an enslaved African who died a free man at a very old age, comes from the diary of the man who painted his striking portrait. Charles William Peale was an American portrait painter who established ...

An artist says he has faced racism within the art world and has struggled to ... his work after the death of George Floyd, the African-American man who was murdered by white police officer Derek ...

Kehinde Wiley is a contemporary African-American painter known for his distinctive portraits ... Sherald unveiled their official presidential portraits of Barack Obama and Michelle Obama for the ...

He contacted the museum, and they confirmed that portraits of African American sitters from 1841 in Philadelphia were a significant find. But the paintings are just one part of this family’s rich ...

The National Portrait Gallery is tracing the Black figure throughout portraiture with its ... In the first part of the exhibition, they consider identity and representation through the lens of African ...