Walter Benjamin's dictum that every work of art is also a work of barbarism comes to mind with "New World Orders," an exhibition of Spanish colonial casta paintings ... or African brides sport rich ...

so portraits of African American musicians, much like other markers of status that were long denied to people of color in European-controlled territories, serve as a cultural acknowledgment of their ...

Kehinde Wiley is a contemporary African-American painter known for his distinctive portraits ... Born on February 28, 1977 in Los Angeles, CA, he received his BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute ...