Mickalene Thomas Boldly Imagines the Interior Lives of 19th-Century Black Sitters—and Brings Them into the Present
about 4 months ago (12/26/2023)
Mickalene Thomas Imagines the Lives of 19th-Century Black Sitters Skip to main content By Lucia Olubunmi R. Momoh Plus Icon Lucia Olubunmi R. Momoh View All December 26, 2023 6:00am Installation view of "Mickalene Thomas / Portrait of an Unlikely Space," 2023, at Yale University Art Gallery, with exhibition design elements by Mickalene Thomas and Rose Prentice (1771–1852) by Sarah Goodridge (on the table). Photo Jessica Smolinski/Yale University Art Gallery At the center of Yale University Art Gallery ’s current exhibition is an object of small stature but outsize historical importance. Measuring four by three inches, the 19th-century miniature depicts an older Black woman named Rose Prentice.