Jessica Gaynelle Moss joins the Santa Fe Art Institute as Artist Relations Director, bringing deep experience in residency leadership, community engagement, and artist support systems.
A landmark group exhibition spotlights contemporary Afro-Puerto Rican photography at Afro Casa Silvana Museum in Humacao, on view through May 16, 2026.
Roberto Diago represents Cuba at the 2026 Venice Biennale with Hombres Libres / Free Men, an installation of scarred sculptural heads built from salvaged materials that frames freedom as embodied, hard-won, and historical.
"As We Rise" at Grand Rapids Art Museum presents 100+ photographs from the Wedge Collection, mapping Black Atlantic life through portraits, style, and community.
NMAAHC’s At the Vanguard opens Jan. 16, 2026, spotlighting over 100 objects from five HBCU museums and archives and reframing HBCUs as the backbone of preservation.
IAAM’s new special exhibition “middle of somewhere” opened Feb. 7, 2026 in Charleston, tracing Black Southern making across quilts, sweetgrass baskets, ceramics, ironwork, and contemporary design through Feb. 14, 2027.
MoMA PS1 will offer free admission to all visitors starting January 1, 2026 for three years, launching its 50th anniversary year and expanding access to signature programs.
Black Creativity 2026 is underway at Griffin MSI in Chicago, anchored by the Juried Art Exhibition on view through April 19, with Career Showcase and Night Out events still ahead.
Yinka Shonibare’s Sanctuary opens Feb. 11, 2026 at Brandeis’ Rose Art Museum, featuring Sanctuary City (2024), an illuminated cityscape of refuge sites on view through Jan. 3, 2027.
Peju Alatise’s first U.S. solo survey is on view in Pittsburgh through May 31, 2026, surveying two decades of work and featuring the installation "Flying Girls".