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Fine Arts Talk
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Richard J. Powell Book Talk

At The Phillips Collection

Northwest Washington, Washington

🐝"Don't forget to check out the beewax room" [sic]
🖼️"more intimate than some of the larger museums"
📚Colorstruck! copies for sale after the talk

What does color mean, and who gets to decide? Acclaimed art historian Richard J. Powell unpacks how Black artists use pigment to evoke memory and imagine freedom, drawing on Jacob Lawrence, Alma Thomas, and Sam Gilliam works from the museum's own walls.

Art history deep dive
Free event
Intimate museum setting
Black artists spotlight

Thursday, December 17, 6:30 PM

Free

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  • Art history deep dive
  • Free event
  • Intimate museum setting
  • Black artists spotlight
  • The Phillips Collection
  • Northwest Washington
  • Washington

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