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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jonathan Jones

Black identity, Blake’s intensity and how to dust David – the week in art

Father Stretch My Hands (detail) by Nathaniel Mary Quinn, 2021.
Father Stretch My Hands (detail) by Nathaniel Mary Quinn, 2021. Photograph: © Nathaniel Mary Quinn. Photo: Rob McKeever. Courtesy Gagosian.

Exhibition of the week

The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure
Lubaina Himid, Kerry James Marshall and Amy Sherald are among the artists in this survey of Black identity in painting.
• National Portrait Gallery, London, until 19 May

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