Dearly Beloved or Unrequited? To Be 'Black' in Art's Histories

Guided by Stuart Hall's essay 'Black Diaspora Artists in Britain: Three 'Moments' in Post-War History' (2006) this special issue of Art History Journal looks closely at the multifaceted genealogies of Black British modernism since the arrival of the 'Windrush generation'. It brigns together a range of essays in different formats by artists and art historians on topics and methods that have been central to the AHRC-funded Black Artists and Modernism from which it emerges. In particular, the introduction centralises the lack of attention paid to the material and conceptual nature of artworks by Black British artists.