The contemporary art world is currently experiencing a “seismic correction”. For too long, Black women were “sidelined, marginalized by racist, sexist, and colonial art histories”. Now, they are not only visible, but are “at the center of conversations about identity, narrative, and power in visual art”, with their work “redefining the canon in real time”. These artists use every available medium, painting, photography, sculpture, to “take back agency, craft new identities, and interrogate the gaze” of the oppressor and the audience. What unites this movement is a commitment to specific thematic principles: Self-Representation, Intersectionality, and Resistance and Healing,. This contemporary visual activism ensures that the Black woman is “finally released from the white male gaze altogether”