PHOTO: Boris Chaliapin (1904-1979), watercolor and pencil on board, 1957, after photograph by Walter Bennett. Courtesy National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.
Two new exhibitions recently opened in Washington, DC, that are focused on African-American history, according to an article on the website of the Asbury Park Press.
The two exhibits — one in the National Portrait Gallery and one in the National Gallery of Art — were reportedly opened to mark the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington in August 1963.
The exhibit at the National Gallery of Art is a series of paintings by contemporary artist Kerry James Marshall, which serves as a timeline of African-American history, from slavery to today. The exhibit will reportedly be on display through December 7.
At the National Portrait Gallery is the exhibit “One Life: Martin Luther King Jr.,” which features portraits and journalistic photographs from King’s life. The exhibit will reportedly be on display through June 2014.
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