The Tate show takes from Paul Gilroy’s book The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness, published in 1993 in which he coined the term ‘The Black Atlantic’ in describing the fusion of black cultures with other cultures from around the Atlantic.
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An exhibition of 30 portraits by photographer John Ferguson celebrating the contribution that Black people have made to British culture and public life over the last few decades.
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The exhibition included work by artists including Romare Bearden, Constantin Brâncuși, Renee Cox, Aaron Douglas, Walker Evans, Ellen Gallagher, David Hammons, Isaac Julien, Wifredo Lam, Ronald Moody, Wangechi Mutu, Chris Ofili, Uche Okeke, Pablo Picasso, Keith Piper, Tracey Rose and Kara Walker among others.
Liverpool | Atlantic Ocean | Atlantic | Black Sea | Liverpool F.C. | Atlantic Records | Black Forest | University of Liverpool | Black Sabbath | Atlantic City, New Jersey | The Black Eyed Peas | black | Black | Atlantic City | Black Death | The Black Keys | black metal | black-and-white | Jack Black | Cilla Black | Creature from the Black Lagoon | Ladysmith Black Mambazo | black comedy | The Black Crowes | The Atlantic | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Men in Black | Black Canary | Black people | Black Label Society |