In 2016, writer and researcher Amy Sall started teaching a course at The New School, titled ‘The African Gaze: Visual Culture of Post-Colonial Africa and the Social Imagination’. An introductory but ...

A new book, Portrait and Place: Photography in Senegal, 1840 - 1960, takes an in-depth look at the development of the art form during a particularly tumultuous period in the country's history.

A portrait of the founder of Leeds' West Indian Carnival is the centrepiece of a new exhibition at Harewood House. The photograph of Arthur France will be the first of a person of Afro-Caribbean ...

Hinting at life’s fragility, this tagline underscored photography’s ability to capture a fleeting likeness and preserve it for posterity. Portraits in the impressive whole-plate format—measuring 8.5 × ...

Kehinde Wiley, best known for his portrait of President Barack Obama, has spent years traveling Africa to paint heads of state. With the project, he wants to open a discussion about how we see power.