BlackLivesMatter

Detail from "Mary Comforter of the Afflicted," stained glass portrait by Kehinde Wiley

Kehinde Wiley reimagines old portraits because ‘if Black Lives Matter, they deserve to be in paintings’

November 2, 2016Arts

Kehinde Wiley thinks art, at its best, highlights what we as human beings value. That’s why all his portraits have at their center a person of color.

They started a hashtag and a civil rights movement

July 17, 2015Conflict

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