This new creative spirit is evident in the canvases of John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama. Kehinde Wiley’s portrait of Barack Obama. (Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery) Aaron Shikler’s ...

Kehinde Wiley is a contemporary African-American painter known ... On February 12, 2018, both Wiley and the artist Amy Sherald unveiled their official presidential portraits of Barack Obama and ...

In Jordan E. Cooper’s play the government has offered Black folks of the diaspora a one-way ticket to Africa. Critic Jacquinn ...

I had to contact my UK credit card company by phone. The representative who handled my case introduced herself as Kemi. She ...

The portraits were commissioned to leading black artists. For Barack Obama’s portrait, the talents of Kehinde Wiley were ...

Los Angeles-born painter Kehinde Wiley (born 1977) is best known for painting former President Barack Obama’s official U.S. Presidential portrait in 2018 and his large-scale portraits depicting ...

Planning to spend a weekend in Washington DC? From Union Market and the National Mall to the city’s top galleries and free museums, this Washington DC travel blog will help you plan. From the amazing ...

Inspired in large part by two well-known paintings that caused quite a stir at their unveilings, Mark Arts’ current major exhibition focuses on fashion in fine art. “The jumping off point is ...

Trump's inauguration headshot is inspired by his mugshot. But that's not the only way it bucks presidential norms.