I'm an art and art history teacher, and Kehinde Wiley is one of the artists I introduce to students to discuss contemporary portraiture. His methods are so interesting: he goes out on the street and asks every-day folks to be his subjects, then invites them to his studio to go through art history textbooks and works with them to create a portrait that both the artist and the sitter feel represents them. His work is so subversive in that he is painting a contemporary history of black and brown folks from a historical lens, and inviting members of these communities to call the shots in terms of how they are represented in art. If you're interested in contemporary black artists, I definitely recommend looking up Wangechi Mutu, Yinka Shonibare, and Kara Walker, too! I would love to see them interviewed on the show in the future too, if at all possible!

Fun fact: One of Napoleon's generals was a black man, General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas. General Dumas was also the father of Alexandre Dumas, who wrote The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo.

At first I thought either Trevor is the most interesting interviewer there is or he brings the most interesting guests. But then I realized he is just a magical combination of both 😁

Hey, I don't know if any of The Daily Show staff is reading here, but I really wanted to commend you on the consistent integrity you have shown over the last few years with your choices in interviewees.

Fell in love with Kehinde's work when I bumped into his 'Rumors of War' statue while visiting New York. I was so excited to see a young black man in a fade, ripped jeans and Nikes on a high horse. He's another reason why I love Nigeria.🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬 And I'm Swati🇸🇿🇸🇿🇸🇿😊😊😊

One of my favorite artists. He's also probably also the first LGBT artist to paint a presidential portrait. Kehinde Wiley breaking barriers like crazy!

He is just such a beautiful person, inside and out. So inspiring.

Love, love, love his message. Two great men chatting, so awesome. Spreading a message of love, equality and greatness

No pressure, but this is history...... Love him.

We studied Mr. Wiley's art in Art History when I was in college. Remarkable man, remarkable art. Thanks for giving him more nationwide exposure on your show, Mr. Noah.

I’m getting some real LeVar Burton vibes from his voice and it’s amazing.

I love the way Trevo puts it. "Familiar in an Unfamiliar way" Amazing.

Trevor - "You create art that we're familiar with in an unfamiliar way" Pablo Picasso - "Art is a lie that makes us to realize the truth"

Nigeria in the house 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬 💃💃💃💃

Taking over the imagery of the powerful is pure genius.

Who else clicked so fast after seeing "Kehinde" in the name 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬

Nice to finally see an artist interviewed. It happens so seldom outside the four walls of the artist community itself.

Wait he made the portrait for Obama? I absolutely loved it. It had an excellent mix of presidential with his cool chill self. Definitely well represented. I particularly like the pieces with black women in it. What they technically mean in the words of Tarrus Riley here in Jamaica is that "she's royal yeah so royal"

I really appreciate Mr. Wiley as an Artist. His impressions and visions of things in his world that he portrays are awesome for our culture and creates conversations.

I am absolutely in love with Kehinde Wiley. From the larger-than-life scales of his artwork to the way he not only has tried to humanize black ppl but make them feel empowered, gives me chills every time. Great guest, and an even better conversation.

I was so stoked to see that Obama's portrait featured such a profusion of healthy, exuberant plant life. I can't imagine anything more auspicious, more reverant, or more fitting than that this wonderful man is surrounded by irrepressible life. Thank you, Mr. Wiley. As a painter too, I have the greatest respect for you.

last time i was this early, trevor noah went to south africa to visit his grandmother

Beautiful portait from an artist gutsy enough to create something different from what we're used to seeing.

I’m going to the Brooklyn museum, FYI I have a small project by this artist, I absolutely love this artist

Kehinde Wiley is a brilliant man, his work is phenomenal!!! I thank him for creating a beautiful statue that resonates with my people, because we are more than what people call us.

"Saying yes to people that happen to look like me" damn that's pretty !

One of my favorite artists!

Kenhide Wiley is fantastic. To produce art that gives power to the powerless and gives dignity to those robbed of theirs is absolutely doing something powerful and inspirational. Bringing historical conversations to the forefront and forcing people to ask hard questions and reevaluate what they think they know about history is invaluable and in times like these we absolutely need representation of black individuals as strong, powerful, dignified, and beautiful. Fantastic work.

3:13 Someone please tell me that that statue has built-in speakers that play Old Town Road.

I’m really enjoying Trevor Noah’s sense of humor and story choices. The topics are very original. I love hearing this backstory and finding out about the artist!!!

Inspiring interview. Kehinde Wiley truly loves his muses.

I’m going to the school that he went to, which is really small, and I hear people talking about him all the time. Everyone here is just so proud of him and the beautiful work he’s done. I feel really lucky to be able to go to the school that such an amazing artist went to.

Just love the flowers and what it stands for

I was at the Columbus Museum of Art and saw one of his pieces. I loved it so much that I bought a small print of it. I had no idea he painted Obama's portrait, too. I love his distinct style!

This was a very touching interview - I love the caliber & depth of Mr. K. Wiley.

Wow, what an inspiring man and artist!

Gosh, I wish I'd bought his painting at Art Basel in Basel last spring. If another pops up this year, it's mine. Great interviewee, interviewer... einfach gutes Interview. Ganz toll. Vielen Dank, Trevor!

I love his presidential portrait of Obama. It's so vivid and lively.

I first saw his work at the Brooklyn Museum and it blew me away! I haven't forgotten his name since.

