Black History Foregrounded in New Show at London's Royal Academy
The Royal Academy "Entangled Pasts" interrogates how colonialism shaped art history and spotlights contemporary Black artists.
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The Royal Academy "Entangled Pasts" interrogates how colonialism shaped art history and spotlights contemporary Black artists.
Entangled Pasts, 1768–now. Art, Colonialism and Change' takes over the main galleries of the Royal Academy until 28th April 2024.
John Singleton Copley and his wife enslaved three servants at their farm in Beacon Hill, Boston, during the 18th century.
A new exhibition details the institution’s links to colonialism and identifies academicians who ‘profited’ from slavery as well as those who favoured abolition
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