Reframing Blackness with Alayo Akinkugbe

Hear about the original and wide-ranging riposte to the current understanding of Blackness in Western art and museums, from up-and-coming art historian and founder of @ABlackHistoryOfArt, Alayo Akinkugbe.

Since the inception of mainstream art history, Blackness has been distinctly ignored.

In Reframing Blackness, art historian and founder of @ABlackHistoryOfArt, Alayo Akinkugbe challenges this void.

Exploring the presentation of Black figures in Western art, as well as Blackness in museums, in feminist art movements and in the curriculum, Alayo unveils an overlooked but integral part of our collective art history.

Refreshing and accessible, this promises to start a much-needed conversation in culture and education.

If you are attending and require BSL interpretation, please notify us by emailing whitworth.events@manchester.ac.uk by Thursday 19 February.

Alayo Akinkugbe will give a talk, followed by an audience Q&A. Copies of her book will be available to purchase.