Black Lives Matter art

[6] As such several attempts have been made at preserving the art created in protest on the basis of their artistic merit and cultural significance.

In 2021, the piece was included in a Speed Art Museum exhibition titled "Promise, Witness, Remembrance", which was curated by Allison Glenn.

In November 2014, visual artist and illustrator Cbabi Bayoc painted RIP Son using acrylic on a 4-by-4-foot (1.2 m × 1.2 m) panel.

[18] Bayoc's art contribution was done in response to the grand jury decision to acquit officer Darren Wilson who was involved in the fatal shooting of Ferguson teen Michael Brown.

[26] The raised fist symbol became the official gesture for the movement after the shooting of Michael Brown, an African-American teenager, in 2014.

[27] The surrounding works of the Black Lives Matter movement have a majority positive public reception in the United States.

[37] Critical and academic reception of the art has been highly positive, prompting anthropological journalism and investigations into the artists' works.