Really glad I managed to make it to '#EntangledPasts 1768-now: Art, Colonialism and Change' at the @royalacademy a few days before it closed. It was a striking exhibition, mainly due to the contemporary works. Here is Hew Locke's Armada, 2017-19 #royalacademyofarts #hewlocke

A tiny jharoka portrait of #Jahangir from a #Mughal album page displayed in the @royalacademy #EntangledPasts exhibition. The album page is 1640-50, but I'd date Jahangir's portrait to c.1605-14. I love the flattened blobs of paint to make the pearls! #mughalart #mughalpainting

#TavaresStrachan Reimagined #Leonardos #LastSupper The mammoth public #sculpture envisions a meeting between notable #BlackActivists, #Artists & #Scientists from the past. #TheRoyalAcademy in #London has unveiled a monumental new public sculpture by the Bahamian-born interdisciplinary artist Tavares Strachan. #TheFirstSupper (#GalaxyBlack) (2023) has been installed in the courtyard as part of “#EntangledPasts, 1768-now: Art, Colonialism and Change,” a new exhibition that puts the RA’s historic artworks in conversation with contemporary masterpieces to explore and challenge narratives around empire, race, and colonialism. It opens today and runs through #April28th2024. Inspired by one of art history’s best known paintings, #LeonardodaVincis #TheLastSupper (ca. 1495-98), the mammoth bronze sculpture imagines a convivial gathering between notable historical figures from #Africa and its #Diaspora who, in reality, never met because they were separated by time and place. Among these 12 Black scientists, activists, and artists are the abolitionist #HarrietTubman, the gay rights campaigner #MarshaPJohnson, the U.S.’s first Black congresswoman #ShirleyChisholm, the poet #SirDerekAlton, and the gospel singer #SisterRosettaTharpe. Less prominent figures that Strachan has chosen to highlight include the Brazilian resistance fighter #ZumbiDosPalmares, the nurse #MarySeacole, the astronaut #RobertHenryLawrence, and the explorer #MatthewHenson. The 13th figure is a self-portrait of #Strachan himself in the guise of #Judas. The central figure who takes the place of #Jesus is #EmperorHaileSelassie I of #Ethiopia, who some #Rastafarians consider to be the returned #Messiah

Terrific exhibition @royalacademy #EntangledPasts So many key images from @HodderHistory Black Lives in Britain textbook and many more. Last chance to see them in one place this weekend.

Last few days of @royalacademy's brilliant and powerful #entangledpasts exhibition, exploring colonialism within the RA and far beyond

Last few days to see Entangled Pasts at the Royal Academy. 250 years of art, highlighting Black subjects, challenging historical narratives, and reflecting on art's role in colonialism. Ends this Sunday 28th April. Visit: royalacademy.org.uk/exhibiti… More: therapup.tv/entangled-pasts-… @royalacademy @ProfDorrothy #entangledpasts #contemporaryart #arthistory #art #blackart #colonialism #gallery #london #exhibition @whatson

Very pleased to have caught this exhibition @royalacademy before it closes at the end of this week #Entangledpasts

Last chance to catch #entangledpasts @royalacademy ; closes 28 April 2024 after an incredible 3 month run. Huge thankyou to everyone who has supported it and made it possible 🙌🏾🙏🏽

A view through #HewLocke's 'Armada' in #EntangledPasts at the #RoyalAcademy (not long left, closes 28 April)

Should be on the national curriculum so much to understand @royalacademy show #entangledpasts

If you have chance to go to @royalacademy show #entangledpasts it's extraordinary and comes off 28 Apr. Thought provoking and brilliantly curated. If you can make the effort.

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Wonderful #EntangledPasts exhibition @royalacademy. So so good!!! (1/2)

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