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Title:	The Time Is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure
Date:	11/9/2024 - 2/28/2025
Address:	Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19130
Location:	Philadelphia, PA
Hours:	Thursday - Monday: 10:00am – 5:00pm, Friday: 10am - 8:45pm
Cost/Cover:	free - $30
Web Page:	https://philamuseum.org/calendar/exhibition/the-time-is-alwa ...
Contact Info:	215-763-8100

Details:

This exhibition features 27 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 Ghanaian-born and U.K. based 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. The more than 60 contemporary works featured in this exhibition unfold around three core themes: Double Consciousness, The Persistence of History and Our Aliveness. Double Consciousness, a theory first introduced in 1897 by the African American sociologist W.E.B Du Bois, explores concepts of being, belonging and Blackness as a psychological state. The Persistence of History explores the absence of Black figures in many mainstream narratives and shows how artists have responded. Our Aliveness features assertions and celebrations of Black assembly and gathering.