First, a tenderness in seeing Black men, set against the historical archive of portraiture and scientific photography. Seeing the beauty in Blackness, I am constantly reminded of Carrie Mae Weems’s piece, “I Looked and Looked and Failed to See What so Terrified You” (2003). What’s the work of art in any medium that changed your life? I first saw it at the Pérez Art Museum Miami a few days after Art Basel one year. The museum was very quiet, and I had the opportunity to spend uninterrupted time with it.

Source: New York Times August 21, 2020 21:00 UTC