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The Time Is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure
Special Exhibition

The Time Is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure

This exhibition features 28 Black and African diasporic contemporary artists who use figurative painting, drawing and sculpture to illuminate and celebrate the nuance and richness of Black contemporary life.

Curated by British writer and curator Ekow Eshun, The Time Is Always Now takes its title from an essay on desegregation by American writer and social rights activist James Baldwin. It highlights a sense of urgency around contemporary artistic expression, while acting as a reminder that Black artists exist within an always-evolving artistic lineage.

Traveling to the Philadelphia Museum of Art from the National Portrait Gallery in London, The Time Is Always Now is on view at the museum November 9, 2024–February 9, 2025.

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