This painting inspired a movement called Cannibalism, but it’s not what you think.
A-Level: Identity – ethnic identity
Smith created this in 1992, responding to the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ arrival in North America.
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Trade (Gifts for Trading ...
Gordon Parks and the writer Ralph Ellison collaborated to show that Harlem is everywhere.
Gordon Parks, Off on My Own (Harlem, ...
This prestigious garment follows a traditional design passed down through generations of indigenous Alaskans.
Chilkat past and present
Red Star annotated photographs to restore dignity and context to government-issue photographs of Crow chiefs.
Restoring meaning to Crow chiefs
Geller captures the tensions of the Jewish immigrant experience in the early 20th-century United States.
Strange Worlds
Does the figure emerge from the stripes of the flag, or do they imprison him?
Benny Andrews, Flag Day
This remarkable work honors those who fought for their own freedom, but acknowledges that the struggle goes on.
John Quincy Adams Ward, The Freedman
These challenging paintings visually separate Indigenous Americans from the Spanish elite; most were exported.
Casta painting in the Spanish Americas
Nampeyo found inspiration from the old to create a pottery style that was entirely new and highly sought after.
Nampeyo (Hopi-Tewa), polychrome jar
Six bears were required to create this necklace, meant imbue the Pawnee chief with protection and power.
Bear Claw Necklace (Pawnee)
The Southwest became a hub for artists seeking “quintessentially American” subjects beyond New York and Chicago.
The lure of the American Southwest: E. ...
Stereotypical folkloric scenes were widely circulated, shaping perceptions of Latin America at home and abroad.
Costumbrismo
Martinez’s distinctive style developed from studying Southwestern pottery and Modernist abstraction.
Julian Martinez, Buffalo Dancers
After a century in storage, this “Whale Rider” got a visit from his descendants—and received a token of their love.
Paikea at the American Museum of Natural ...
The original image of the Virgin of Guadalupe was miraculously produced—this mother-of-pearl version was man-made.
Miguel González, The Virgin of Guadalupe
These giant statues embody the ancients who first voyaged to Rapa Nui. Many were toppled; all lost their coral eyes.
Voyage to the moai of Rapa Nui ...
Rivera celebrates Indigenous culture, but also points to poverty in this melancholy painting of a flower seller.
Diego Rivera, Calla Lilly Vendor (Vendedora de ...
Wiley wryly places himself alongside the great master painters of history with his reimagined Napoleon.
Kehinde Wiley, Napoleon Leading the Army over ...
How do you paint your own slave? Painter Julie Mehretu explores Velázquez’s answer to this troubling question.
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