'I thought we'd stormed the citadel, but we hadn't': Claudette Johnson on blazing a trail for Black artists – and the joy of reigniting her career | Art : vimarsana.com

As a retrospective of her work opens, the British artist talks about the 1980s BLK Art Group, being eclipsed by the YBAs and how her paintings have a new sense of empowerment

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