The money will be used for programming related to the semiquincentennial of the US in 2026

Belafonte cited Pablo Picasso and his artist friend Charles White among the visual and performing artists whose support of social justice movements inspired his activism

As Black History Month begins in the US, arts administrator and historian Tsione Wolde-Michael gives three key points for institutions to consider

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections

From Google Arts & Culture's digital platform exploring the culture of black experience to the Smithsonian's new Talking About Race portal

Plus, remembering Christo—the art world's wrap star. Produced in association with Christie's

Our pick of the gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections in 2019

The director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture is the first African American, and first historian, to lead the organisation

She is “relaxed and very stylish” in the portrait

Smithsonian institution was inaugurated by President Obama in 2016