Image of the Black in the National Gallery

Our African focused tour of the National Gallery reveals the many and varied Black presences to be found in the paintings from 1500 to 1900s
About this Event

From the margins to the centre. From objects and subjects of economic capital ;to creators and definers of cultural capital.Our African focused tour of the National Gallery reveals the many and varied Black presences to be found in the paintings and works on display from 1500's to 1900's. The tour looks at why they are there, what they meant in their time and what they mean to us today. We will cover:

• African Kings and Queens
• The Moor’s head
• Musicians and Entertainers
• Faces in a crowd
• Artists
• Servants and slaves

Meet point is emailed on request.. Walk lasts two hours. Watch review here http://bit.ly/2u7Rl6h

Other coming events from Black History Walks

• Black History Bus Tour, Steam train trip
• African Odysseys film, The Price of Memory:Reparations @Bernie Grant Arts centre September
• African Odysseys films,Black History of British Boxing + The Paula Dunn Olympic story September. Kensington and Chelsea library
• Theatreland, Mayfair, Hackney, Regents Canal,Trafalgar Square walks
• Professor Gus John 60 years of Black British Civil rights, Racism @BFI
• Playing Away, Horace Ove's classic film plus Q&A
• Frantz Fanon Weekender at Royal Holloway University
• Professor Stephen Small, film, talk and book launch @Bernie Grant arts centre