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Kehinde Wiley in the Vortex • Nov. 5, 2026, 11:25 AM ET (New York Times)

Facts

Born February 28, 1977 (age 49) • Los Angeles • California
Awards And Honors National Medal of Arts (2015)
Notable Works “President Barack Obama” • “Rumors of War”

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Kehinde Wiley smiling at the 2021 LACMA Art + Film Gala, wearing a black tuxedo jacket with blue floral embroidery and a black bow tie.
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Ellsworth Kelly
Ellsworth Kelly
American painter, sculptor, and printmaker
Self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci drawn in red chalk, showing an elderly man with long hair and a flowing beard, with a serious, contemplative expression.
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian artist, engineer, and scientist
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish artist
Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas
French artist
Honoré Daumier
Honoré Daumier
French artist
Andrea del Verrocchio: David
Andrea del Verrocchio
Italian painter and sculptor
Joan Miró
Joan Miró
Spanish artist
Portrait of Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani, shown from the chest up, looking directly at the camera against a plain background.
Amedeo Modigliani
Italian artist
Head of God the Father
Daniele da Volterra
Italian artist
François Boucher: Cupid a Captive
François Boucher
French artist
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George Frederick Watts
British painter and sculptor
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James Earle Fraser
American sculptor
Thomas Eakins: Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross  (The Gross Clinic)
Thomas Eakins
American painter
Amy Sherald
Amy Sherald
American artist
James McNeill Whistler
James McNeill Whistler
American artist
Shahzia Sikander
Shahzia Sikander
Pakistani-American artist
Mickalene Thomas
Mickalene Thomas
American mixed-media artist
Ana Mendieta
Ana Mendieta
Cuban-born artist
Smith, Tony: Throwback (1/3)
Tony Smith
American architect, sculptor, and painter
Kara Walker
Kara Walker
American artist

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