“As We Rise” presents 100+ photographs showcasing Black Atlantic life
"As We Rise" at Grand Rapids Art Museum presents 100+ photographs from the Wedge Collection, mapping Black Atlantic life through portraits, style, and community.
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Collections from 5 HBCUs featured in National Museum of African American History & Culture exhibition
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.
International African American Museum opens “middle of somewhere” in Charleston, on view through Feb. 14, 2027
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.
“Yinka Shonibare: Sanctuary” Opens Feb. 11, 2026 at Brandeis’ Rose Art Museum
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 1st U.S. Solo Survey On View at August Wilson Center
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".
Public Art Fund’s On the Flip Side Brings Photography to 300 Bus Shelters in Three Cities
Public Art Fund’s "On the Flip Side" turns 300 bus shelters in New York, Chicago, and Boston into a photography exhibition Feb. 4–Apr. 5, 2026.
“Amy Sherald: American Sublime” on view at the Baltimore Museum of Art through April 2026
"Amy Sherald’s American Sublime" opens at the Baltimore Museum of Art through Apr. 5, 2026, presenting a major ticketed survey of 38 paintings.
Lancaster Art Vault Opens Two Black History Month Exhibitions
Lancaster Art Vault presents Expressions of Strength and Grandma’s Walls, pairing visual art, poetry, and performance with a collection-based show curated by the late Lenwood Sloan. Free opening reception January 30.
Nakeya Brown Exhibition Examines Black Hair and Beauty at the Fralin Museum
Opening February 7, 2026, Nakeya Brown: Refutations brings more than 40 photographs to The Fralin Museum of Art, examining Black hair, beauty standards, and cultural pressure through intimate and critical imagery.
Edmonia Lewis Exhibition Opens at the Peabody Essex Museum
The Peabody Essex Museum presents the first major retrospective of 19th-century Black and Indigenous sculptor Edmonia Lewis. Edmonia Lewis: Said in Stone is on view Feb 14–Jun 7, 2026 in Salem, Massachusetts.