Reframing Blackness : What’s Black about “History of Art”?

Since the inception of mainstream art history, Blackness has been distinctly ignored.

In Reframing Blackness, art historian and founder of @ABlackHistoryOfArt, Alayo Akinkugbe challenges this void.

Exploring the presentation of Black figures in Western art, as well as Blackness in museums, in feminist art movements and in the curriculum, Alayo unveils an overlooked but integral part of our collective art history.

Refreshing and accessible, this promises to start a much-needed conversation in culture and education.

Author: Akinkugbe, Alayo
Theory of art
Published on 10 July 2025 by Cornerstone (Merky Books) in the United Kingdom.
Hardback | 176 pages
224 x 145 x 18 | 480g