From left: Dr Jonathan Woodson, Director of the Sothebys Institute of Art, Omenaa Mensah, Founder of the OmenaArt Foundation, Natalia Bradbury, Head of OmenaArt Foundation, and Dr Errol Francis, Culture& Artistic Director The group met today to meet the current scholars on the MA contemporary art courses on Cultural Leaders Programme. The bursaries have been generously supported by OmenaArt Foundation whom we thank for their investment in this programme that aims to open up career pathways in the art world . . , . , , , , , #omenamensah #sothebysinstitute #omenaartfoundation #sothebysinstituteofart (fb)

Highlights from each of the eleven sections of Kerry James Marshall’s epic 40-year retrospective currently on show at London’s Royal Academy of Arts: 1. Untitled, 2009 2. Invisible Man, 1986 3. De Style, 1993 4. Great America, 1994 5. Untitled (London Bridge), 2017 6. Vignette, 2003 7. Souvenir I, 1997 8. School of Beauty, School of Culture, 2012 9. White Queens of Africa, Colette, 2025 10. Wake, 2003 (ongoing) and Gulf Stream, 2003 11. Untitled (Black Nude), 2012 One of the most intriguing aspects of Marshall’s work is not just the poignant way he depicts the great phases of African American history and culture through everyday life. It’s how he renders so-called ‘Black’ skin not as brown but as a complex layering of many different colours. For Marshall, black isn’t the absence of visual light, as in additive colour theory, but is suffused with polychromatic layers that makes us aware of the complex metaphorical undertones of racialised identity, existence and liberation This is a super uplifting must-see show: Kerry James Marshall, ‘The Histories’, @royalacademyarts London until 18 January 2026 . . . . . . . . . . . #art #london #blackart #errolsphotos #artexhibition #blackatlantic #kerryjamesmarshall #royalacademyofarts #errolfrancisphotography (fb)