Afro-Atlantic Histories
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Afro-Atlantic Histories is the title of a touring art exhibition first held jointly at the São Paulo Museum of Art and the Instituto Tomie Ohtake in Brazil in 2018. The exhibition was made up of artwo
Original 2018 exhibition catalogue, featuring Zeferina (2018) by Dalton Paula
McPherson & Oliver: The Scourged Back (1863), portrait of Gordon
John Quincy Adams Ward: The Freedman (1862-1863)
Attributed to José Montes de Oca: Saint Benedict of Palermo (c.1734)
Glenn Ligon
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Glenn Ligon is an American conceptual artist whose work explores race, language, desire, sexuality, and identity. Based in New York City, Ligon's work often draws on 20th century literature and speech
Afro-Atlantic Histories
…American museums. Artists with works new to the exhibition on the American tour include Ernest Crichlow, Theaster Gates, David Hammons, Arthur Jafa, Glenn Ligon, Daniel Lind-Ramos, Zanele Muholi, Faith Ringgold, Alma Thomas, Kara Walker, and John Quincy Adams Ward. Writing in The New York Times, Holland Cotter…
Ligon in 2014
Untitled (I Am a Man) (1988) at the National Gallery of Art in 2022
Stranger#21 (2005), from the Stranger series, at the Rubell Museum DC in 2022
Runaways (1993) at the National Gallery of Art in 2022