It’s 2019 in Washington, D.C., and Theo is changing his art-history dissertation after finding a painting of a horse in his neighbor’s giveaway pile.

The acrylic painting on canvas, created by David Pulphus, shows police officers in uniform holding up guns at black men. One has the face of a boar; another what looks like the face of a horse.

Object Details Description A black and white sumi-e painting of a horse in motion. The image depicts a horse leaping through the air, tossing its head to the right to look behind. The horse’s mane and ...