At the end of November, British outlets raised a ruckus after a pan-African flag by British Ghanaian artist Larry Achiampong ...

The artist who painted former President Barack Obama’s official presidential portrait hailed the former first couple’s choice of black artists for both paintings, calling it a signal that it was now ...

In the 1880s, just a few decades after the first photographs were taken in Africa, African and American photographers traveled the continent catering to elites. “There were African photographers who ...

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Left: Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg August, 2010 Right: The portrait taken by photographer Adrian Steirn that sold for $200,000 Getty Images JOHANNESBURG — A photographic portrait of Nelson Mandela ...

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One Atlanta and two African artists share a remarkable affinity for blending the past and present in their work. The multitalented local artist Shanequa Gay is paired with two photographers from ...

Nearly 170 years after African-Americans built the Alabama State Capitol, the first portrait of a black person has been added to its walls. Horace King was a bridge builder, legislator and emancipated ...

In and Out of the Studio: Photographic Portraits from West Africa presents 100 years of portrait photography in West Africa through nearly 80 photographs taken between the 1870s and the 1970s. These ...

The first African-American painter commissioned for a presidential portrait works out of his home studio in Silver Spring. Here’s what brought him there—and why he’s never left. While growing up in an ...