Coreen Simpson, "Jamien" (1982) from the series B-Boys, from Coreen Simpson: A Monograph (Aperture, 2025) (all images courtesy the artist) You might already recognize the figures in Coreen Simpson’s ...

Coreen Simpson, Alva with Clock, 1992/2021, from the series Aboutface, from Coreen Simpson: A Monograph (Aperture, 2025). A Parisian analogue clock is superimposed over the back of a woman’s head, her ...

This year, we read too many incredible books to count — here are a few that stuck with us, including tomes on Marsha P. Johnson, Mary Cassatt in Paris, and Ruth Asawa and mothering.

Star-studded work from Simpson, whose instincts also led to success in jewelry design, is assembled in a new photo book Coreen Simpson carved her own path to success – she never waited for anyone to ...

Oprah Winfrey sports one on her lapel. Diahann Carroll, Camille Cosby, Phylicia Rashad and Sen. Carol Mosley Braun also wear The Black Cameo, a pin that features the profile of an African-American ...

We first came across Coreen Simpson via her iconic collection of street style portraits of impossibly stylish black men and women on the NYC nightlife scene of the 1980s that we published back in ...

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Any exhibit that starts with Ming Smith’s portrait of Sun Ra signals that it is determined to grab ahold of you from the jump and not let go. To be honest, I wasn’t very familiar with the work of ...