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The American portraitist on race and representation, casting models on the streets of south London — and his audience with Barack Obama
As protests raged and calls for reform and redress have grown louder, a light has been shone on all areas of society where race is a barrier — including art
It also purchased two works by multimedia artist Zadie Xa
Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald are the first black artists to paint a president or first lady for the Smithsonian
The artist talks about his formative influences and feelings about the future
Black faces have long been excluded from art history. Kehinde Wiley has intervened eloquently — but when it comes to women, his paintings fall flat
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