Art History Timeline

  • 25,000 BCE

    Paleolithic Era

    "Old Stone Age"
  • Mask of Agamemnon
    1550 BCE

    Mask of Agamemnon

  • Tutankhamun's Mask
    1323 BCE

    Tutankhamun's Mask

    Death mask of Egyptian pharaoh​
  • Porch of the Caryatids
    421 BCE

    Porch of the Caryatids

    Erechtheum, Acropolis, Athens, Greece
  • Herculaneum papyri
    79

    Herculaneum papyri

    Covered 79AD
  • Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius
    175

    Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius

    Rome, Bronze, approx. 11’6
  • Unswept House (Unswept Floor)
    190

    Unswept House (Unswept Floor)

    Mosaic from the emperor Hadrian’s villa at Tovoli Sosus of Pergamon
  • 220

    Woodblock Printing Emerges

    Earliest examples of woodblock printing in China.
  • 235

    First Images of Jesus Christ

    Surfaced around Jerusalem
  • 390

    Codex

    examples of codex
  • 700

    Portrait of Ezra

    From the Codex Amiatinus.
  • Codex Gigas
    1100

    Codex Gigas

    Huge historic book with hints of original Catholic Bible.
  • Madonna Ruccelai
    1285

    Madonna Ruccelai

    Created by Duccio di Buoninsegna - has perspective problems
  • 1310

    Christ and the Samaritan Woman

    Duccio
  • 1314

    Ognissanti Madonna

    Giotto; artists are getting better at understanding perspective
  • Dante Alighieri
    1321

    Dante Alighieri

    d. 1321 (death mask)
  • 1338

    Detail of The Effects of Good Government

    Ambrogio Lorenzetti - fresco in the City Hall of Siena
  • Jikji
    1377

    Jikji

    Korea Moveable Metal Type – first known document using metalloid type
  • Period: 1377 to 1446

    Architect Fillio Brunelleschi

    Linear Perspective - 1415
  • 1400

    Taecuinum Sanitatis

    Medieval handbook focused on good health
  • Holy Trinity Masaccio
    1425

    Holy Trinity Masaccio

    263’’ x 125’’ fresco
  • Bidding Farewell at the Tiger Hill
    1427

    Bidding Farewell at the Tiger Hill

    Shen Zhou, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) [Handscroll, ink and color on paper, 32 x 116 cm]
  • Arnolfini Wedding
    1434

    Arnolfini Wedding

    Jan van Eyck. Oil painting
  • Emerald Buddha
    1434

    Emerald Buddha

    Thailand
  • 1435

    Alberti's On Painting

    Della Pictura
  • 1436

    Lucca Madonna

    Jan van Eyck
  • 1440

    Johannes Gutenberg's Printing Press

    first printing press able to produce more texts faster than ever known before
  • 1454

    Gutenberg Bible

    first ever mass produced Bible
  • Playing Chess with Death
    1470

    Playing Chess with Death

    Albertus Pictor. Fresco from Taby Church, Sweden
  • 1480

    Carlo Crivelli

    Tempura and gold on wood (religious painting about food)
  • Danse Macabre or Dance of Death
    1490

    Danse Macabre or Dance of Death

    Janez iz Kastva
  • The Four Horseman
    1498

    The Four Horseman

    Printmaker Albrecht Durer; woodblock print 15 1/4 x 11 in. (38.7 x 27.9 cm)
  • School of Athens
    1509

    School of Athens

    Raphael; fresco
  • 1526

    Adam and Eve

    Lucas Cranach the Elder
  • 1526

    Pesaro Madonna

    Titian
  • Venus of Urbino
    1538

    Venus of Urbino

    Titian
  • 1547

    Le Transi de Rene de Chalon

    Ligier Richier
  • The Triumph of Death
    1562

    The Triumph of Death

    Pieter Bruegel the Elder
  • Vegetables in a Bowl or the Gardener
    1563

    Vegetables in a Bowl or the Gardener

    Giuseppe Arcimboldo
  • David
    1564

    David

    Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti​ Simoni
  • The Peasant Wedding
    1567

