The collection was about "gay men of African descent who generally ... who had built his archive from vintage group portraits of African Americans that he "purchased on Ebay, at flea markets ...

was simultaneously one of the most hated and most revered men in the colonies. In a letter to Thomas Jefferson, Virginia patriot Richard Henry Lee derisively dubbed him the "African Hero" for his ...

the portraits also echo Wiley’s earlier works, in which young Black men appear in poses most associated with paintings of kings and generals. Showing his would-be subjects a book full of classical ...

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 ...

American artist Kehinde Wiley has always had a unique approach to portraiture, and his latest series, A Maze of Power, pushes ...