“...The Time Is Always Now takes its title from an essay on desegregation by American writer and social rights activist James Baldwin. Through their work in figuration, artists such as Michael Armitage, Claudette Johnson, Titus Kaphar, Kerry James Marshall, Toyin Ojih Odutola, Nathaniel Mary Quinn, Amy Sherald, Lorna Simpson, and more, illuminate the richness, joy, beauty, and complexity of Black life. Themes throughout the exhibition invite a shift in the dominant art historical perspective, from “looking at” the Black figure to “seeing through” the eyes of Black artists and the figures they depict..."