    The Peasant Wedding

    Pieter Bruegel the Elder
  • 1580

    The Four Seasons

    Giuseppe Arcimboldo
  • Reversible Head with Basket of Fruit

    Giuseppe Arcimboldo; oil on wood, 56 x 42 cm
  • Pieta

    Pieta

    Michelangelo
  • Still Life With Quince, Cabbage, Melon, and Cucumber

    Juan Sanchez Cotan
  • Still Life with Dead Game, Fruits, and Vegetables in a Market

    Still Life with Dead Game, Fruits, and Vegetables in a Market

    Frans Snyders; Flemish, 1579-1657
  • Judith Slaying Holofernes

    Judith Slaying Holofernes

    Artemisia Gentileschi
  • Vanitas Still Life with Self Portrait

    Pieter Claesz
  • Venus and Adonis

    Venus and Adonis

    Peter Paul Rubens
  • Still Life

    Willem Claesz Heda; oil on wood
  • Equestrian Portrait of King Phillip II of Spain

    Peter Paul Rubens
  • Deathbed portrait of Christian IV, King of Denmark

    Berent Hilwaetz
  • The Milkmaid

    The Milkmaid

    Johannes Vermeer
  • Self Portrait - Rembrandt

    Self Portrait - Rembrandt

    Rembrandt von Rijn
  • Self Portrait - Rembrandt

    Rembrandt von Rijn
  • Self Portrait - Rembrandt

    Rembrandt von Rijn
  • The Dissolute Household

    Jan Steen (Dutch, Leiden 1626-1679)
  • Opticks

    Sir Isaac Newton 1634-1747
  • Palace of Versailles

    Palace of Versailles

    building
  • Mr. and Mrs. Andrews

    Mr. and Mrs. Andrews

    Thomas Gainsborough
  • Period: to

    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

    German
  • Ancient Rome

    Giovanni Paolo Panini; oil on canvas, 67 3/4 x 90 1/2 in
  • The Swing

    The Swing

    Jean-Honore Fragonard
  • Opera House

    E. L. Boulee
  • Church

    E. L. Boulee
  • Church, Two Lighting Designs

    E. L. Boulee
  • Museum

    E. L. Boulee
  • Newton Cenotaph

    Newton Cenotaph

    E. L. Boulee; Day and Night
  • Library

    E. L. Boulee
  • Period: to

    Michel Eugene Chevreul

    French
  • Period: to

    Louis Daguerre

    daguerrotypes
  • Stadium

    E. L. Boulee
  • Self-Portrait - David

    Jacques-Louis David; oil on canvas, 63 x 52 cm
  • Town Hall

    E. L. Boulee
  • The Death of Marat

    Jacques Louis David
  • Portrait of the Artist - David

    Portrait of the Artist - David

    Jacques-Louis David; oil on canvas, 81 x 64 cm
  • Napoleon Crossing the Alps

    Jacques-Louis David
  • House of Death

    William Blake
  • Napoleon I on His Imperial Throne

    Jena-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
  • La Grande Odalisque

    La Grande Odalisque

    Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
  • Francisco de Self-Portrait

    Goya y Lucientes; oil on panel, 51 x 46 cm
  • The Raft of the Medusa

    The Raft of the Medusa

    Theodore Gericault
  • Self-Portrait with Doctor Arrieta - Goya

    Francisco de Goya y Lucientes; oil on canvas, 117 x 79 cm
  • Hampstead Heath with Bathers

    John Constable
  • The Gleaners, Brighton

    John Constable
  • View from the Window at Le Gras

    Joseph Nicephore Niepde; printed on metal plate (first known photograph)
  • The Sea Near Brighton

