Why is African American art having a moment? The reasons are as varied as the art itself

Charles Desmarais | SF Chronicle | 2nd June 2019

The art world, it seems, is getting woke. There has always been a market for the work of African American artists. It’s just that the leading museums are now involved, with changed curatorial appointments and museum acquisitions. Conspicuously, auction room results have also upshifted. Says one curator “there has been a whole parallel universe … that people had not tapped into”