In Black and White
An Online Exhibition
About the Call
Some of the earliest intentionally black-and-white artworks were the grisaille (grays) of the Middle Ages. By removing the color, these devotional works allowed the viewer to focus more directly on spiritual matters. The Renaissance brought further developments in both mastery of illusion and perspective. However, it was in the twentieth century, after the advent of photography, that artists like Kazimir Malevich, Bridget Riley, Ellsworth Kelly, Frank Stella, and Cy Twombly felt most free to experiment with form, texture, mark-making, and symbolic meaning without the use of color. Site:Brooklyn is looking for works across all mediums that show why color is a choice rather than a necessity in art.
Dates
Final Submission Deadline: November 17, 2025 11:59 PM MT
Notification Letter: November 26, 2025
Online Exhibition: December 10, 2025 - January 10, 2026
About the Juror
Alina Cohen is a writer based in Brooklyn. She holds an MFA from the University of Montana, and her fiction and criticism have appeared at The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, ArtReview, Artsy, and other publications.