    John Constable
  • Napoleon Bonaparte - Death mask

    Napoleon Bonaparte - Death mask

    Death mask of Bonaparte
  • William Blake

    William Blake

    death mask, but still alive
  • Three Seascapes

    Three Seascapes

    Joseph Mallord William Turner
  • first "selfie"

    first photograph of self
  • Period: to

    Ogden Rood

    American
  • The Savage State

    The Savage State

    Thomas Cole
  • The Arcadian or Pastoral State

    Thomas Cole
  • The Consummation of Empire

    Thomas Cole
  • Destruction

    Destruction

    Thomas Cole
  • Desolation

    Thomas Cole
  • Ard de Triomphe

    Ard de Triomphe

    Jean Chalgrin, Louis-Étienne Héricart de Thury
  • Self Portrait - Delacroix

    Eugene Delacroix; oil on canvas, 65 x 54.5 cm
  • George Sand

    Eugene Delacroix; oil on canvas, 79 x 57 cm
  • First known photo of human being

    First known photo of human being

    Boulevard du Temple; guy getting his shoe shined
  • Self Portrait - Courbet

    Gustave Courbet; oil on canvas, 27 x 23 cm
  • Snow Storm – Steam-Boat off a Harbour’s Mouth

    Joseph Mallord William Turner
  • The Desperate Man

    The Desperate Man

    Gustave Courbet
  • Self Portrait with Striped Collar - Courbet

    Gustave Courbet
  • Osage Scalp Dance

    Jon Mix Stanley
  • Norham Castle, Sunrise

    Norham Castle, Sunrise

    Joseph Mallord William Turner
  • Self Portrait (The Cellist) - Courbet

    Gustave Courbet; oil on canvas, 117 x 90 cm
  • Portrait of Baudelaire

    Gustave Courbet; oil on canvas, 54 x 65 cm
  • Valley of The Shadow of Death

    Valley of The Shadow of Death

    Roger Fenton
  • Olympia

    Olympia

    Edouard Manet
  • Period: to

    Albert Henry Munsell

    American
  • Portrait Among the Mandans

    George Catlin
  • Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe

    Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe

    Edouard Manet
  • The Harvest of Death

    The Harvest of Death

    Timothy H. O'Sullivan; Union dead on the battlefield at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
  • Woman With Parrot

    Gustave Courbet
  • The Artist in His Studio - Whistler

    The Artist in His Studio - Whistler

    James Abbot McNeill Whistler; oil on paper mounted on panel, 63 x 46 cm
  • First "Photoshop" offense

    ?
  • Entree du village de voisins

    Camille Pissaro
  • Self Portrait at Sainte-Pelagie - Courbet

    Gustave Courbet; oil on canvas, 92 x 72 cm
  • Self Portrait in a Peaked Cap - Cezanne

    Paul Cezanne
  • The Gross Clinic

    The Gross Clinic

    Thomas Eakins; considered one of the best paintings ever
  • The Aegean Sea

    The Aegean Sea

    Frederic Edwin Church
  • L'Inconnue de la Seine

    ?
  • Period: to

    Arts and Crafts Movement

    Disapproving of the speed of progress and factories, wanted products to be made with care by hand
  • The Sick Husband

    Vassily Maksimov
  • Bar at the Follie Bergere

    Edouard Manet
  • The Potato Eaters

    The Potato Eaters

    Vincent van Gogh
  • Period: to

    Dozens of Self Portraits - van Gogh

    Vincent van Gogh; struggles with identity
  • Vincent van Gogh

    Vincent van Gogh

    Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec; pastel on cardboard 54 x 45 cm
  • They Did Not Expect Him