His art in person is so Powerful ! The size the texture .....color....Just Amazing! Was lucky enough to catch his work on display in Seattle. Go if you can you are seeing history. The magnitude of the size of some of the work will bring you to tears . 🌳💐🌸

I honestly can't even look at Obama without tearing up.

The Homer Simpson meme 😂😂spot on 🔥😭😭

Love this! I love his artistic ideas! Thank you for telling us!

such an interesting interview! thank you Trevor and the team of the Daily Show!

Listening to articulate black men is such a turn on!

Never thought that art can have soooo much meaning

his Michael Jackson portrait is stunning as well

I love that an artist gets his dew

Great artist. Great interview. Thank you. #IHeartTrevor

I got the pleasure of being at the revealing of Rumours of War at the VMFA in Virginia. Beautiful piece and incredibly tall. The whole city is blessed to have a statue like that here

What a incredible person and artist!

Love his art works ...brilliant artist

God I love his work!!! Just incredible

I would really love a biopic on this man

Wow! What an amazing artist Glad to have found out about him

beautiful arts and great inspiration

Fascinating!!!

Wow, I was going to skip over this, then it becomes captivating to hear a great interview and a great guest.

Thanks Trevor for sharing this.

Rumors of War is now on display at the VA Art Museum, which is on the Boulevard, blocks south of Monument Avenue in Richmond, VA. For those who don’t know, Monument Avenue began with a statue of RE Lee and extended west from there, featuring a number of Confederate soldiers. Rumors of War is a nice foil to the BS that still exists in the median of Monument Ave.

I'm writing an epic fantasy series which has a cast of black characters. For a while I've been thinking, "why am I even doing this?" This interview reminded me why. It's because it's time for young black kids to see themselves in the media in all their awesomeness and with full agency, not just as tokens or stereotypes. We've had to deal with media not representing us for a long time. It's ok for us to see ourselves in stories that depict us with the fullness of our beings and independent of society's ideas of what we should be. It's ok for us to see that we can actually just be.

His art is beautiful and amazing 🤩😍

Lovely work. Bravo!!!

With lots of respect to you both from Kerala.

I did a report in college on Wiley. Keep up the good work!

Just saw President Obama's portrait for the first time this week in the Portrait Gallery. It is truly amazing in person. My favorite of all of the portraits.

Beautiful man. Great art

We 💜💜💜💜 You Kehinde!!!!

I like this dude for some reason

This is amazing

You are doing an amazing job for the future ❤

I did not know that he was so hilarious

Love It💓💓💓💓

wow this artist is awesome

Amazing man.

Powerful

I like this program.

Amazing 😍🤩

So impressed

Awesome

So Cool

Lovin' that jacket:)

Damm this man is amazing

Kehinde went to Marvin Av Elementary School, where I taught. Many of the teachers donated money to help him advance his career... sending him to Art school, I think in Russia. He's so talented.

My favorite quote from him is “It’s sort of a play on the ‘kill whitey’ thing.” Amazing, I don't know what I love the most, this quote or the fact his paintings are painted in Communist China 🇨🇳 by locals . Bravo, very brave of him to be anti slavery and get some slave work done by Chinese. This is my favorite pastime, looking up at hypocrisy.

Yes

loved this. is kehinde teaching art analysis next semester? i want to sign up.

Arguably one of the greatest portraits of all time. God bless Mr. Wiley and God bless his subject, the greatest President in American history: Barack Obama. ✊🏽🇺🇸✊🏽

Woooooow!!!

I was just in a class with Trevor teaching me about art #Amazing Work #BlackhistoryDoesMatter

From india Trevor u r just amazing 😍

hey Trevor tuning in from cpt

Trev! ✌🏾

Usually I would skip this type video; not a super well known person being interviewed. Little did I know, this guy is very interesting and engaging. Well done, sir. (Disclaimer: I live under a rock and know nobody.)

Why am I crying?

I LOVE that sculpture! I always thought they should just knock the guys off those confederate sculptures and leave the wonderful horse sculptures.(Horse lover, here;)

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Nice

He's a very talented artist. And I LOVE his jacket.

5:31 - Want to hear something cool? Thomas-Alexandre Dumas was the son of a white French father and black enslaved mother (born in Haiti) who “... played a pivotal role in the French Revolutionary Wars.” “Entering the military as a private at age 24, Dumas rose by age 31 to command 53,000 troops as the General-in-Chief of the French Army of the Alps.* Dumas's strategic victory in opening the high Alps passes enabled the French to initiate their Second Italian Campaign against the Austrian Empire.” “During the battles in Italy, Austrian troops nicknamed Dumas the Schwarzer Teufel (‘Black Devil’ OT ‘Diable Noir’ in French). The French-notably Napoleon-nicknamed him ‘the Horatius Cocles of the Tyrol’ (after a hero who had saved ancient Rome) for single-handedly defeating a squadron of enemy troops at a bridge over the Eisack River in Clausen (today Klausen, or Chiusa, Italy).” en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas-Alexandre_Dumas * The painting mimics an original of Napoleon entitled, “Napoleon Crossing the Alps.” Dumas has a similar painting by a different artist. But I’m unsure what mountains he’s crossing since the name is only “Général Alexandre Dumas.” commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexandre_Dumas_(1762-1806).JPG Love how that painting is factual in one respect when you think about Dumas. BTW, Dumas’ son would pen the beloved books “Count of Monte Cristo” and “The Three Musketeers.” He drew from his dad’s experiences as, though his dad was wildly successful, Napoleon would later become angered with him, throw him in jail and subject him to great hardships. EDIT: I wonder if he knows that?