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Njideka Akunyili Crosby, The Barack Obama Presidential Center, Barack and Michelle Obama, theGrio.com
June 16, 2026
The first official portrait of the Obamas together by Njideka Akunyili Crosby, is on view at the Barack Obama Presidential…
Patrick Eugène, Patrick Eugene, Haiti Dior, Haiti Lady Dior bag, Patrick Eugène Dior, Patrick Eugene Dior, The Lady Dior Project theGrio.com
November 18, 2025
Paying homage to Haiti, the world’s first Black republic, Patrick Eugène turned Dior's luxury handbag into a powerful cultural statement.
May 15, 2023
Kehinde Wiley was already well into his influential art career when his portrait of Barack Obama — arms crossed, perched…
September 28, 2022
Senga Nengudi, the first Black woman to win the Nasher Prize, will receive a $100,000 gift from the Nasher Sculpture…
July 17, 2012
Noah Stewart first joined the school choir as something to do after school until his mother got home from work...
December 28, 2011
TheGRIO REPORT - There was a time when it would be unthinkable that a prize winner from Art Basel Miami…
December 4, 2011
TheGrio SLIDESHOW -- Black artists on display at Art Basel Miami 2011 ...