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

The president said he had fired the museum leader — setting up a standoff between the White House and the Smithsonian.

As President Donald Trump tries to fire the director of the National Portrait Gallery, Julian Raven is holding out hope that ...

Donald Trump's new official presidential portrait, featuring him in a blue suit and red tie against a black background, was ...

In recent months, Trump has shown a keen interest in how he is visually represented. In April, he personally placed a ...

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.

The artist Howardena Pindell in her Bronx studio. Aundre Larrow “All the whiteness was getting on my nerves.” By Nicole ...

Curated by Jonathan Carver Moore, this new exhibition confronts the emotional and political cost of assimilation—and dares to ...

Mario Moore's bold portraits explore the nature of veneration, self-determination, and the continuum of history.

Oh wait, did I say that wrong? A news story I read about his possibly illegal Friday firing of the director of the ...

Trump has also added other artwork to the White House, including his mugshot and a painting ... on a black backdrop, instead of the flag and ornate wall in the background of the previous portrait.