Black Art & Design

Explore the work of Black Creatives in the Art World

Black Art & Design is a space to explore the work of Emerging and Established Black Creatives in the Art World. 

Black Art & Design is a space to explore the work of Emerging and Established Black Creatives in the Art World.
Explore The Work Of Black Creatives In The Arts

Obama Portrait Painter Kehinde Wiley Opens Up An Artist-In-Residence Programme At His Senegal Compound

Creatives will have their own private townhouse, as well as access to an infinity pool, a private chef, gym and spa. In addition to a modest stipend for supplies, they’ll also receive funding to explore Senegal and learn the local language

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The painter, following a headline-grabbing portrait commission of former U.S. president Barack Obama, has recently opened up Black Rock Senegal in Dakur.

Wiley first visited Senegal when he was 19 years old, as he was visiting Nigeria in search of his estranged birth father. He returned in 2008. “I was invited there years ago and fell in love with the small simplicity of it, its coastal feel,” he says. “It has more of a manageable bite-sized quality to it. It’s my first stab at doing something in West Africa. It’s almost a training ground.”