An exhibition in Cambridge, England uses contemporary portraits to give a face to prominent Black rebels and abolitionists of ...

In October 2021, the artist Serge Attukwei Clottey watched anxiously as a painting he had made just a few months earlier went ...

The term "Moorish Woman" in the title suggests that the woman was from the northwest region of Africa and of the Muslim faith. This beautiful charcoal likeness, used in the broadcast program and ...

Thomas J Price's 12-foot sculpture of a Black woman in Times Square is inspiring online debates about race and representation ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — You can now view the “Portrait of Leana and the Lambeth Children” in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA)’s American art galleries, as part of a new wing ...

Hobbs’ art serves as a living altar to the multiplicity of Black women’s experiences. Calling the work “reverential,” her portraits reject the notion that Black women can be pigeonholed in ...

To mark the centennial anniversary of women’s suffrage in 2020, the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery’s exhibition Votes ... The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and ...

click image for close-up A portrait of Jarena Lee, the first woman to preach from the pulpit of Richard Allen's Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, was painted from life for the ...

For a sneak peek at the artwork, scroll down to find a selection of portraits of incredibly talented women. Gloria Agyemang has worked in both the UK and Africa, gathering several years teaching ...

It included six portraits of women from various backgrounds ... She was one of the first African American women to pass the ...