
The artist, known for the influential Project Row Houses in Houston, discusses music, basketball and art’s ability to improve lives.
The New Black Canon: Books, Plays and Poems That Everyone Should Know
A guide to some of the undervalued 20th-century works that testify to the richness of the Black American literary archive.
Eight Works to Take in After or Alongside Toni Morrison’s ‘Jazz’
The author consumed countless archival articles, essays, poems and even Sunday school programs to get a feel for the Harlem Renaissance. Here is some reading...