Education

August 9, 2016

Kehinde Wiley talks about what it means to have “A New Republic” here in Richmond!

August 8, 2016

Just when you thought you could identify a Kehinde Wiley painting (strong men in urban clothing), Kehinde Wiley “flipped the script,” as he says. Learn about his project Economy of Grace, featuring women in couture gowns.

August 7, 2016

Kehinde Wiley talks about his father and his own yearning to be authentically connected to Africa.

August 6, 2016

Kehinde Wiley was influenced early on by such portrait painters as John Singer Sargent and Barkley Hendricks, both represented in VMFA’s permanent collection. Visit today to see Wiley’s work and the earlier masters who influenced him.

August 5, 2016

Kehinde Wiley was influenced early on by such portrait painters as John Singer Sargent and Barkley Hendricks, both represented in VMFA’s permanent collection. Visit today to see Wiley’s work and the earlier masters who influenced him.

August 4, 2016

Why did Kehinde Wiley go from large-scale portraits to small icons painting? And why did he start working in stained glass? In another exclusive VMFA video, Wiley talks about his use of scale and medium.

August 3, 2016

In another exclusive VMFA video, Kehinde Wiley talks about his piece “Willem van Heythuysen”, which is in VMFA’s permanent collection! Learn about his process of street casting and referencing portraits from art history.

August 2, 2016

Hear Kehinde Wiley tell the incredible story about how a piece of paper on the street forever changed his life and the direction of his art.