Montclair Art Museum 3 S Mountain Ave Montclair, NJ 07042, USA On view February 9–June 23, 2024 The Montclair Art Museum (MAM) announces the grand opening of its landmark exhibition, Century: 100 Years of Black Art at MAM. With over 70 works in various mediums by 59 ground breaking artists, Century is the largest and most comprehensive show of its kind at MAM, underscoring a longtime commitment since the 1940s to the curation and appreciation of artworks by Black artists.
Lehmann Maupin Gallery 501 W 24th St New York, NY, 10011, USA On view through February 3, 2024 Chambers creates vibrant paintings that frequently portray scenes of leisure, joy, and quiet contemplation. In his newest body of work, Chambers continues his examination of the contemporary role of leisure—focusing on its relationship to nature—and explores how art can function as a mode for understanding, recontextualizing, or renegotiating one’s relationship to the world.
Jennifer L Morgan talks to Jessica Marie Johnson about Wicked Flesh on her forthcoming book, Reckoning with Slavery…