V&A displays Kehinde Wiley portrait of young East Londoner
Kehinde Wiley, ‘Portrait of Melissa Thompson,’ 2020. Oil on linen, 265.5 by 201.8cm (104 1/2in by 79 1/2in). Copyright Kehinde Wiley. Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London. Photo by Todd-White Art Photography
LONDON – Portrait of Melissa Thompson, a 2020 work by American artist Kehinde Wiley, is now on display in the V&A museum’s William Morris Room (room 125) in the British Galleries, alongside William Morris’s Wild Tulip designs that inspired it. The exhibition runs through October 26, 2023.