And youve probably been to plenty of parties in your time but none come close to this the zero gravity policy do not try so hard. But we begin with a rather unique exhibition that has just opened in paris which is renaming classic paintings its at the music and is called black models from jeffrey cole to matisse and its all about black models who featured in famous paintings getting recognition or any recognition at all be chatting to my colleague david lesser leavitts in just a minute but first is report. Money a painter considered by many the father of modern art in the foreground a milk White Prostitute who stair shocks Nineteenth Century viewers and who for a century and a half has fascinated scholars but more recently the figure behind her has become
the focus of black servant the face of one of monies frequent models named for him curators have renamed this famous work. The exhibition black models of paris his music is proof that for centuries black people have had a place in fre
the focus of black servant the face of one of monies frequent models named for him curators have renamed this famous work. the exhibition black models of paris his music is proof that for centuries black people have had a place in french art have even played a central role albeit not always a dignified one. we wanted to show that yes they were stereotypes such as black figures as servants figures which are sometimes heavily exhaustive silenced and eroticized. there was also another side to it. they had a place where they fully took part in the artistic scene of their time. for instance the models was that a favorite of the great painter really cool. historians used to refer to simply as . next the negro although his face and body figure in some of the artist s greatest