Romare Bearden’s art was a mirror for the communities that raised him. While Romare Bearden is widely recognized for his ties to Harlem’s art scene, his roots run deep in the south. Born in the ...

Right in the middle of uptown Charlotte, in the shadows of office towers and condos, is a very popular spot for walking, biking, picnicking, or just relaxing — Romare Bearden Park. You know the name, ...

romare bearden was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1911. His parents had both been to college, and in the face of menacing Jim Crow laws, they fled the South in 1914 for New York City. Bearden ...

Romare Bearden’s ingenious collages of Black life in the United States have appeared in museum surveys and art-history textbooks, been printed on postage stamps, and sold for seven figures, but one ...

The Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia is going big for its first major exhibition since moving into the Leigh Street Armory building this spring. A collection of 54 pieces from one ...

As the founder of Woman’s Art Journal and the author of influential textbooks, she documented the work of many accomplished artists who had been ignored. By Ash Wu Once she was cast out of the United ...