    Repin
  • The Night Cafe

    The Night Cafe

    Vincent van Gogh
  • Portrait of the Artist's Mother - van Gogh

    Portrait of the Artist's Mother - van Gogh

    Vincent van Gogh
  • Self Portrait with Yellow Christ - Gauguin

    Self Portrait with Yellow Christ - Gauguin

    Paul Gauguin; oil on canvas, 38 x 46 cm
  • Self Portrait - Gauguin

    Paul Gauguin; oil on wood, 79 x 51 cm
  • Maternite

    Marie Cassatt
  • Portrait of the Artist's Mother - Cassatt

    Marie Cassatt
  • Period: to

    Art Nouveau Movement

    Inspired by natural forms and structures, particularly the curved lines of plants and flowers
  • The Banjo Lesson

    Henry Ossawa Tanner - oil on canvas, 49 x 35.5 in
  • The Three Stages of Woman (Sphinx)

    The Three Stages of Woman (Sphinx)

    Edvard Munch
  • Rouen Cathedral

    Rouen Cathedral

    Claude Monet
  • The Basket of Apples

    The Basket of Apples

    Paul Cezanne
  • At the Moulin Rouge

    At the Moulin Rouge

    Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
  • Self Portrait - Gauguin

    Paul Gauguin; oil on canvas, 41 x 32 cm
  • Self Portrait - Gauguin

    Paul Gauguin; oil on canvas, 76 x 64 cm
  • Box Camera

    first box camera
  • Le Voyage Dean la Lun

    Le Voyage Dean la Lun

    Georges Melies
  • Woman with Dead Child

    Woman with Dead Child

    Kathe Kollwitz
  • He That Is Without Sin

    He That Is Without Sin

    Polenov
  • Death and the Maiden

    Death and the Maiden

    Marianne Stokes
  • Tote Mutter (Dead Mother)

    Egon Schiele
  • Concerning the Spiritual in Art

    Wassily Kandinsky
  • Casa Milà

    Casa Milà

    Antonio Gaudí - Architecture
  • Mystery and Melancholy of a Street

    Mystery and Melancholy of a Street

    Giorgio de Chirico; 69 x 85 cm
  • The Banquet of the Starved or Comical Repast

    The Banquet of the Starved or Comical Repast

    James Ensor
  • 0.10 Exhibition

    Supremacist​ Exhibition
  • Black Square

    Black Square

    Kazimir Malevich; oil on linen
  • The Newborn

    Constantin Brâncusi
  • Fountain

    Fountain

    Marcel Duchamp; this urinal is art because I say it is -- later photographed by Alfred Stieglitz
  • Concealing

    Abbot H. Thayer; coloration in the animal kingdom, an exposition of the laws of disguise through color and patterns
  • Mina Loy Portrait

    Man Ray
  • Marlene

    Hannah Hoch
  • Monument to the Third International

    Monument to the Third International

    Vladimir Tatlin
  • The Kiss

    The Kiss

    Rayography
  • Evening Attire

    Evening Attire

    James Van Der Zee
  • Dia de los Muertos

    Dia de los Muertos

    Diego Rivera
  • Bird in Space

    Constantin Brâncusi
  • The Treachery of Images

    Rene Magritte
  • The Futurist Cookbook

    The Futurist Cookbook

    F.T. Marinetti and Fillia
  • Votivhild (Wureengel) or Votive picture (Strangled Angel)

    Meret Oppenheim
  • Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

    written by Walter Benjamin
  • Migrant Mother with Three Children

    Migrant Mother with Three Children

    Dorothea Lange
  • The Luncheon in Fur

    The Luncheon in Fur

    Meret Oppenheim
  • From Series, Death

    Kathe Kollwitz
  • Haus der Kunst

    art museum
  • The Two Fridas

    The Two Fridas

    Frida Kahlo
  • Leda

    Isamu Noguchi
  • Freedom from Want

    Norman Rockwell
  • The Kiss

    The Kiss

    Isamu Noguchi - Alabaster
  • SLR light camera

    ?
  • Seated Man

    Alberto Giacometti
  • Period: to

    Montien Boonma

    Temple of the Mind; Nature's Breath: Arokhayasala; Lotus Sound; House of Hope; Breathing House; Salas for the Mind
  • Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercutbus)

    Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercutbus)

    Salvador Dali
  • Pantone

    American company
  • The Seventh Seal Film

    The Seventh Seal Film

    Ingmar Bergman
  • IKB

    IKB

    Yves Klein's
  • Replica of Dance of Death fresco

    Vladimir Makuc
  • Anthropometry of the Blue Period (ANT 82)

    Yves Klein
  • Walking Man I

    Alberto Giacometti
  • Déjeuner Sur L' Herbe

    Déjeuner Sur L' Herbe

    Pablo Picasso
  • Prose Poems

    Daniel Spoerri
  • The Situationist International

    influenced by Lettrists Movement from the 1940s​; founded by Asger Jorn and Guy DeBord
  • Literaturwurst

    Dieter Roth
  • Campbell’s Soup Cans

    Campbell’s Soup Cans

    Andy Warhol
  • Souriez Rue Froide

    Asger Jorn
  • Floor Burger

    Claes Oldenburg
  • Make a salad

    Allison Knowles
  • Interaction of Color

    Interaction of Color

    Josef Albers - German
  • Kichka’s Breakfast

    Daniel Spoerri - one of his most famous works
  • Twelve Electric Chairs

    Andy Warhol - acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas, 92 x 88 1/3 in.
  • Triomphe de Moules I (Moules Caserole)

    Triomphe de Moules I (Moules Caserole)

    Marcel Broodthaers - iron pot, mussel shells and paint
  • One and Three Chairs

    Joseph Kosuth
  • Worm Pyramid

    Isamu Noguchi - Granite
  • Slide Mantra

    Isamu Noguchi - Botticino marble
  • A Line Made by Walking

    Richard Long
  • Seated Woman and Child (Femme assise et enfant)

    Seated Woman and Child (Femme assise et enfant)

    Juan Miro
  • A Nonsite, Franklin, New Jersey

    Robert Smithson
  • Eden

    Hélio Oiticica
  • Double Negative

    Double Negative

    Michael Heizer
  • The Door (Admissions Office)

    David Hammons
  • Spiral Jetty

    Spiral Jetty

    Robert Smithson
  • Partially Buried Wood-Shed

    Robert Smithson
  • Vietnam Referendum ’70 Committee, Let the People Vote on War!

    From the Daniel Wolf Collection of Protest Portrait, offset lithography with pen and ink
  • Fall 1, Los Angeles

    Bas Jan Ader
  • Fall 2, Amsterdam

    Bas Jan Ader
  • FOOD (restaurant)

    Soho, NY – Carol Goodden, Tina Girouard, Gordon Matta-Clark
  • The Rothko Chapel

  • The Holy Mountain

    Alejandro Jodorowsky - film
  • Roden Crater

    Roden Crater

    James Turrell
  • Sun Tunnels

    Nancy Holt
  • Body Print

    David Hammons
  • S.O.S. Starification Object Series

    S.O.S. Starification Object Series

    Hannah Wilke – 1974-82 [10 b&w silver gelation prints and 15 chewing gum sculptures mounted on board]
  • Invented Digital Cameras

  • In Search of the Miraculous

    In Search of the Miraculous

    Bas Jan Ader
  • Interior Scroll

    Carolee Schneeman - Performance
  • Silueta Series

    Ana Mendieta
  • Bus Rider Series

    Bus Rider Series

    Cindy Sherman
  • House #3, Providence, Rhode Island

    Francesca Woodman
  • TV Buddha

    TV Buddha

    Nam June Paik
  • Running Fence

    Running Fence

    Christo and Jeanne-Claude
  • The Lightning Field

    The Lightning Field

    Walter De Maria
  • Quilting Time

    Romare Bearden
  • (Untitled) Fallen Angel

    Jean-Michel Basquiat
  • Vietnam War Memorial, Washington DC

    Vietnam War Memorial, Washington DC

    Maya Lin
  • Fertility Series B

    Keith Harring - Silkscreen on Rives paper
  • Immediate Family

    Sally Mann - Series 1984-1991
  • Guerrilla Girls

    Guerrilla Girls

    Woman empowerment group founded 1985, centered around woman in art
  • Relocate Destroy, In Memory of Native Americans, In Memory of Jews

