Titus Kaphar

1976–

Introduction

Titus Kaphar is an American contemporary painter and filmmaker whose work reconfigures and regenerates art history to include African-American subjects. His paintings are held in the collections of Museum of Modern Art, Brooklyn Museum, Yale University Art Gallery, New Britain Museum of American Art, Seattle Art Museum, Mississippi Museum of Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and University of Michigan Museum of Art.

Wikidata identifier

Q28839817

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Roles

Artist

ULAN identifier

500474376

Names

Titus Kaphar

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First acquired
2024

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