The Salem Art Association commissioned Portland-based artist Jeremy Okai Davis for the contemporary paintings.

Choosing vibrant colors for clothing and background was a process of ... One way it did that was by commissioning Davis to paint portraits of Black pioneers with long-overlooked contributions ...

The 17th-century artist’s likeness of the young Hapsburg, currently on view at the Norton Simon Museum in California, highlights the painter’s splendid late style in an age when the Spanish royals had ...

The Pittsburgh Penguins honored the legacy of the organization’s Black players and veteran Black hockey player Willie O’Ree ...

On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La Amistad – Spanish for “Friendship” ...

Shared Visions' focuses on Black portraits, a theme that has shown up in exhibits at the PMA, Barnes, the Met, and beyond.

A self-portrait of Raphael at age 23 Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Raphael’s Mary Magdalene is a willowy figure standing in front of a black geometric background. She’s without her ...

If you visit the Speaker’s office, Yousuf Karsh’s iconic black-and-white photo stares out at you. Look deeper around the Hill ...

I served as the lead historian and researcher for an exhibition where three of these portraits are now on display, “In Slavery’s Wake: Making Black Freedom ... it was in the background as ...

We asked two experts for their take on the image, which was shot in the White House a day after the inauguration.