SCRATCH THE SURFACE
Saturday 1 September
National Gallery, Room 1
020 7747 2885 / www.nationalgallery.org.uk
This exhibition examines the role that the slave trade played in the lives of two people featured in the National Gallery’s collection: Zoffany’s portrait of Mrs Oswald, a plantation owner, and Sir Joshua Reynold’s portrait of anti-abolitionist Colonel Tarleton.
Scratch the Surface also features an installation by 2004 Turner Prize nominee, Yinka Shonibare, responding to these two portraits.
Until Sunday 4 November.
Opening times: Open daily, 10am – 6pm.
VENUE
National Gallery, Room 1
Trafalgar Square
London
WC2N 5DN
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- www.nationalgallery.org.uk
- Nearest tube: Trafalgar Square
- Box office: 020 7747 2885
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