A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies” being staged at the National Gallery. one mile from the White House, makes it impossible to divorce from current events.

Over nearly six decades, this fantastically inventive artist experimented with paint, turning it into a sculptural medium.

Spotlighting artists like Sam Gilliam, Felrath Hines and Joe Overstreet, “Innervisions” underscores the breadth of Black abstract art since the 1950s.

Experts think the renowned Austrian Symbolist painted the artwork in 1897. An art gallery in Vienna has priced it at $16 ...