so portraits of African American musicians, much like other markers of status that were long denied to people of color in European-controlled territories, serve as a cultural acknowledgment of their ...

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 ...

LAUREL, Miss. (WDAM) - Next year, the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art will feature exhibits focusing on the Hispanic community in Mississippi, African-American artists from the Magnolia State and ...

A massive oil painting featuring two of Congolese artist Sisqo Ndombe’s haunting “cracked people” welcomes visitors to the African American Museum of Philadelphia’s sprawling exhibit ...

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 ...

Nearly 50 portraits of Black Americans will go on display as part of Amy Sherald: American Sublime at the Whitney Museum of American Art from April 9 through August 10. The mid-career survey is ...