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Historical racism still negatively impacts perception of black art, study finds

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain There is no doubt that historical racism has influenced the content and composition of some famous figurative paintings, as evidenced by the controversy surrounding the exhibition of Rex Whistler’s mural, In Search of Rare Meat (1927), at Tate Britain in March 2024. Critics questioned whether such artworks should be on public display. Originally commissioned by the…