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The Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s “Black American Portraits” exhibition reframes portraiture to center Black American subjects, sitters, and spaces, showcasing a selection of approximately 150 works. Drawn mainly from the museum’s permanent collection, the paintings and photographs span more than two centuries from c. 1800 to the present day, highlighting emancipation and early studio photography, scenes from the Harlem Renaissance, portraits from the Civil Rights and Black Power eras, and multiculturalism of the 1990s.

The exhibition is presented in conjunction with “The Obama Portraits Tour,” which features Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald’s Smithsonian portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama.

Photo: Portrait of a Sailor (Paul Cuffe?), United States, circa 1800. Courtesy of LACMA