Jul 31, 2020
8 min read
Flying Too Close to the Sun
How Kehinde Wiley honored the forgotten “father of aviation”
By Tim Gihring
In 2009, the painter Kehinde Wiley flies to Brazil. He’s there to make some portraits, in his signature style: painting brown-bodied men in the heroic manner of old European portraits — like Napoleon on his horse. He’s the artist selected by former President Obama for his…