    Relocate Destroy, In Memory of Native Americans, In Memory of Jews

    Edgar Heap
  • Performance Still

    Mona Hatoum – walked barefoot with shoes tied to ankles
  • Nicaragua

    Nancy Spero - Hand printed collage on paper
  • Higher Goal

    David Hammons
  • The Lone Wolf Recital Corps.

    Founded in 1986 by Terry Adkins
  • A Fire in My Belly

    David Wojnarowicz - video and sound (4 mins)
  • Immersion (Piss Christ)

    Immersion (Piss Christ)

    Andres Serrano - photography
  • Portrait (Futago)

    Yasumasa Morimura
  • Cornered

    Cornered

    Adrian Piper
  • Stereo Styles

    Lorna Simpson
  • Bismullah

    Bismullah

    Rasheed Araeen
  • Just Seeds

    Founded 1988: Justseeds Asrtists’ Cooperative is a decentralized network of 30 artists committed to social, environmental, and political engagement
  • Untitled #215

    Cindy Sherman
  • Guarded Conditions

    Lorna Simpson - [18 color Polaroid prints, 21 engraved plastic plaques & plastic letters, 91 x 131in]
  • The Kitchen Table Series

    The Kitchen Table Series

    Carrie Mae Weems
  • Buddha Statue of Hyderabad

    Buddha Statue of Hyderabad

    India
  • Picasso and Frederick’s of Hollywood

    Nancy Spero - Hand printed collage on paper
  • Untitled

    Felix Gonzalez Torres - Portrait of Ross in L.A., 175 pounds of hard candy
  • Monywa Buddhas (reclining)

    Burma
  • Four Untitled Etchings

    Glenn Ligon
  • Mining the Museum

    Mining the Museum

    Fred Wilson
  • Modes of Transport

    Fred Wilson
  • The Temple of All Religions

    The Temple of All Religions

    Ildar Khanov - Kazan, Russia (Architecture)
  • Untitled (Free/Still)

    Rirkrit Tiravanija
  • Couple in a Cage

    Couple in a Cage

    Guillermo Gómez-Peña & Coco Fusco - Performance
  • Spider

    Lousie Bourgeois
  • Faceless Women of Allah Series

    Shirin Neshat
  • Wigs

    Wigs

    Lorna Simpson – Portfolio of 21 lithographs on felt, 6’ x 13’ x 6”
  • Untitled

    Rudolf Stingel – cast urethane rubber 18x21x9in
  • New Mother Series

    Rineke Dijkstra - Julie, Den Haag, Netherlands
  • Electronic Superhighway Continental U.S.

    Electronic Superhighway Continental U.S.

    Nam June Paik (father of video art) - Alaska, Hawaii
  • The Wave Field

    The Wave Field

    Maya Lin
  • Dropping a Han-Dynasty Urn

    Ai Wei Wei
  • The Chromatic Diet

    Sophie Calle
  • Mr. and Mrs. Andrews without their heads

    Mr. and Mrs. Andrews without their heads

    Yinka Shonibare
  • First mobile phone camera

  • Condition Report

    Glenn Ligon
  • GFP Bunny

    Eduardo Kac
  • Holocaust Memorial

    Holocaust Memorial

    Rachel Whiteread Judenplatz
  • The Swing (after Fragonard)

    The Swing (after Fragonard)

