Focal Points: Boisterous Black Angels
Saturday
January 8, 2022
11:00 am-12:00 pm
Back by popular demand! Join docents Nancy Tolson and John Tomashek in the 30 Americans exhibition as they spill the tea on all things Black, queer, and fabulous! Focal Points is a series of gallery talks featuring topics and themes near and dear to the hearts of tour guides and staff. Free with membership or admission.
Kehinde Wiley
Equestrian Portrait of the Count Duke Olivares (detail), 2005
Oil on canvas
108 x 108 in. (274.3 x 274.3 cm)
© Kehinde Wiley. Courtesy Rubell Museum, Miami
Kalup Linzy
Conversations wit de Churen IV: Play wit de Churen (detail), 2005
Digital video, color, sound, Ed. 1/5
Duration: 15 min. 49 sec.
© Kalup Linzy. Courtesy Rubell Museum, Miami
Mickalene Thomas
Baby I Am Ready Now (detail), 2007
Diptych, acrylic, rhinestone and enamel on wooden panel
72 x 132 in. (182.9 x 335.3 cm) overall
72 x 60 in. (182.9 x 152.4 cm) left panel
72 x 72 in. (182.9 x 182.9 cm) right panel
© Mickalene Thomas. Courtesy Rubell Museum, Miami