Thomas created the first individual portrait of first lady Michelle Obama in 2008. Her art reflects power, sexuality, and representation in the representation of Black women in art and culture.

“These portraits communicate a palpable sense of each woman ... Gallery of Art, a half-mile from the NPG, on the National Mall, for its presentation of “Called to Create: Black Artists ...

That purpose fills the walls of the Cliff Gallery at Dallas College. The exhibit, titled Honor Endures, was created by Vinson ...

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 ...

As popular as portrait art has become, it comes with the challenge ... For Olamide Adesola, focusing on black women appears to be her strength even though some of her thoughts and styles in ...

A painting by South African artist Marlene Dumas has sold for R245 million at auction, setting a new record for a living female artist. Marlene Dumas’ 1997 painting “Miss January” recently sold for ...

Gustav Klimt was an Austrian Symbolist artist, primarily known for his paintings of women and his use of ... he completed the portrait of the African prince. The painting features floral motifs ...

The allegorical painting, Two Women Wearing Cosmetic Patches ... been highly unusual since most English 17th-century portraits featured Black sitters only in the role of attendants.

A remarkably unique 17th-century double portrait depicting a Black and white woman ... that the moralistic painting is condemning the vanity of the women, as an inscription above their heads ...

More than 100 beautiful, fascinating quilts of widely varied styles made primarily by African American women with Bay Area ties, and many of the stories behind them, comprise a compelling new ...

Conservators in London, England used infrared and X-ray imaging to reveal a never-before-seen portrait of a woman beneath a popular painting by renowned artist Pablo Picasso. The Courtauld ...