255pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Washington, 2023
Ten essays on the work of Black artists, including Roy DeCarava, Ben Enwonwu, James Hampton, Norman Lewis, Nancy Elizabeth Prophet, Augusta Savage, Carrie Mae Weems and Venice Biennale Golden Lion winner Simone Leigh.
Steven Nelson is Dean of the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
Huey Copeland is BFC Presidential Associate Professor in the Department of the History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.