California African American Museum

Simone Leigh, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, May 26, 2024–January 20, 2025.
Simone Leigh's Monuments on Subjectivity

The drop-down title poem by June Jordan begins with, “these poems/ they are things that I do/ in the dark/ reaching for you/ whoever you are/ and/ are you ready?” The sentiment…

Ernie Barnes, The Sugar Shack, 1976.
The Lineman with a Paintbrush: Ernie Barnes Paints America
One of the most popular artists of the 1960s and 70s that you may have never heard of is the subject of a new retrospective at the California African American Museum (CAAM).
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California African American Museum Explores "Aspects of the Nude"
Aspects of Nude showcases the ways in which artists have portrayed the human form in its purest state: bare.