NEW YORK (AP) — Kehinde Wiley was already well into his influential art career when his portrait of Barack Obama — arms crossed, perched on a chair amid brilliant foliage — was unveiled in 2018. But ...

The Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) has called off an upcoming exhibition by painter Kehinde Wiley in light of recent allegations of sexual misconduct made against the artist by several men. The ...

For a different perspective on the proverbial Man in the Street ... you need only look at the works of painter Kehinde Wiley, as our Rita Braver has been doing: "If you look at the paintings that I ...

The Joslyn Museum of Art in Omaha, Nebraska, the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia), and the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) have shelved or postponed exhibitions by Kehinde Wiley. These actions come in ...

Wiley maintains that the relationship was brief and consensual. Kehinde Wiley at the 10th Annual LACMA Art+Film Gala at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2021. Photo: Presley Ann/Getty Images for ...

1 of 5 — "Willem van Heythuysen," 2005. Oil and enamel on canvas. Wiley says his subjects pick their poses from art history books — as in this take on an old Dutch painting. 2 of 5 — Napoleon Leading ...

Much has been made of the current Kehinde Wiley retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum. We know the story well: daunted by the dearth of black figures in the art historical canon, Wiley reclaimed the ...

Artist Kehinde Wiley Puts Power in a New Frame With Paintings of African Leaders RABAT, Morocco (AP) — American artist Kehinde Wiley unveiled a series of large-format portraits of African leaders in ...

Kehinde Wiley is best known for his distinctive presidential portrait of Barack Obama. But Wiley has spent most of his career painting vibrant portrayals of everyday Black men and women. A new ...

Kehinde Wiley, “Portrait of Mickalene Thomas, the Coyote” (2017), oil on canvas, painting: 120 x 84 3/16 in, framed: 130 9/16 x 94 15/16 x 4 1/2 in (all images ...

Artist Kehinde Wiley's portrait exhibition has opened at the St. Louis Art Museum. The free exhibition is of 11 commissioned portraits of people the artist met during a 2017 visit to St. Louis. Wiley ...