Kehinde Wiley at the National Gallery: The Prelude
10 December 2021 – 18 April 2022
Kehinde Wiley's first collaboration with a major UK gallery
Artist's introduction
Kehinde Wiley at the National Gallery: The Prelude
Kehinde Wiley introduces his exhibition at the Gallery and explains why he thinks 'paintings have to punch you in the gut'
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On the occasion of his exhibition, 'The Prelude', at the National Gallery, visual artist Kehinde Wiley talks to Christine Riding, The Jacob Rothschild Head of the Curatorial Department, about how his art can be called 'a provocation' and how his works respond to the canon of paintings in the Western European tradition, as well as to the Gallery and London itself.
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Curator's introduction
Kehinde Wiley at the National Gallery: The Prelude
Christine Riding, the Jacob Rothschild Head of the Curatorial Department, introduces the exhibition in this recorded live talk
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