Museums across the United States are presenting a series of major exhibitions featuring Black artists in conjunction with Black History Month. Highlights include the final stop of Noah Davis's first museum show at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, a major retrospective of self-taught artist Minnie Evans at Atlanta's High Museum, a thematic group show of Black women artists at the Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum, a long-overdue South Carolina retrospective for 92-year-old artist Leo Twiggs at the Gibbes Museum, and a survey of Tavares Strachan's work at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
These exhibitions collectively underscore the institutional recognition and growing prominence of Black artists within the American art historical canon. They highlight diverse practices—from painting and batik to photography and conceptual art—that engage with Black history, memory, and identity. The shows, many of which are traveling or represent career milestones, signal a sustained effort by museums to broaden their narratives and provide platforms for artists whose work has historically been underrepresented.