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An 1838 painting, Untitled (African American Musicians ... "The cultural and social significance of Black figures in 18th-century European art serves as a reminder of how deeply entangled visual ...
Literary re-enactments by the photographer Stan Douglas — and a wave of other remixers — are creating new types of art around Black ... the freedom fighter of 18th-century Jamaica, a self ...
New research has revealed the fascinating life story of a once anonymous Black boy in a grand 18th-century English portrait ... the Yale Center for British Art, we now know that the boy was ...
The South African School, 18th Century comprised a group of artists active in this region in the period. Works identified as being by this group appear regularly at auction. Since 2022 the record ...
Dress codes shown in 18th-Century art can tell us a lot about race and ... the forced migration of enslaved black people from West Africa resulted in a multi-ethnic co-existence which the ...
In the hullaballoo of London’s Frieze Week, the slick and rather discreet 1-54 contemporary African art fair can ... greeting you as you walk into the 18th-century courtyard is the annually ...