Lisa E. Farrington

Lisa E. Farrington, Ph.D. is an art historian, author, Distinguished Professor and Founding Chair Emeritus of Art and Music at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY), and past Associate Dean of Fine Arts at Howard University.

Penned by an international group of scholars, artists, and activists, the following essays have been written in response to two decades of research culminating in the book The World Before Racism: An Art Story (The Artist Book Foundation, 2025).

Portrait of Lisa Farrington, pencil on paper by Phong H. Bui.

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