Whitney Biennial review, Afro-Atlantic Histories in Washington, Raphael's late self-portrait

Published: April 7, 2022, 11:01 p.m.

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This week: Quiet as It\\u2019s Kept, the 80th edition of the Whitney Biennial, is now open to the public at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. The Art Newspaper\\u2019s associate editor Tom Seymour, Americas editor Ben Sutton and staff reporter Gabriella Angeletti gather to discuss it. As the latest incarnation of the show Afro-Atlantic Histories is unveiled at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, we speak to its curator, Kanitra Fletcher, about the gallery\\u2019s approach to this complex subject. And the National Gallery in London\\u2019s long-planned Raphael blockbuster, postponed due to the pandemic, is finally open, so for this episode\\u2019s Work of the Week, we speak to Tom Henry, one of the curators of the show, about the Self-Portrait with Giulio Romano (1519-20), one of the Renaissance master\\u2019s final paintings.


Whitney Biennial 2022: Quiet as It\\u2019s Kept, Whitney Museum of American Art, until 5 September.


Afro-Atlantic Histories, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, 10 April-17 July.


Raphael, National Gallery, London, 9 April-31 July. To hear an in-depth discussion with Hugo Chapman, keeper of prints and drawings at the British Museum, about Raphael\\u2019s wider career, his precocious brilliance, his rivalry with Michelangelo, and his influence and legacy, listen to the episode of this podcast from 22 May 2020. (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-week-in-art/id1280469178?i=1000475387725)



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