    Yinka Shonibare
  • Equestrian Portrait of King Phillip II

    Kehinde Wiley
  • Installation at 8th International Istanbul Biennial

    Installation at 8th International Istanbul Biennial

    Doris Salcedo
  • S-21 The Khmer Rouge Killing Machines

    Rithy Panh
  • Kodak switches to digital, later goes bankrupt

  • Self Portrait Nursing

    Catherine Opie
  • The Green Line

    Francis Alÿa
  • Stern

    Marlene Dumas
  • Ice T

    Kehinde Wiley
  • Love

    Maren Hassinger – shopping bags with love notes inside + inflated
  • Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

    Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

    Peter Eisenman – (HE BUILT DAAP!)
  • Napoleon Leading the Army Over The Alps

    Kehinde Wiley
  • The Wonder Gaze (St. James Park, CA. 1935)

    The Wonder Gaze (St. James Park, CA. 1935)

    Ken Gonzalez-Day – From Erased Lynching Series 2006-2017
  • The Giant 2

    David Altmejd
  • Third Ear

    Third Ear

    Stelarc
  • Shibboleth

    Shibboleth

    Doris Salcedo - concrete and metal, 548 ft long
  • Fountain of Light

    Ai Wei Wei
  • Momme Portrait Series (Shadow)

    Momme Portrait Series (Shadow)

    LaToya Ruby Frazier. – Gelatin silver photography, 15 ½ x 19 ½in. (39.4cm x 49.4cm)
  • Untitled

    Rodney McMillian
  • Animal Estates

    Animal Estates

    Fritz Haeg
  • America

    Glenn Ligon – neon sign and paint
  • Monywa Buddhas (standing)

    Monywa Buddhas (standing)

    Burma
  • Winter Solstice 2012 Dinner Party

  • Untitled

    Maurizio Cattelan - taxidermied horse, steel and felt-tip pen on wood, 55 x 201 x 189 cm
  • Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe: Les Trois Femmes Noires

    Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe: Les Trois Femmes Noires

    Mickalene Thomas – Rhinestone, acrylic and enamel on panel
  • Blind Pig #3

    Edgar Arceneaux – Acrylic, graphite on paper
  • RGB Colorspace Atlas

    Digital offset print on paper, case bound book, airbrushed cloth cover and page edges. Three books, 8 x 8 x 8 inches each
  • Speak Louder

    Speak Louder

    Nick Cave
  • A Place for Nature

    A Place for Nature

    Maren Hassinger
  • Jouvert

    Deana Lawson – pigment print, 39 x 48in
  • No Seconds

    No Seconds

    Henry Hargreaves – photography series
  • Documentary: Never Sorry

    Ai Wei Wei
  • Sunday Night Dinner

    Sunday Night Dinner

    Nicole Eisenman
  • Standing Man

    Erdem Guduz
  • The Incidental Insurgents

    Basel Abbas & Ruanne Abou-Rahme
  • Claim

    Wiliam Pop L.
  • Asphalt and Chalk­

    Asphalt and Chalk­

    Titus Kaphar - Includes faces of Michael Brown, Sean Bell, Amadou Diallo, and Tray-von Martin (done in chalk on asphalt)
  • THE LIVING NEED LIGHT, THE DEAD NEED MUSIC

    The Propeller Group
  • Invisible Presence – Bling Memories

    Invisible Presence – Bling Memories

    Ebony G. Patterson
  • Soundsuit

    Soundsuit

    Nick Cave
  • Monochrome Black History

    Theaster Gates
  • A Subtlety or the Marvelous Sugar Baby

    A Subtlety or the Marvelous Sugar Baby

    Kara Walker
  • You Are My Sunshine

    You Are My Sunshine

    Wangechi Mutu
  • Canoe Kene Jaguar Pata Lamp Light

    Ernesto Neto: Brazilian Artist
  • Removal of US Confederate Monuments

    Removal of US Confederate Monuments

    Many people felt that these monuments supported racist Confederate ideology, and so had them removed. There is a huge scandal centered around whether or not this was the right thing to do, seeing as people are attempting to ignore or remove parts of history.