Faith Ringgold, Maya’s Quilt of Life, (1989). Estimate $150,000 to $250,000. (Photo: Courtesy of Swann Galleries) Celebrated poet, writer, actress, and civil rights activist Maya Angelou’s private ...

Maya Angelou, the pioneering African American author and poet, also had quite the art collection, featuring a number of prominent African American artists. On September 15, Swann Galleries’ ...

As well-known as Maya Angelou was for her memoirs, which eventually filled six volumes, she very likely received her widest exposure on a chilly January day in 1993, when she delivered the inaugural ...

Faith Ringgold, “Maya’s Quilt of Life” (1989), acrylic on canvas with pieced fabric border (all images courtesy Swann Auction Galleries) The pieces in the auction are but a sample of Angelou’s ...

Watch for: “On the Pulse of Morning” by Maya Angelou. New York, N.Y.: Random House, 1993. National Poetry Month was established in April 1996 to highlight the achievements of American poets, support ...

Following reactions to the transition of Maya Angelou from numerous prominent blacks throughout the country, this article features reactions from much less well-known people in the civil rights, human ...

As the hours tick down to 2015, here at Art Beat we offer a final look at some of the artists we lost over the last year, whose lives and legacies are worth another goodbye. Friends and family ...

Although best known as an author, poet and activist, Maya Angelou, who passed away today at the age of 86, also acted and wrote for TV and film. Having spent years acting on the stage, earning a Tony ...