Black Presences at London Museums

 

There is a black presence in many of the works in our national collections.

That presence takes many different forms; blacks are depicted as kings, as slaves, as servants, as saints and sometime just as people. 

In the Black Presence Tours each piece is considered from two distinct viewpoints. First as work of art in its own right in the national collection, beginning by looking at its genre, its artist and their technique and how they together inform the composition. Then secondly revealing the black presence and what it meant at the time the picture was painted. Each tour will be one hour thirty minutes.

There are three Black Presence tours:
• The Black Presence in the National Gallery
• The Black Presence in the Victoria & Albert Museum
• The Black Presence in Tate Britain

Please let us know which museum you would like to visit.

Please note that the popularity of these tours means that we sometimes might not be able to offer you a tour on your preferred day or time.