Here are five recent headlines putting Black art in the spotlight, from 17th-century sitters to masters of Nigerian Modernism.

He’s on the rise at that point of his life.” The painting is also not the first time a portrait of a Black historical figure has replaced the portrait of a White one. Six years ago a group of ...

The Gainsborough portrait is currently included ... for the anti-slavery movement. While painting, Labinjo turned to sources like David Olusoga’s Black and British a Forgotten History.

One way it did that was by commissioning Davis to paint portraits of Black pioneers with long-overlooked contributions to Oregon history for its permanent collection. The nearly $100,000 ...

The National Portrait Gallery ... the National Gallery of Art, a half-mile from the NPG, on the National Mall, for its presentation of “Called to Create: Black Artists of the American South.” ...