These 2024 cultural art exhibitions promise an exciting journey through a variety of Black experiences, historical narratives, and innovative artistic expressions, each exploring joy, beauty, and imagination through their distinctive lenses.
- Regeneration: Black Cinema, 1898–1971, Detroit Institute of Arts: This tribute to early African American cinema includes historical artifacts and aims to revive forgotten films and figures from February 4 to June 23, 2024.
- TA Union of Hope: 1869, Tenement Museum: An all-new permanent exhibit tells the story of Joseph and Rachel Moore, Black New Yorkers who lived in Lower Manhattan’s tenements in the 1860s and 1870s, now open.
- Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys, Brooklyn Museum: Showcasing the couple’s collection of Black diasporic artists, this exhibition celebrates Black creativity and community from February 10 to July 7, 2024.
- Entryways: Nontsikelelo Mutiti, ICA Philadelphia: Zimbabwean artist Mutiti activates the ICA façade with African hair braiding patterns and ironwork symbols, on view from February 10 to December 1, 2024.
- Futuristic Ancestry: Warping Matter and Space-time(s), Fotografiska New York: Josèfa Ntjam presents her first U.S. solo show, an immersive exploration of space, time, and identity through new works including biomorphic sculptures and a video installation, from February 2 to May 2024.
- The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism, The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Featuring 160 works, this exhibition establishes the Harlem Renaissance as a pivotal African-American-led international modern art movement from February 25 to July 28, 2024.
- Home Again, Newfields: A Place for Nature & the Arts: Heather Hart presents new sculptures exploring themes of home and shelter, part of a series of outdoor public art installations from April 24, 2024.
- Africa & Byzantium, Cleveland Museum of Art: Examining the artistic and cultural exchange between African kingdoms and the Byzantine Empire, this exhibition features over 160 works from April 14 to July 21, 2024.
- Simone Leigh, LACMA: This comprehensive survey of Simone Leigh’s work spans 20 years, featuring her ceramic, bronze, video, and installation works that reference African diaspora and traditions, from May 26, 2024, to January 20, 2025.
