Last month, the team behind the Gordon Parks Foundation announced the launch of its Legacy Initiative, which will acquire works by mid- and late-career artists connected to Parks’ life and legacy.

Gordon Roger Parks, Jr. (December 7, 1934 – April 3, 1979) was an American film director best known for the film Super Fly. Parks was the son of Sally Alvis and late photographer and director Gordon ...

At a time when equity and justice are under attack from the most powerful office in the United States, spaces rooted in real community and solidarity are more important than ever. That’s exactly what ...

"This publication accompanies an exhibition of the same name originating at the High Museum of Art (November 15, 2014 to June 7, 2015)"-- Colophon. In September 1956, Life magazine published a ...

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 20: Kimberly Pirtle leads the auction during The Gordon Parks Foundation Awards Dinner and Auction 2025 at Cipriani 42nd Street on May 20, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by ...

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Every month, hundreds of galleries add newly available works by thousands of artists to the Artnet Gallery Network—and every week, we shine a spotlight on one artist or exhibition you should know.

WASHINGTON (RNS) — A new exhibition of the work of Gordon Parks, a photographer renowned for documenting African American life, turns its focus on Parks’ exploration of Black religion and spirituality ...

A posthumous anthology of photo essays by the curator and art historian reveals the “troubling reality” of prejudice and the power of images to “undermine the very concept of difference.” By Holly ...

Melanee C. Harvey, the curator of "Temples of Hope, Rituals of Survival: Gordon Parks and Black Religious Life" exhibit poses at the Howard Museum in Washington, D.C. (Adelle M. Banks/Religion News ...