South Africa’s apartheid era -- when segregation was legal and the white minority ruled -- is remembered as a time of rampant violence and divisiveness. But a photo exhibit this summer showcases ...

In the 1983 portrait of writer Kathy Acker, her face is entirely covered by her hands, while her bare arms and breasts pop in contrast to her black pants. Mapplethorpe took many self-portraits ...

Butler often bases her works on black-and-white photos. The portrait of Tubman was based on a photograph taken in 1878, in New York. Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images ...

Amoako Boafo’s portrait paintings are beguiling in their simplicity. His figures, often isolated on spare or monochrome backgrounds, gaze out matter-of-factly, confidently asserting their ...

Making black-and-white mosaic portraits out of 10,000 dice. An curved ... Each face of the dice gives the portrait a different shade. Show more. VIDEO Subscribe ...

"African American Military Portraits from the American Civil War" is an exhibit that commemorates the 150th anniversary of the War Between the States.

Adrienne Childs, a noted art historian and curator focusing on Black artists and how African Americans are represented in art, assesses the historic nature of the White House portraits of Barack ...