It’s 1864, and the Battle of Atlanta just ended. Union Army Gen. James Birdseye McPherson was unexpectedly shot and killed. The scene of his death looks like an abandoned campground in the forest, ...

At Sprüth Magers, Berlin, the artist’s new watercolour and ink works unravel the visual language of popular history, exposing ...

The Kara Walker: Back of Hand Exhibit is currently held at the Athenaeum in Athens, Georgia. Kara Walker is an internationally famous artist known for her pieces that convey messages about racism, ...

She’s known for her famous silhouettes — depictions of Black people in Antebellum dress — but two new shows now running at Georgetown University’s Art Galleries, mark a departure for contemporary ...

Some topics are difficult to discuss. Art makes these tough conversations easier by contextualizing the issue and making us look at challenging topics with fresh eyes. Kara Walker takes Civil War ...

Daijah Williams, a student curator, discussed the exhibit with art collector Jordan Schnitzer and President Carol Folt, all of whom delivered speeches at the exhibit’s Thursday evening preview. (Emma ...

Jeff Koons, “Split-Rocker” (2000), at Rockefeller Center (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic unless otherwise noted) As if his museum-filling Whitney retrospective weren’t enough, Jeff Koons ...

Walker's latest project is a series of sugar sculptures housed in a former sugar refinery. From far away the works look charming, but up close... Artist Kara Walker Draws Us Into Bitter History With ...