February 2025 Arts and Culture Events Guide

Explore Art Exhibitions and Events from Coast to Coast this February

Happy February!

What I love about this newsletter is that Black History Month is that we celebrate Black history and culture every day! February is a special month for me as it is my fourth anniversary of The Black Curation and The Black-Owned Art Galleries Project. I will write a separate reflection post about how I’ll celebrate, but you are here for the February 2025 Arts and Culture Events Guide. Please check it out below and share which event interests you in the comments.

---

How To Support The Newsletter

💚 If you enjoyed this post, please click the like button at the bottom - it helps others discover this content!

🫶🏾 Upgrade your newsletter subscription to be a paid subscriber to access perks like preview of each month’s events guide, curated list of U.S. Art Fairs Guide, Workbook for Aspiring Art Collectors and more!

📧 Do you know someone that will also enjoy this content? Recommend them to subscribe.

💌 Would you like to advertise your brand or business in this newsletter? Please feel free to email at theblackcuration@gmail.com and I can send you my media kit.

---

February 2025 Arts and Culture Events Guide

Boston

• Feb 8 to June 22, 2025 - Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John Wilson at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Washington DC

• Feb 1 - Onward and Upward: Honoring the Contributions of Black Composers to Classical Music

• Feb 2 - Big Objects, Big Stories: The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture by Jacobs Lawrence at the African American History and Culture Museum

• Feb 7 - Diasporic Crossing.Exhibiton Opening at Southside Contemporary Art Gallery (Richmond, VA)

• Feb 8 - Vigilance: The Life of William Still, Father of the Underground Railroad with Andrew K. Diemer at the National Museum of African American History & Culture

• Feb 8 - Paula Mans Solo Exhibition at I A & A Hillyer Opening Exhibition

• Feb 12 - Spinning A Yarn at the Phillips Collection led by Dwayne Lawson-Brown

• Feb 15 - Great Migrations: A People on The Move hosted by Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum

• Feb 15 - How to Become a Black Writer: Creating and Honoring Black Stories That Matter (Book Talk)

• Feb 16 - Irvin Weathersby Jr. — In Open Contempt: Confronting White Supremacy in Art and Public Space - with Jamila Minnicks (Book Talk)

• Feb 21 - District Treasures: Preserving Family Heirlooms at the National Museum of African American History and Culture

• Feb 23 - The Spirit and Strength of Nathalie Joachim at The National Gallery of Art

New York City

• Feb 1 - BLK MKT Vintage, in conversation with Aya Brown and Shefon Taylor at the Brooklyn Museum

• Now to Feb 17, 2025 - Flight into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876–Now at The Met

• Feb 21 to 23 - Harlem Fine Arts Show (Highly recommend especially for aspiring art collectors)

• Now to Feb 28, 2025 - JIMMY! God's Black Revolutionary Mouth at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Philadelphia

• Now to February 5, 2025 - The Time Is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure Exhibition Opens at The Philadelphia Museum of Art

Bay Area, California

• Now to Feb 9 - Consuelo Kanaga: Catch the Spirit at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

• Now to March 1 - Infinite Hope exhibition of historical photographs by groundbreaking, internationally renowned artists Kwame Brathwaite, Renée Cox, Gordon Parks, and Ming Smith at Jenkins Johnson Gallery

• Now to March 9 - Amy Sherald: American Sublime at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Denver, Colorado

• Now to May 10, 2025 - Owl Club of Denver: Legacies of Excellence at the History Colorado Center

Los Angeles, California

• Now to February 2, 2025 - We Are Not Strangers Here: African American Histories in Rural California

• Feb 7 - Of Spirits and Siren Exhibition Closes at Galerie Laikye

• Feb 7 - Black\stract art exhibition

• Feb 9 to May 4, 2025 - Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal at the Hammer Museum

• Now to August 3, 2025 - Imagining Black Diasporas: 21st-Century Art and Poetics at the LACMA

Seattle, Washington

• Feb 1 - Black History Month: Black Beyond at the Museum of Pop Culture ($)

Atlanta, Georgia

• Feb 7 - We Say What Black This Is Opening Exhibition Day at the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art

• Feb 21 - Friday Jazz at the High Museum music from Malcolm-Jamal Warner ($)

• Feb 21 - John Lewis: Good Trouble FREE Screening at the Rialto Center for the Arts at GSU

Dallas, Texas

• Feb 1 - DREAMS Opening Reception in the Grand Gallery at the Frisco Discovery Center

Houston, Texas

• Feb 1 & Feb 2 - Atlanta Fine Art Print Fair at the Houston Museum of African American Culture

New Orleans, Louisiana

• Feb 13 - Juanita Tolliver Author Talk: A More Perfect Party and Book Signing at Baldwin & Co.

Chicago, IL

• Now to March 29, 2025 - Lakwena Maciver’s I’m In Your Hands at Mariane Ibrahim Gallery

• Now to March 30, 2025 - Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica at the Art Institute Chicago

Cleveland, Ohio

• Now to September 21, 2025 - From the Earth through Her Hands: African Ceramics at The Cleveland Museum of Art

St. Louis, Missouri

• Now to February 16, 2025 - Narrative Wisdom and African Arts at the Saint Louis Art Museum

Updated - 2/17/25

---

About this newsletter

Curated and researched by me each month, this events guide highlights art exhibitions and events that celebrate and explore Black history and culture through the arts, which is the core of The Black Curation. This events guide is not a sponsored post, and I have no affiliation with the mentioned event organizers.

For early access to the guide, consider upgrading to a paid subscription. A paid subscription is a pledge of support of this work. Plus, you’ll gain access to subscriber-only posts, my full archive, and a curated list of Art Fairs in the United States.