A close up view of the face of a Black woman wearing a yellow hat and jacket against a green background.

"She is thinking about romance, about being swept away from the mundane and into a dream sequence."

This essay was written by Harmony Holiday on the occasion of the exhibition Henry Taylor: B Side. To Holiday, Taylor's painting is an invitation "to envision Black romanticism." 

She's Thinking About Romance: by Harmony Holiday

Essay

Essays by curators and contributors share thoughts on topics related to art at the Whitney.

On the Hour

A 30-second online art project:
Frank WANG Yefeng, The Levitating Perils #2

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