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Black Rock donates 700 custom-designed masks to combat the spread of COVID-19 in Senegal
Event
Monday 15 June 2020

Black Rock donates 700 custom-designed masks to combat the spread of COVID-19 in Senegal

Black Rock Senegal is partnering with Dr. Abdou Karim Diop, director of Centre de Santé Philippe Senghor Yoff and head of the West Health District of Dakar, and with the Association des Femmes de la Cité Biagui et Toundourya (AFBET) for the donation of 700 masks to combat the spread of COVID-19 in Senegal.

Black Rock, Dakar, Senegal
Kehinde Wiley: 'Ship of Fools' goes on display at The Box, Plymouth In collaboration with The Arts Institute, University of...
Group Exhibition
Postponed

Kehinde Wiley: 'Ship of Fools' goes on display at The Box, Plymouth

In collaboration with The Arts Institute, University of Plymouth

For its first museum presentation, The Box is delighted to present an installation of Kehinde Wiley's 'Narrenschiff'. The three-channel digital film projection joined The Box, Plymouth's collection in 2018 thanks to the Contemporary Art Society Collections Fund at Frieze.

The Box, Plymouth, UK
The World Stage Contemporary Art from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation
Group Exhibition
14 March 2020–7 February 2021

The World Stage

Contemporary Art from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation
Featuring 90 contemporary artworks by 35 renowned American artists, 'The World Stage' showcases some of today’s global influencers alongside prominent names from the 20th-century art canon. The exhibition title is borrowed from...
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada, USA
Napoleonic paintings by Kehinde Wiley and Jacques-Louis David united
Group Exhibition
9 October 2019–10 May 2020

Napoleonic paintings by Kehinde Wiley and Jacques-Louis David united

Jacques-Louis David's celebrated 19th-century portrait of Napoleon on horseback is shown alongside Kehinde Wiley's dramatic homage to the painting for the first time this autumn. Both works go on display at Château...
Château de Malmaison, Paris, France and Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA
Denzil Forrester, Deborah Roberts, Yinka Shonibare CBE and Kehinde Wiley in ‘Get Up, Stand Up Now'
Group Exhibition
12 June–15 September 2019

Denzil Forrester, Deborah Roberts, Yinka Shonibare CBE and Kehinde Wiley in ‘Get Up, Stand Up Now'

'Get Up, Stand Up Now: Generations of Black Creative Pioneers' is a major new exhibition curated by Zak Ové that celebrates Black creativity from the post-war era to the present day. Bringing...
Somerset House, London, UK
Kehinde Wiley's 2018, 'The New American Songbook,' Literary Portraiture
Event
Thursday 25 October, 2018

Kehinde Wiley's 2018, 'The New American Songbook,' Literary Portraiture

Artist Kehinde Wiley joins us to discuss his artistic practice, his new show at the St. Louis Art Museum titled, Kehinde Wiley: Saint Louis, and his having recently received Harvard's W.E.B. Du...
Contemporary Art Society Collections Fund at Frieze buys major work by Kehinde Wiley for The Box, Plymouth
Acquisition
3 October 2018

Contemporary Art Society Collections Fund at Frieze buys major work by Kehinde Wiley for The Box, Plymouth

Stephen Friedman Gallery is delighted to announce that The Contemporary Art Society Collections Fund at Frieze has acquired a major film by Kehinde Wiley for The Box, Plymouth. This new museum and...
'Making & Unmaking' An exhibition curated by Duro Olowu
Group Exhibition
19 June–18 September 2016

'Making & Unmaking'

An exhibition curated by Duro Olowu
Making & Unmaking, curated by Duro Olowu (b. 1965, Lagos), is the latest in our series of artist-selected shows. Duro Olowu is a celebrated fashion designer whose bold innovations with pattern, colour and...
Camden Arts Centre, London, England
Kehinde Wiley presents 'A New Republic'
Solo Exhibition
20 February–24 May 2015

Kehinde Wiley presents 'A New Republic'

The works presented in Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic raise questions about race, gender, and the politics of representation by portraying contemporary African American men and women using the conventions of traditional...
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