Fashion magazines have rediscovered black art How fashion has returned to exploring one of the most neglected sectors of contemporary art

Both September American editions of Vogue and Vanity Fair have in covers paintings made by African-American artists. It's the first time that happens - and one of the very few times Vogue has entrusted its cover to art (in the rare previous cases artists like Dali or de Chirico have been involved) - and the fact that it happens practically at the same time tells of a trend that has been going on for some time now: the fashion world has finally noticed black art. 

The spotlight that superstars like Beyoncé or Virgil Abloh himself in the past years have shone on the world of black art have been functional to make the rest of the world tend to pay attention to the phenomenon, which has been seen to explode as a result of the peculiar historical moment that the fashion world goes through, intent on one side with the effects of a pandemic that promises to overwhelm forever the canons and on the other hand, with the endemic lack of diversity that is blamed on him. The media in this sense fit into the discussion, celebrating black art in a functional way to the story of current events, trying to legitimize its importance through two very modern numbers that could at the same time become historical.