The powerful paintings reframing black experience
A new exhibition of black figurative art gets to the truth behind race, history and the world we live in now.
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A New Survey of Black Portraiture Rewrites the Art Historical Canon
A new survey exhibition at London's National Portrait Gallery looks at how contemporary artists are choosing to represent the Black figure.
Source: artnet.com
Ekow Eshun considers the Black figure in portraiture
In ‘The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure’, curator Ekow Eshun unites works from 22 African diasporic artists working in the UK and US
Source: wallpaper.com
'Art isn't just about dead white males': galleries go to battle for young visitors | National Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery is challenging the belief that UK museums are exclusively for establishment imagery with a new showcase for black artists – and offering £5 tickets for under-25s
Source: theguardian.com
Black identity, Blake's intensity and how to dust David – the week in art | Art and design
Plus splashy colourful paintings, Korean colour pencil drawings and Yoko Ono’s huge retrospective – all in your weekly dispatch
Source: theguardian.com