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 ...

Kehinde Wiley is a contemporary African-American painter known for his distinctive portraits. His subjects are often young black men and women ... such as the desire to create painting and destroy ...

A 1920s photo of two Black men embracing, part of a collection on homosexual African American men, was altered by social ...

American painter Kehinde Wiley stands in front of a portrait of Alpha Condé, former president of Guinea, during the opening ...

Co-owner Ebi Kohlbacher found the couple at a nearby coffee shop, and Wienerroither called the art historian Alfred Weidinger. The painting, which depicts an African prince, turned out to be a ...

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 ...

Gustav Klimt's portrait of a West African prince is valued at €15 million and currently on offer at an art fair. But what's the story behind the painting? For the longest time, "Portrait of ...