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 ...

Maya Freelon portraits can be seen during the exhibition “Whippersnappers: Recapturing, Reviewing, and Reimagining the Lives ...

This article delves into the vibrant world of African quilt artists, highlighting individuals who have harnessed the power of ...

The Supreme Court of North Carolina unveiled the portrait of retired Associate Justice Patricia Timmons-Goodson, the first ...

The artist won the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 1992 and exhibited ... 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. His subjects are often young black men and women, rendered in a Photorealist style against densely ...

Three photographers are exhibiting work that confronts the way African-Americans are often perceived ... and power in the eyes of the people in the portraits, it immediately counters all the ...