Artist Mickalene Thomas has spent the past decade redefining Black portraiture and representations of the Black female body, empowering her subjects to resist objectification while celebrating the ...

In Mickalene Thomas' art work, Black women are front and center. Her subjects are often at leisure, resting on couches and chairs, sometimes nude, and frequently accentuated by rhinestones and rich ...

JOLIET, IL — Now 38 years old, Joliet citizen Thomas Love was taken away in handcuffs by the Joliet police on four criminal charges during the overnight hours of July's last day. Love and his brother ...