[Leica] IMG: Art in London

[Don Dory]

Great Citite have great museums with well curated collections.  I can't be
in London currently so thank you for going for me.

On Sat, May 11, 2024 at 12:09 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
wrote:

> I was in London in late April, my first visit to the city in 8 years. I
> was there to participate in a workshop at London Metropolitan University,
> but as always, I made time to enjoy the great city and to see some art. I
> visited two of my favourite places, Tate Modern and the National Portrait
> Gallery. Both were great, but especially the exhibition at the NPG was
> incredible. It was called “The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the
> Black Figure”. As the title suggests, it consisted of works by Black
> artists, mainly UK and US-based, but also many with African and Caribbean
> backgrounds. Some of the works were truly incredible and eye-opening, for
> example the charcoal drawings by Barbara Walker, reproducing famous
> paintings in which Black characters had a secondary role, but now inverting
> the roles by emphasising them. A gallery of 52 images is here:
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> https://www.greatpix.eu/Art-in-London-2024
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> The first part of the gallery is from Tate Modern, the second part from
> the NPG.
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> And as always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.
>
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
> photo at frozenlight.eu
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